We’re stepping away from our usual interview format to bring you a quick and breezy year-end look at 2020’s big headlines and 2021 trends to watch. If you’re like me, you’re ready to say ADIOS to 2020 and welcome bright-eyed 2021. We’re staring down a year that will demand bold action and innovation. Telcos are going to have to step up or go home when it comes to the public cloud. Who will be in the winner’s circle at the end of the year?
- Gutsy telco badasses [4:54];
- OpenRAN [7:50];
- And Elon friggin’ Musk – don’t miss the Telco in 20 Takeaway [9:19] to be dumbstruck by the list of what he accomplished in 2020;
- And check out my secret message to listeners at the end!
Tune in now – it’ll be the best 12 minutes you spend this week to get you fired up for the NEW YEAR!
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Links and Resources
- Read my blog on what happened in 2020 and my 2021 predictions
- Read how I bitch slap IBM in the Fierce Telecom version of my 2021 predictions – a saucier version than the rest!
- Watch Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discuss the three principles that guide Microsoft’s approach to Azure for operators [1:35] and the strategy behind its acquisitions of Affirmed and Metaswitch [4:06]
- Check out my interview with Ray Le Maistre of TelecomTV and hear me talk about Azure for Operators’ bold move to target telcos and Deutsche Telekom’s work with AWS and Azure
- Watch Corey Quinn and me during re:Quinnvent on Twitch with my telco take on Amazon’s re:Invent
- Watch the first mtv video ever played, “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by The Buggles
- Watch the SpaceX launch of astronauts to space, or the BFR Starship explosion after it hit 41k feet, or the successful belly flop maneuver they did with Starship
- Read about Arpanet moving to TCP/IP
- Play Ms. PacMan (hit enter to start, use your arrow keys to play – do you remember the patterns?)
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Podcast Credits
- Executive Producer and Host: Danielle Royston, TelcoDR
- Executive Producer: Kristin Donelson, OneLouder Marketing
- Senior Producer: Lindsay Grubb, TillCo Media
- Editor/Producer: Alisa Jenkins Wilson, Springboard Marketing
- Audio Editing: Andrew Condell
- Music: Dyami Wilson
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