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Fujitsu EVP and Head of Global Networks Business Femi Adeyemi joins the show to look at the state of Open RAN, including positive market traction and lingering impediments, particularly related to providing vendor optionality without creating analysis paralysis.

Telecom Infra Project Executive Director Kristian Toivo comes on the show to reflect on key learnings form the recent TIP-hosted Fyuz event in Madrid, in particular the industrialization of Open RAN. In addition to looking how buy-in from incumbent vendors can accelerate Open RAN adoption, Toivo talks about the latest in silicon supplier diversification for disaggregated radio systems, and much more.

The final episode of Well, technically... features Swisscom's Executive Vice President of Data, Analytics & AI Laure Willemin, who discusses the need for harmonized and centralized data and reveals that while what GenAI can bring tot he table for telecom is promising, it certainly isn't solving all of Swisscom's problem. And please stay tuned to the end for a special note from RCR Wireless News managing editor and host of the podcast.

Network slicing can be a game changer for communications service providers (CSPs), allowing them to offer new services to their customers and generating new revenue. Heather Broughton, AVP Marketing Service Provider Solutions, NETSCOUT, discusses the current state of 5G network slicing and where she sees this technology going both for CSPs and their subscribers.

This week, Geetha Ram, the head of telco compute at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, tells a story about her grandmother, details the relationship between Open RAN and AI and explains the difference between in-line and look-aside acceleration for Open RAN silicon.

This week, Spirent Communications' Chief Marketing Officer Cheryl Ragland discusses how telecom marketing has changed in recent years due to things like the pandemic and evolving customer expectations. She also assesses the value of hype when it comes to new technologies hitting the market.