WE. DID. IT. As this podcast is hitting the feed, we’re about to take a victory lap after an eye-popping, jaw-dropping, mind-blowing Mobile World Congress 2021 (MWC21). Most of you know that in early March, I took over Ericsson’s 6,000 square meter booth at the event and created CLOUD CITY – a huge hub for all things public cloud. (If this is news to you, go check out episode 16, #SaveMWC). CLOUD CITY was an outta-the-park home run. In less than three months, we designed and delivered an unforgettable experience for both in-person and virtual attendees.
MWC asked me to deliver a keynote during the show, which I’ve turned into this podcast episode. The topic is the paradox of the public cloud for the telecom industry – the cloud presents massive opportunities for telcos, but it’s not completely risk-free. But it’s coming to telco, and telco leaders need to deal with it. Burying your head in the sand is NOT an option.
A few things you’ll find in this episode:
- I call myself the Elon Musk of telco and compare myself to Steve Jobs in the keynote, but hey, I’m not known for my modesty [2:30];
- How and why the telecom industry is poised to be the big winner in our post-pandemic workworld [6:22];
- What Rakuten, Vodafone, and DISH understand about the public cloud that most don’t [8:57];
- Why telco industry software needs to be completely rewritten for the public cloud [11:43];
- How the chore of collecting identity information is really the foundation for a HUGE strategic advantage [12:55]; and
- Why it’s time to start riding dragons.
Here’s the bottom line: the public cloud is coming to telco. It’s time to go ALL IN, use the public cloud the right way, and revitalize your telco. Let’s do it.
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Links and Resources
- Watch my keynote on CLOUD CITY ON-DEMAND
- Check out my DSP Leaders World Forum talk about webscale applications and Totogi
- In early June, I took part in Mobile World Live Themed Week and talked about how telcos can double their ARPU by turning network interactions into customer love. Watch the session and live Q&A
- Visit the Totogi website – it officially launched at MWC21!
- Read about DISH plans to build a 5G network on AWS and have US cities live before the end of the year
- Check out Vodafone’s announcement that it’s building one of the world’s largest Open RAN networks
- Learn more about how Vodafone shifted its analytics practice to GCP in this case study on my website
- Read about MWC21 highlights on the MWC Barcelona website
- You didn’t think I’d forget dragons, did you? Here’s my favorite dragon moment from Game of Thrones.
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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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