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Guest host Liz Coyne wrangled an exec from Nokia Bell Labs to talk about the company’s recent mission to the moon. The mission came as Nokia Bell Labs celebrated its 100th anniversary but the landing didn’t go quite as expected.
Nokia’s Thierry Klein, President of Bell Labs Solutions Research at Nokia, tells Liz all about why the company is aiming for the moon in the first place, what it learned from the mission and what’s next.
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This week, we delve back into the intersection of AI and networking, and more specifically what enterprises need to know and prepare for as AI moves to the edge.
Just how distributed will AI really be? How will enterprises decide what workloads go where? And what should they be thinking about and planning for to make the AI-driven future a reality?
We sat down with GTT SVP of Product Engineering to sift through these thorny questions and provide some guidance on how to handle the AI wave to come.
To learn more about the topics in this episode:
What happens to AI factories when AI moves to the edge?
Telcos have the perfect edge cloud infrastructure for AI up their sleeve
Op-Ed: Telco optimism springs at MWC with the hopes of AI at the edge
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The Fierce Network crew made it back safe and sound, for the most part, from Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona. But the show, which is essentially the official start to the year in telecom, gave us a lot to think about. We spent the week digesting what all the announcements from the show mean for the industry and now we're looking forward to what the rest of 2025 has in store for operators. Here’s what we have our eyes on.
To learn more about the topics in this episode:
Nokia’s not getting hung up on missed lunar phone call
FNTV: Orange isn't giving up on APIs
MWC 2025 coverage hub
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The hotels are booked, the bags are packed and at the end of this week, the flights will be boarded. But what will we find when we get there? That’s the question we’re going to tackle today and the answers just might surprise you.
With me are Fierce Network’s editor-in-chief Liz Coyne, executive editor Monica Alleven, Senior Reporter Dan Jones and our Research guru Mitch Wagner.
This podcast is written and hosted by Diana Goovaerts. It is edited by Diana Goovaerts and Matt Rickman. Liz Coyne is our executive producer.
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MWC 2025: Will it be hot or not? What to expect when you’re expecting… to attend MWC25 Catch all the MWC news as it rolls in right hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week, we delve into the nitty gritty of one of the biggest turnaround stories in telecom in recent years: that of Frontier Communications.
Frontier recently made headlines when Verizon agreed to pay $20 billion in cash to acquire the company as part of a bid to drastically expand its fiber footprint. That deal is now expected to close in Q1 of 2026. But while it’s flying high now, Frontier’s fortunes weren’t nearly as positive just a few short years ago.
Back in April 2020, the company actually filed for bankruptcy. And while it emerged from bankruptcy a year later, CEO Nick Jeffrey had his work cut out for him righting the ship.
We’ve all seen Frontier’s upbeat PR in recent years as its pivot to fiber revived the company’s revenue. But we wanted the details on just how big a lift the transformation was. We sat down with Jeffrey to hear more about the state of the company when he first joined, how the company navigated through transformation initiatives that fell flat and whether leadership really always knew they’d be successful.
This podcast is written and hosted by Diana Goovaerts. It is edited by Diana Goovaerts and Matt Rickman. Liz Coyne is our executive producer.
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Here’s how Frontier used AI to revive its ailing B2B businesshttps://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/heres-how-frontier-used-ai-revive-its-ailing-b2b-business
Verizon's $20B Frontier buy is all about 'convergence, baby'
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/verizon-rumored-buy-frontier-its-convergence-game Frontier wants to become the ‘un-cable’ ISP
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/frontier-wants-become-un-cable-isp Frontier plans 495,000 new fiber passings in 2021https://www.fierce-network.com/operators/frontier-plans-495-000-new-fiber-passings-2021
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This week, we explore the rise of sovereign clouds across the globe.
You’ve probably heard of GDPR by now, or at least data privacy. And while sovereignty is sort of in a similar sphere, it’s more about data direction than privacy.
We sat down with Vultr’s Kevin Cochrane to examine what sovereignty means, how it’s accomplished and the impact AI could have on the landscape.
This podcast is written and hosted by Diana Goovaerts. It is edited by Diana Goovaerts and Matt Rickman. Liz Coyne is our executive producer.
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‘There’s no escaping’ digital sovereignty, Google Cloud exec says
https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/theres-no-escaping-rise-digital-sovereignty-google-cloud-exec-says How Trump 2.0 could transform American cloud, AI, broadband and more
https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/how-trump-20-could-transform-american-cloud-ai-broadband-and-more Nations declare independence with 'sovereign clouds'
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This week, we sat down to pull back the curtain on the idea factory chugging along behind the scenes at one of the largest hyperscalers: Google Cloud.
CTO Will Grannis heads up Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO, or OCTO, which is comprised of senior Google technology experts and former enterprise CTOs. Together, this team sifts through the company’s big ideas to figure out what will work and what won’t.
And while the world hears about it when Google Cloud knocks it out of the park with an idea, there are many, many others that never make it to prime time. Failure, Grannis told us, plays a big role in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO.
Together, we walk through the lifecycle of an idea at OCTO, how to home in on the good ideas and why failing often and fast is actually a good thing.
This podcast is written and hosted by Diana Goovaerts. It is edited by Diana Goovaerts and Matt Rickman. Liz Coyne is our executive producer.
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Google Cloud could overtake Microsoft’s No. 2 cloud position this year https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/google-cloud-overtake-microsofts-no-2-cloud-position-year Exclusive: Google Cloud CTO talks tech, failures and what the future holds
https://www.fierce-network.com/multi-cloud/exclusive-google-cloud-cto-talks-tech-failures-and-what-future-holds Google Cloud brains say AI, sustainable finance, energy and privacy are trends to watch
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This week, we’re taking a look at what the future holds for operators when it comes to the mobile core.
The march to the cloud has been a steady but rather slow journey for operators. And nowhere is this more true than for mobile core services. But that could soon change, thanks to a recent deal Alianza struck to acquire Metaswitch from Microsoft.
Here’s what Alianza’s CEO Brian Beutler had to say about the state of the market today and what’s on the horizon.
This podcast is written and hosted by Diana Goovaerts. It is edited by Diana Goovaerts and Matt Rickman. Liz Coyne is our executive producer.
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Exclusive: Alianza buys Metaswitch from Microsoft in deal years in the making https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/exclusive-alianza-buys-metaswitch-microsoft-deal-years-making Exclusive Op-Ed: Alianza resurrects Metaswitch from Microsoft grave https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/exclusive-op-ed-alianza-resurrects-metaswitch-microsoft-grave Beyond VoIP: Alianza, AWS partner to push legacy telco ‘crap’ to the cloud https://www.fierce-network.com/apps-services/alianza-aws-partner-push-legacy-telco-crap-cloudSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In this episode of The Five Nine Podcast, host James Careless dives into the future of 5G technology with special guests Matthew Almand, Chief Technology Officer at Texas A&M University System, and Thierry Chau, Vice President of Market Development at CommScope.
Texas A&M University System is gearing up for a full-scale 5G transformation across its flagship and regional campuses, and Matthew shares the challenges of supporting both urban and rural environments, plus high-demand venues like Kyle Field Stadium.
Thierry provides insights on CommScopeâs role in delivering robust, adaptable connectivity solutions to meet Texas A&M University Systemâs unique needsâfrom enhancing fan experiences on game day to enabling connectivity in academic and administrative buildings.
They also explore how ongoing tech upgrades, evolving carrier partnerships, and strategic planning are shaping future-ready digital campuses.
With the tech needs of students, faculty, and sports fans in mind, this episode offers a look at the broader 5G landscape, and the specific steps taken to bring seamless connectivity to one of the largest university systems in the U.S.
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This week, weâre taking a look at what the recent U.S. election means for telecom and tech policy in the years ahead.
Donald Trump just won a second term in the White House, but this go around could be very different from the first thanks in part to the entrance of new key characters - like Elon Musk and Robert Kennedy â into the equation.
To sift through the implications of another Trump term on telecom and tech policy at the FCC, FTC and beyond, we spoke with Blair Levin, who is a non-resident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and an analyst with New Street Research. We also spoke with veteran tech and telecom analyst Jack Gold.
They told Fierce that another Trump term could mean big changes for BEAD, AI and even cloud computing costs.
Hereâs what they had to say about the issues theyâre watching.
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What the Trump win means for the FCC and telecom policy
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/what-trump-win-means-fcc-and-telecom-policy
What the Trump win could mean for the BEAD program
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/what-trump-win-could-mean-bead-program
What the Trump win could mean for wireless and spectrum
https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/trump-and-wireless-first-glance
What the Trump win means for cloud policy
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This week, weâre venturing into the thorny territory that is cloud security.
In a newly issued security report, Google Cloud noted that new tools are lowering barriers to entry for malicious actors, and will make it easier for them to launch attacks in the year ahead. The report also noted that something as seemingly small as a compromised identity can have an outsized impact on an enterprise given the widespread use of integrated hybrid on-prem and cloud environments.
But what are enterprises even responsible for when it comes to cloud security? In the multi-cloud universe, is achieving zero trust access even possible? And is AI about to upend everything entirely?
We went in search of answers to these questions and ended up on the horn with Andrew Gault, CEO of virtual networking company ZeroTier. We talked through whatâs most important when it comes to enterprise cloud security, the ways in which the security landscape is changing and how AI could change the game entirely.
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This week, weâre returning to the intersection of AI and network transport.
We recently spoke with Lumen Technologies CEO Kate Johnson about how AI is impacting the network, demanding ever-larger pipes for data transport and training. Thatâs, of course, a boon for a company like Lumen, which has now signed partnership deals with cloud companies and AI pioneers Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google.
And yet, AI itself is rapidly evolving. Within the next few years, analysts have predicted AI will shift from being mostly training workloads to being mostly inferencing use cases
So, we posed a new version of the question to Zayo chief product officer Bill Long: what happens when AI moves to the edge?
We spoke with Long about what demand looks like now from various players in the market, how the landscape might shift with the rise of inference, and his prediction that a fresh wave of bandwidth demand could catch the industry off guard.
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This week, we're getting a behind the scenes look at the private networks that power our ports and industrial campuses and keep us connected both underground, in the subway, and inside stadiums. As consumers, we're used to being connected to sprawling cellular networks from the likes of AT& T and Verizon in the U. S., BT, and Deutsche Telekom in Europe. SK Telecom, Telstra, Vodafone, you know, all those big operators.
But private networks are a bit different. How? Well, though they use the same cellular equipment, they're generally smaller than commercial cellular networks. They also provide dedicated bandwidth and can be deployed by companies and venues to ensure that the data that flows over them is more secure than it might be on public networks.
Many companies are now moving away from traditional distributed antenna systems and towards private networks, whether those be 4G or 5G. To make sense of it all and explain why the rising tide of private network deployments matters, we linked up with Boldyn Networks.
Here's what Justin Berger, Group Chief Strategy Officer, told us.
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Boldynâs CTO Marc Rohleder is on a mission to take tech to new frontiers
https://www.fierce-network.com/private-wireless/boldyns-new-cto-marc-rohleder-mission-take-tech-new-frontiers Boldyn gains 50 private networks with Edzcom acquisition
https://www.fierce-network.com/private-wireless/boldyn-gains-50-private-networks-edzcom-acquisition Private Wireless Networkshttps://www.fierce-network.com/keyword/private-wireless-networks
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This week, weâre turning our attention to automation, and, more specifically, why exactly it hasnât taken over yet.
Fully autonomous networks are something of a holy grail for telcos and data center operators alike. And yet, progress has been slow at best. As AT&T CTO Jeremy Legg said in June of this year, âWeâre a ways away from autonomous networks. But there are points within networks that are being made autonomous.â
But why this piecemeal approach?
Well, it has a little to do with the way networks are architected. But the biggest problem â at least according to Nokia exec Mike Bushong â is that vendors are trying to solve for the wrong problem.
We sat down with Bushong to get the scoop on where automation efforts went wrong, where things stand today, and what can be done to get the industry on the right track.
To learn more about the topics in this episode:
Nokia thinks there's a better way to do data center automation
https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/nokia-thinks-theres-better-way-do-data-center-automation Vendors are automating the network one tool at a time
https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/vendors-are-automating-network-one-tool-time Autonomous networks are CSPs 'North Star' but getting there is a challenge
https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/telco-ctos-vendors-horizontals-are-verticals-are-outSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week weâre going back down the AI rabbit hole, but weâre venturing down a new tunnel to talk about something called data curation.
Though AI is still a developing technology, itâs well enough known at this point that models are only as good as the data theyâre trained on. But for enterprises looking to fine tune publicly available models, it can be a challenge to make sure theyâre making the right data available. Why? Well, the vast majority of enterprise data is what is known as unstructured data. That includes any data thatâs not numeric â photos, videos, emails, PDFs, you name it.
Enter data curation â which is basically just the process of sorting through all this data to decide what is relevant to train the model and whatâs not. Today this is mostly a tedious, manual process. But is it even worth the hassle?
We spoke to Vincent Chen, Director of Product and Founding Engineer at Snorkel AI to get the lowdown on how data curation works, why it matters and whether itâs worth the hassle.
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Snorkel AI dives into hot market of data curation https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/snorkel-ai-dives-hot-market-data-curation Data storage gets spicy with help from AI https://www.fierce-network.com/ai/data-storage-gets-spicy-help-ai GenAI could illuminate decades worth of dark data https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/unstructured-data-pandoras-box-genai-its-keySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week, weâre diving into the wonderful world of artificial intelligence, taking an in-depth look at how to balance risks inherent in the technology with the high expectations generated by a now years-long hype cycle. And we couldnât have a better guest to explore the topic with.
Christopher Savoie is the co-inventor of something called the adaptive agent oriented software architecture. And what the heck is that? Well, itâs the AI-based natural language interface technology used to develop Appleâs Siri.
Long story short, Savoie has been working in this space since the late â90s. He is now founder and CEO of Boston-based Zapata Computing, a quantum-AI software company, which was spun out of Harvard in 2017 to tackle generative AI for industrial applications.
So, whatâs his take on whatâs hype and what could someday be realty?
Letâs find out.
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GenAI sinks into the 'trough of disillusionment' https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/generative-ai-hype-dying Nvidia highlights 4 AI trends making waves in telco right now https://www.fierce-network.com/modernization/nvidia-exec-sees-these-4-ai-trends-sweeping-telco-industry https://www.fierce-network.com/keyword/artificial-intelligence-aiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Description: This week, weâre putting data centers under the microscope â but not from the perspective you might think. As a B2B news outlet, we normally cover data centers from an insider viewpoint. But with AI helping drive a massive data center expansion effort, we wondered: âhow do communities feel about all these big buildings coming to town?â
So, we reached out to two local officials to tell us what theyâve heard from residents as data centers have proliferated in their areas. For this episode we spoke with local officials in two emerging data center hubs: Sloan Spalding, mayor of New Albany, Ohio, and Victor Angry, a Supervisor for Prince William County in Virginia.
With their help, we looked into the pros and cons of new data center builds, what kinds of community concerns tend to arise, and tips on how officials other municipalities can think about these businesses coming to town.
To learn more about the topics in this episode:
What makes a data center hub and where might the next be? https://www.fierce-network.com/data-center/what-makes-data-center-hub-and-where-might-next-be AWS tries to rally local govât behind data center expansion https://www.fierce-network.com/data-center/aws-tries-rally-local-govt-behind-data-center-expansion These 2 markets are the data center capitals of the world https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/these-two-markets-are-data-center-capitals-worldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week, we sat down with Lumen Technologies CEO Kate Johnson to delve into how AI is changing not just the network, but the culture inside telecom companies.
Just a few years ago, youâd have been forgiven for viewing Lumen as something of a company on the outs. Though company executives talked for years about transforming from a traditional telecom to a technology company, Lumenâs strategy was â to put it kindly â an enigma to analysts and investors alike. And the promised turnaround failed to materialize as the company battled declines in its legacy business segments.
When Johnson, a former Microsoft executive, took the helm in late 2022, things quickly felt different. Not only did she lean into hard changes â like cutting the dividend and reallocating capital from less successful initiatives to strengthen its core fiber backbone â but Johnson also articulated a new vision for the company â not just to investors but also employees. Soon after, the AI wave broke, setting the stage for Lumen to conveniently pitch itself as THE network needed to support the tech. A big Microsoft partnership and $5 billion worth of AI networking contracts later and voila. The tide has turned.
As telcos the world over grapple with AI, we set out to learn more about what went into developing Johnsonâs strategy for the company, how AI is shaping its plans, and how Lumen is hoping to defend its position against fast followers to its playbook.
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Exclusive: New CEO Kate Johnson talks what itâll take to turn Lumen around
https://www.fierce-network.com/telecom/exclusive-new-ceo-kate-johnson-talks-what-itll-take-turn-lumen-around Lumenâs CTO wants to weave a fresh fabric for the cloudâs future
https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/exclusive-lumens-new-cto-wants-weave-fresh-fabric-clouds-future Lumenâs got its eye on the AI gold rush
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/lumens-got-its-eye-ai-gold-rush AI could breathe new life into Lumen
https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/lumens-saving-grace-may-be-long-haul-fiber-demand-driven-ai Network is new scarce resource and thatâs good news for Lumen
https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/microsoft-taps-lumens-fiber-network-help-it-meet-ai-demandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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While Wi-Fi has become a common expectation of any modern building, it is interesting to see that individuals and businesses alike are increasingly relying on mobile data indoors, where an estimated 70-80% of mobile traffic originates.
This is the topic of discussion in this latest episode of The Five Nine Podcast as weâre joined by CommScope experts Upendra Pingle, Senior VP of Intelligent Cellular Networks, and Kevin Swank, Product Marketing Strategist of Intelligent Cellular Networks.
Sitting down to discuss the trends, challenges, and opportunities of in-building wireless, Pingle kicks things off by emphasizing that connectivity is becoming the "fourth utility," essential for supporting applications like voice, video, and emerging tech.
Building on this, Swank highlights some of the key use cases of in-building wireless today, such as cellular bandwidth in stadiums and supporting robotic manufacturing processes. Further, the duo also dive into the challenges of indoor signal penetration at higher frequencies.
Listen to the full episode to explore how in-building cellular tech is shaping industries like entertainment, healthcare, and education.
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This week Fierce Networkâs Linda Hardesty delves into the topic of fiber optic sensing.
When we think of fiber, we often just think of those little cables that connect us to the internet. But it turns out that fiber optic cables can be used for moreâŠmuch more.
Fiber optic sensing is basically the idea that fiber optic cables can sense vibrations in their vicinity and that can have several interesting uses. Linda spoke with Dr. Paul Dickinson, whoâs the Chairman of the Board for the Fiber Optic Sensing Association, a Washington DC-based non-profit.
Together, Linda and Paul walked through what FOS is, how it works and how itâs being implemented in a trial being done by the Texas 811 call center.
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Fiber optic cables can do more than just broadband https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/fiber-optic-cables-can-do-more-just-broadband Comcast slashes time to find fiber cuts from 2 hours to 2 minutes https://www.fierce-network.com/tech/comcast-finds-fiber-cuts-faster-upcycled-optical-analyzersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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