It’s true. TelcoDR has swooped in to take over Ericsson’s forfeited Mobile World Congress space in Barcelona. That’s right, I’ve signed on to fill 6,000 square meters (65,000 square feet for you Americans) on the exhibit floor at GSMA’s MWC 2021. I can’t wait to bring the public cloud centerstage at this event! And I’m even more excited to host innovative disruptors in my space – telco software vendors that have gone ALL IN on the public cloud.
In this episode, I sit down with my good friend David Haselwood to talk about why I gave everything I had to make this opportunity happen and what it means for the telco industry. We talk about:
- The question everyone wants to know – HOW did this happen? [3:14];
- How it changes the conversation from the Has Beens to the Cloud Disruptors [6:11]; and
- What we’re going to do with all this space [9:06].
And hey, if you know anyone at Ericsson, could you ask them if I can take over their hotel room blocks?
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- You can find the transcript for this episode here.
Links and Resources
- Read GSMA’s announcement about TelcoDR as a major MWC21 sponsor and check out the headlines:
- Fierce Wireless
- Light Reading
- Light Reading (Eurobites)
- Mobile Europe
- Mobile World Live
- Mobile World Live (Spanish)
- TelecomTV (Newswire)
- The Mobile Network
- Watch my DSP Leaders World Forum talk
- Get ready for MWC21:
- Learn more about safety plans for MWC21 in Barcelona
- Get the stats from The New York Times Global Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
- Read more about the event on the MWC Barcelona website
- Telco execs, set up a meeting to learn how to tap the immense business value of the public cloud.
- Telco software vendors, if your solutions are built on the public cloud, we want to host your company in our Cloud City – for free! Contact me for details.
- Check out Rafael Nadal’s topspin forehand in slow motion
- Take a trip back to the 1980s with this video of Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell”, Duran Duran’s Planet Earth and Rio music videos and don’t forget to take in a little ZZ Top from my home state of Texas
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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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