Danielle Rios, TelcoDR

Telco in 20

Business EN ↓ 145 episodes

Over the next 20 years, the telco industry will radically change as we move the entire IT estate to the public cloud to use AI. Are you ready? Telco in 20 helps telecom execs drive transformative change through the savvy use of public cloud and AI. Host Danielle Rios and high profile guests from across telecom share their vision for the industry’s future, the impact of artificial intelligence, and what telcos need to do to thrive.

Author

Danielle Rios, TelcoDR

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.telcodr.com

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Ep 44 - DISH: The Telco Pioneer (Marc Rouanne) 21.06.2022

DISH Wireless EVP and Chief Network Officer Marc Rouanne talks about DISH’s cloud-native 5G network, its partnership with AWS, and more.

Ep 43 - Telco’s Pinball Wizard: Neil McRae 14.06.2022

BT Chief Architect Neil McRae talks about the company's digital transformation and strategies for working with hyperscalers ... and pinball, of course!

Ep 42 - Talking Telco with Google Cloud (Amol Phadke) 31.05.2022

Amol Phadke, Google Cloud's MD & GM for the Global Telecom Industry, talks about what the hyperscaler is doing in the telco space.

Ep 41 - Telco Religious Wars: Charging Databases (Alex DeBrie) 17.05.2022

When it comes to charging, the database you use is critical. Database expert Alex DeBrie talks about the pros and cons of database options.

Ep 40 - New ways to build your future-ready workforce (Kamal Ahluwalia) 03.05.2022

Telcos need to hire a gazillion people with cloud skills. How can CSPs cultivate the talented teams they need? Good news – there are new workforce management strategies and AI tools that can help.

Ep 39 - Hacking Cloud Costs (Michael Kearns) 19.04.2022

A cottage industry has popped up to help companies optimize their cloud environment and spending. Find out what you can do to hack cloud costs.

Ep 38 - What’s Up with Totogi? The Future of Charging 05.04.2022

Nothing new has happened in charging in decades – until now. Find out why Totogi’s API-based, pay-by-the-use system is a game changer for telcos.

Ep 37 - A Chat with AWS about the Future of Telco Tech (Claus Verner) 22.03.2022

I had a great conversation with Claus Verner from AWS at MWC22. We talk about how the public cloud is helping to build innovative telco software companies, the launch of TelcoDR, and more.

Ep 36 - The Public Cloud is NOW (MWC) 08.03.2022

Listen to the most exciting talk from MWC 2022 to learn how to turn the public cloud into a competitive advantage.

Ep 35 - Azure has private networks, too! (Shriraj Gaglani) 22.02.2022

Microsoft Azure’s private network offering unites 5G, edge computing, and a robust partner network to deliver private networks to enterprises. Shriraj Gaglani, GM, Azure Private MEC, tells us what this means for telco.

Ep 34 - Get ready for CLOUD CITY 2022! (David Haselwood) 08.02.2022

CLOUD CITY is back, baby! And 100% in the cloud this year. Find out what we’ve done to bring an in-person experience to our virtual platform, and what you’ll find during the event.

Ep 33 - Quick and easy real-time communications with Amazon Chime SDK (Sid Rao) 11.01.2022

Amazon Chime SDK general manager Sid Rao shares insights into what this set of real-time communication tools can do for telcos.

Ep 32 - 2022 Predictions: All aboard the public cloud train 28.12.2021

In this special episode, we take a look at telco and public cloud trends to watch in 2022. Tune in to find out what you need to know.

Ep 31 - Verizon’s public cloud journey (Nanda Kumar) 07.12.2021

Nanda Kumar, executive director of cloud engineering at Verizon, has helped pilot the company’s successful digital transformation. He tells us about the journey, which started back in 2016.

Ep 30 - What’s up with Totogi? Achieving Feature Velocity with the Totogi APIs 07.12.2021

Totogi APIs can help CSPs bring new features to market fast, and boost customer satisfaction and ARPU in the process.

Ep 29 - Telco in 20’s Best of 2021 (Juha Korhonen) 16.11.2021

In our most popular episode from 2021, transformation leader Juha Korhonen shares his experience with the successful launch of Yaqoot, a digital mobile operator in the Middle East.

Ep 28 - Talking public cloud with GSMA (Mats Granryd) 19.10.2021

Telco in 20 sits down with Mats Granryd, Director General for GSMA, to talk about the future of the public cloud and telco.

Ep 27 - Talking public cloud with Telecoms.com (Scott Bicheno/Iain Morris ) 04.10.2021

Telco in 20 sits down with Scott Bicheno and Iain Morris of the Telecoms.com podcast to have an awesome conversation about the public cloud and telco.

Ep 26 - Avoid vendor lock-in with TM Forum Open APIs (TMF DTW) 28.09.2021

TM Forum’s Open APIs are giving telcos a way to build IT solutions that are easier and cheaper to deploy, integrate, and upgrade. It’s time to change your thinking about the best way to build applications.

Ep 25 - Get ready to use the public cloud… in Afghanistan (Imtiaz Esmail) 21.09.2021

Former Roshan CFO Imtiaz Esmail and his team refused to be sidelined by two devastating attacks on the Afghan telecom. Instead, they guided the company through a successful digital transformation.

Ep 24 - What’s up with Totogi? 24.08.2021

Here's the latest on Totogi, the telco software darling built specifically for the public cloud – 80% lower TCO, anyone?

Ep 23 - DynamoDB: A tier 0 database (Rick Houlihan) 10.08.2021

AWS' Rick Houlihan tells us why flexible and scalable NoSQL databases are a great fit for telco.

Ep 22 - Meet mediation vendor Digital Route (Jonas Wallenius) 27.07.2021

Jonas Wallenius, Strategic Product Manager at Digital Route, has a clear view of the public cloud's potential for telco, and ideas about how the industry can get there.

Ep 21 - How we rocked MWC21 (David Haselwood) 13.07.2021

CLOUD CITY shifted the spotlight to the public cloud for telco for the first time in MWC history.

Ep 20 - The paradox of the public cloud (MWC) 30.06.2021

There are massive upsides to the public cloud for telcos, but that’s not the whole story. TelcoDR CEO Danielle Royston tells it all in her MWC21 keynote.

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