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  We’re delighted to have Eileen Carroll on the Podcast this week, Eileen is CEO of Púca (business SMS Messaging) and a Co-Founder of  Prommt (Remote Payment Communications) Eileen has extensive business experience and talks about how both businesses are targeted and how both are scaling by focusing on different markets. In her spare time, Eileen admits to being a bit of a nerd (aren’t we all !?)...

We’re delighted to have the Chief Product Officer at Cubic Telecom, Cian Ó Cuinneagáin talking about IoT as it relates to high value Mobile Assets, particularly cars.  Cubic is a supplier to a number of large customers including Audi.  Cian covers the issues of regulatory, different administrative and regulatory regimes and how these affect issues such as SIM and Cloud Storage options.  We also co...

We’re delighted to have Roslyn Layton, who is an expert on Regulation and Strategy, Roslyn has studied numerous countries and has looked at the actual outcomes from Regulatory Regimes as opposed to the desired outcomes. Roslyn puts forward the idea that that rigorous regulation is reducing consumer choice of services and price points, in Europe in particular. Roslyn is a very clear and persuasive...

Welcome to the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Telecoms Podcast and we’re delighted to have Scott Bewley of pwc as our Guest. Scott has extensive and wide experience of working in the Mobile Industry both with Operators and with Vendors, he is now Director of Technology with pwc and providing solutions to his customers. Scott gives his views on the evolution of the Mobile Industry, the promise of 5G, a...

We’re delighted to have the well respected Pamela Clark-Dickson,  Principal Analyst with Omdia, where she looks after analysis of the CPaaS and Advanced Messaging and Communications industry, on the Podcast today. Pamela firstly covers the range of services on offer from Omdia and then we talk in detail about the development of CPaaS and the A2P markets and how the market participants are effectiv...

Our Christmas 2022 Special Edition. We’re delighted to have Stuart Mitchell, Global Business Development at Sinch talking about the evolution of Messaging through different Technologies over the last decade.  Stuart talks about all the important areas of SMS, RCS, Omnichannel and Spam.  It turns out that Stuart has a surprising background relating to Music as you will hear!! https://www.linkedin.c...

We’re delighted to talk with Chris Horn, Entrepreneur, Investor and Academic about a surprising topic -  Ireland’s early, and relatively unknown, Computer Pioneer,  Percy Ludgate As you will hear Ludgate proposed a Computer Design in 1909.  Chris explains how the machine was designed and how it compared to the better known and earlier Babbage Design. Ludgate died (at just 39) on 16th October 1922...

We have a great Podcast with Uku Tomikas from Messente who are based in Estonia. We talk about a wide range of topics including: What Messente does and how it grew Uku talks about his surprising educational background and lets us know what he was known as a National Champion for (!) We also talk about what it is like to live in Estonia with the current International situation while being an Artill...

We’re delighted to have Waheed Adam, Executive Chairman of iTouch South Africa as our guest on the show. Waheed grew up under Apartheid in South Africa and he tells us how the discrimination he experienced affected his outlook.  He relates one event in particular that helped give him the motivation to become an Entrepreneur and he also talks about his early business venture even as a student. We t...

We have a very interesting guest on the Podcast this week.  Deryck Fay has written a fascinating book about the history of Telecoms in Ireland called “Connecting a Nation” and it’s a very surprising history.  Its starts in the 1850s, yes, when the first sub-sea cables were being laid and Ireland was the natural hub for the first Transatlantic cables.  Later its proximity to Nova Scotia made it the...

We’re delighted to have Anurag Aggarwal of Tanla Platforms, Head of Partnerships, as our guest this week. Anurag tells us about his early career choice in a totally different Industry and how he ended up in the CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) Industry.  You can hear that Anurag is truly a people person and he says that’s fundamental to his approach to business. He talks about the Tanl...

We’re delighted to have, Andy Jones, Head of Sales for Mobile Squared who is an expert in Mobile Marketing Channels talking about how they help their customers with their Business and A2P channel development Andy firstly talks about how his career moved from BT, to Mavenir and onto Mobile Squared. Andy relates a very interesting discussion on how RCS developed, how Google moved into the market and...

Firstly, we’re delighted to have Jimmy Jones, Head of Security at Zariot,   as soon as you hear Jimmy’s accent you’ll know where he’s from. Jimmy is has a very interesting story about his life before he got into Technology which I think will surprise you. Jimmy started at the bottom in Worldcom installing Switches across Europe. As he developed his career he took on more of a Security role and dev...

There is an extra Irish flavour to this podcast, if our International listeners can bear with us for Christmas. Firstly, we’re delighted to have Simon O Donnell VP of Athonet Networks.  Simon is from Strabane in the North of Ireland and has been based in Boston for many years.  He’s well known in the Wireless Industry around the world. Simon has a great back story of how he ended up in Boston and...

We’re delighted to have Gerard Smith on the podcast this week. Gerard is a Business person and a Director of Chime, the National Deafness Charity. Gerard talks about his Cleantech business, Passionate About Recycling.  The company offers Recycling solutions, including: Tire Recycling Plasterboard or Gypsum Recycling Sewage and Sludge Recycling Gerard relates his personal story of growing up undiag...

We’re delighted to have Gerry McKenna on the podcast this week. Gerry has worked in the Software Industry since he graduated, both Internationally and in Ireland.  He’s probably best known for being the CEO of Logica Aldiscon during the fast growth days. What’s very interesting about Gerry’s story are his reflections on the changes in the Software Industry in Ireland from the days of emigration to...

We’re thrilled to have Rena Maycock on the Podcast this week. Rena has an extraordinary career across a range of businesses and has been founder / co-founder with two of them, as you will hear. Rena has natural Sales and Communications skills and tells us how she first started working with her Co-Founder to develop the very successful Intro Matchmaking ( https://www.intro.ie/ )  after a chance enc...

We’re delighted to have Tony Boyle on the Podcast this week.  Tony is a well known entrepreneur, both in Ireland and Internationally, in the Wireless Industry.  Having worked for Motorola in the early days, he and his business partner, Michael McGinley, established Sigma Wireless thirty years ago and it is one of Ireland’s market leading Wireless Equipment providers. Tony has been there for the fu...

We’re delighted to have Drew O’Sullivan on the Podcast this week.  Drew is well known in the Start Up ecosystem in Ireland and Europe He has achieved many things throughout his career but summarises his work mainly as Investor, Advisor and Mentor. Currently Drew is working with Intertrade Ireland and the European Angel Fund / European Investment Bank. If you know Drew, I think you’ll know you will...

Welcome to a Good, Bad and Ugly Art Attack Edition, an occasional look at the arts. To give you some background to this short podcast let me explain. One of Ireland’s most successful writers is Roddy Doyle, who wrote about the fictional Dublin Family, the Rabbittes.  These are the famous Barrytown Trilogy of “The Commitments”, “The Snapper” and “The Van”. All of these were made into films that are...

Sometimes you meet someone who surprises you by their personality, their achievements and their vision – and we definitely have such a person on this podcast. I’m delighted to present the remarkable, Tumi Frazier, who having been raised in a poor township in South Africa, by her own self will and education, is now an International Social Entrepreneur making a difference in South Africa and the USA...

I’m delighted to have an accomplished International Business Woman on the show this week, with Christine MacKay.  Christine is  great story teller and a Founder and Entrepreneur, she leads Salamandra UK Business Animation Studios. She has great stories about her early career travelling to South Africa in a broken down van, selling beer for both big and small breweries in Sub Saharan Africa (yes, b...

Sometimes its very interesting to hear someone talk about an industry they have expertise and experience in.   Tristan Pelloux is an expert and Consultant on the Fintech Industry.  He’s also publisher of a Blog – Fintech Review where he gives his views and analysis of the Fintech Industry. Tristan touches on What Score would he give the Industry? Will Revolut / N27 prevail? How can incumbent banks...

Sometimes you meet people who impress you with their authenticity, insights and thoughts about the industry that they work in, and this week I’m delighted to say we have such a guest. John Wilkinson, is co-founder and CEO of TMT Analysis, which is a successful Mobile Intelligence and Identity firm.  John’s company provides Mobile Operators, Enterprises, Marketing companies and CPaaS Companies with...

What was the first SMS sent in Japan?  Well, you can find out here. As part of our series, talking with key players in the development of the SMS Industry, we have a fun and insightful podcast with Paul Rogers who pioneered the development of the Asian Market for Logica Aldiscon.  Paul tells us some great stories about the learning and the doing that made the company so successful in Asia.  He tal...