Carrier 2.0
Episodes
Telco Execution: Where Complexity Meets Trust
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Carrier 2.0, host Steve Saunders argues that the real competitive advantage in the AI era isn’t hype, scale, or au...
AI as a Systems Problem
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Carrier 2.0, host Steve Saunders reframes artificial intelligence not as a product or application, but as a full-sta...
Strategies for Carrier Transformation
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Carrier 2.0, host Steve Saunders looks at how carriers are moving beyond AI hype and into execution. Drawing on new ...
Networks Under Siege – AI Security, Infrastructure Threats, and the Battle to Protect Carrier Networks
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Carrier 2.0, host Steve Saunders examines how AI is reshaping security for carriers and widening the threat surface....
The AI-Driven Network – How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Architecture, Open RAN and the Future of Work
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Carrier 2.0, host Steve Saunders explores what it really takes to build an AI driven network. In a rapid expert mont...
Masum Mir of Cisco on AI Data Gravity, IT/OT Convergence, and the Edge Opportunity
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Carrier 2.0, host Steve Saunders talks with Masum Mir, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Provid...
Yago Tenorio of Verizon on AI, Open RAN, and the Next Smartphone Moment
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Carrier 2.0, host Steve Saunders talks with Santiago ‘Yago’ Tenorio, CTO of Verizon, about the defining forces s...
Ryan Asdourian of Lumen on Culture, AI, and the Next Era of Carriers
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Carrier 2.0, host Steve Saunders sits down with Ryan Asdourian, EVP and Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Lumen, to dis...
Carrier 2.0 Trailer
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carrier 2.0 is the podcast where Fierce Network’s Steve Saunders sits down with the people shaping the future of telecom. From AI and 5G to culture,...