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The Telco Podcast

The Telco Podcast

By Maciej Mazur

What’s happening in the telco space? How can we handle the explosion in complexity with the adoption of cloud native technology? OpenRAN, next generation mobile core (5G and beyond), edge AI and more with hybrid cloud, public cloud, and on-prem create many deployment permutations. How can we manage this and keep it secure? Tune in to The Telco Podcast with Anton Smith and Maciej Mazur to get the latest news, commentary, interviews with some amazing thought leader guests from the Telco space.
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How is open source preventing Orwellian cyberpunk dystopia ?

The Telco PodcastJul 18, 2022

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How is open source preventing Orwellian cyberpunk dystopia ?

How is open source preventing Orwellian cyberpunk dystopia ?

In this episode we will explore the Swedish privacy-focused ISP - Bahnhof - by talking with CEO Jon Karlung about how open source technologies are helping in his endeavor to prevent Orwellian cyberpunk dystopia. Jon walks us through the days of BBS and Gopher to modern-day ISP and private clouds. It's not every day you get to listen to a large ISP CEO speaking about their life adventures, so don't miss out on this episode.

This episode is run by your favorite whimsical host - Anton Smith

Jul 18, 202247:23
Everything you wanted to know and more about Kubernetes in telco with Alex Jones.

Everything you wanted to know and more about Kubernetes in telco with Alex Jones.

Here we go with an interview about everything Kubernetes in telco with Alex Jones.

Alex works as both a contributor and end-user of cloud-native technology.
When not working as Kubernetes Engineering Director at Canonical; he contributes to CNCF TAG App Delivery as Tech Lead.
He has worked at companies such as JPMorgan, American Express, Microsoft, British Sky Broadcasting.

Fore more on that topic go and check ubuntu.com/telco

Jun 04, 202234:48
How oil and gas uses technology to transform to clean tech. A story of a personal success, way from zero to hero with Dave Montana - VP, technologist, problem solver and former Royal Green Jacket

How oil and gas uses technology to transform to clean tech. A story of a personal success, way from zero to hero with Dave Montana - VP, technologist, problem solver and former Royal Green Jacket

Have you ever wondered what role open source and telco plays in oil & gas, and how it now accelerates the transition to renewable energy? Together with Anton Smith we sit down to chat with a man who spent most of his career in that field, with a work history covering Schlumberger, Canonical and RedHat.

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Network topology as code - interview with Roman Dodin, PLM in Nokia and maintainer of Containerlabs

Network topology as code - interview with Roman Dodin, PLM in Nokia and maintainer of Containerlabs

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Transport networks and routers with Anton Smith and Maciej Mazur

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This episode is an interview with my college Anton Smith, who is "router magician" and seasoned Product Manager who brought multiple telecom solutions to market working for biggest players in the industry. He will share his stories about building routers from scratch, explain time synchronization, his patent on optimization of handovers and more...

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FAQ about open source in telco with Arno van Huyssteen and Maciej Mazur

FAQ about open source in telco with Arno van Huyssteen and Maciej Mazur

In this episode we talk about open source in telco. Focusing on infrastructure for PNF's, VNF's and CNF's in form of Ubuntu, OpenStack and Kubernetes. Automation and security angles mostly. Arno also shares his perspective on the evolution of service providers and how the IT technologies coming into the picture change the landscape.

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