Inside Out: A TM Forum podcast
Episodes
How Swisscom is approaching AI-driven transformation
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In early 2026 Swisscom started a multi-year effort to modernize the digital software core that powers its B2C and B2B businesses. In this webinar we t...
6G, AI, and the transatlantic investment divide
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Few people are better qualified to reflect on the future of our industry than former T-Mobile USA President of Technology Ulf Ewaldsson. In this pod...
Colt's Chief Digital Information Officer on adapting to AI disruption
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ashish Surti, Chief Digital Information Officer, Colt Technology Services, discusses how AI is accelerating software development and the challenges o...
Howard Watson on AI and telco foundations
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Watson, who is retiring from his role as BT's Chief Security and Networks Officer, shares his perspective on today's telecoms industry gained...
Axiata CIO on how software platforms are transforming its business
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Axiata Group is one of the most innovative operator groups in Asia. Its Ideamart API monetization platform is the most successful of its type in the g...
IOH's CTO on building trusted AI at scale
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Indonesia's IOH is seeking to change how it serves customers and runs its business by becoming an AI-native techco. This entails building sovereign ...
Orange Group CIO on why speed is a matter of survival
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Orange Group CIO Koen Vermeulen is in no doubt about the impact of AI on the telecoms sector, Rather than viewing it merely as a tool to accelerate tr...
TechCo, people and culture: reskilling and leadership for the AI era
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rene Felber is Chair of the TM Forum TPAC (TechCo, People and Culture) Collaboration Project, and he is joined by Ishari Siriwardane, General Manager ...
Building a telco API business for Africa
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Saad Syed, CEO of Chenosis — MTN's API monetization venture — reveals how the company is shaping the future of Africa's digital economy. From a bo...
RAN market dynamics and the future mobile landscape
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran analyst Stéphane Téral, Founder & Chief Analyst at Téral Research, joins TM Forum Senior Analyst Richard Webb to discuss the 5G landscape, ...
How AI is changing the role of telco-to-telco services
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how AI is reshaping telco-to-telco services and transforming the way operators collaborate. Tom Loozen, Managing Partner a...
DTW Ignite: Judging telco Excellence
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This year's judges of TM Forum's Excellence Awards give a behind the scenes glimpse into how they choose the winners and why.
Who owns telco innovation?
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During more than 20 years as CTO of Telus Ibrahim Gedeon played a large role in shaping change in both the company where he worked and the industry. N...
Colt's Keri Gilder on why inclusion is still a 'strategic imperative'
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keri Gilder, CEO, Colt Technologies, explains why diversity, equity and inclusion programs are an important part of the company's strategy to achieve ...
How will CSPs' technology choices impact capex and opex?
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Kyllesbech Larsen, Industry Analyst, TechNEconomY, and former CTO of T-Mobile in the Netherlands, discusses how telcos' capex and opex trends are ...
Inside Out: How Open APIs spurred innovation
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we explore the history of Open APIs and how they have led to the development of TM Forum's Open Digital Architecture (ODA) and the ope...
Inside out: Japan's telcos get creative in the face of ARPU declines
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Einstein, Research Director, Counterpoint Research, discusses how Japanese telecom operators have been diversifying their businesses in the face ...
Inside out: Japan's telcos get creative in the face of ARPU declines
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Einstein, Research Director, Counterpoint Research, discusses how Japanese telecom operators have been diversifying their businesses in the face ...
Inside Out: Are telcos ready for a next gen OSS?
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The telecoms industry is busy drawing up and implementing roadmaps for the next generation of operational support systems (OSS) that will support futu...
Will AI force a rethink of telco transformation?
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Bell, who led digital transformation projects at M1 Limited, Telstra, and Telkomtelstra (now known as Digiserve) before becoming a partner at K...
Inside Out: Has telco capex peaked for good?
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
William Webb, Independent telecommunications consultant and author discusses the thesis of his new book 'The End of Telecoms History' with Mark Newman...
Inside Out: Why MEF and TM Forum are aligning to help automate network services
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In June TM Forum and MEF a joint initiative to align API development and enable end-to-end automation for MEF network-as-a-service (NaaS) services. W...
Inside Out: Why MEF and TM Forum are aligning to help automate network services
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In June TM Forum and MEF a joint initiative to align API development and enable end-to-end automation for MEF network-as-a-service (NaaS) services. W...
Inside Out: Why MEF and TM Forum are aligning to help automate network services
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In June TM Forum and MEF signed a joint initiative to align API development and enable end-to-end automation for MEF network-as-a-service (NaaS) servi...
Inside out: The analysts' take on DTW24-Ignite
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TM Forum's analysts discuss some of the trends and highlights from DTW24-Ignite, including what the show had to say about the telecommunications indu...
Inside Out: Judging TM Forum's Excellence Awards
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lead judges for this year's TM Forum Excellence Awards, Camille Mendler, Chief Analyst, Omdia, and Joann O'Brien, Vice President, Digital Ecosystems, ...
Inside Out: Is Open RAN going to plan?
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Lopez, Founder and CEO, Core Analysis and Mark Newman, Chief Analyst, TM Forum, discuss the global telecoms market's current commitment to t...
DTW24 - Ignite: The Executive preview
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the run up to DTW24 – Ignite, which is taking place 18-20 June in Copenhagen, Nik Willetts, CEO, TM Forum, Dr. Steffen Roehn, Partner at Bain &...
Building skills for a techco future
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ayedime Amadi, Senior Manager Enterprise Architecture & Customer Channels for MTN Group, talks about her passion for helping people develop technolog...
Inside Out: Are telcos ready to harness AI's potential?
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sami Luukkonen, Managing Partner of Telco+ at Singtel Group NCS, shares his learnings from AI and generative AI (GenAI) deployment and how the t...
TM Forum's Inside Out: What's next for MVNOs?
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jacques Bonifay, CEO of Transatel NTT, has played an integral role in developing the global MVNO market since co-founding Transatel in 2000. In this...
DTW 2022: Omdia's Roz Roseboro on what's changed in three years
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roz Roseboro, principal analyst, Omdia and Mark Newman, chief analyst, TM Forum took time out from DTW 2022 to dissect what's happening on the show f...
DTW 2022: The analysts' take on telco industry transformation
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Justin van der Lande, Research Director, Analysys Mason; Andrew Baldock, Product Marketing Director, Infovista; and Mark Newman, Chief Analyst, TM For...
DTW 2022: TM Forum Excellence Awards
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Camille Mendler, Chief Analyst, Service Provider Enterprise, Omdia, and head external judge of this year's TM Forum's Excellence Awards, discusses th...
Telco to techco - what does it mean for capex and opex?
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TM Forum analysts, Mark Newman and Dean Ramsay, discuss some of the industry trends they are identifying as they research their upcoming benchmark rep...
Enterprise developments: Telefónica, Verizon and BT make moves
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TM Forum analysts, Mark Newman and Dean Ramsay, take a look at recent developments in enterprise markets, including Telefónica Tech's acquisition of ...
Quick Talk: MWC and Orange/MasMovil JV talks
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TM Forum's analysts Mark Newman and Dean Ramsay discuss trends at Mobile World Congress and consolidation in Europe as Orange and MasMovil enter exclu...
Quick Talk: Google's stake in Bharti Airtel and collaboration with Deutsche Telekom
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TM Forum's chief analyst, Mark Newman, discusses Google's $700M acquisition of a 1.28% stake in Bharti Airtel, which is part of a wider investment tha...
Quick Talk: Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard; US 5G airports spat; Space RAN and sustainability
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Ramsay, principal analyst, TM Forum, takes a look at some of the latest news in the telecoms industry, including 5G deployment near US airports; ...
Will Open RAN maintain momentum in 2022?
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Open RAN attracted a lot of attention from across the telecoms industry in 2021. Dean Ramsay, principal analyst, TM Forum, discusses what helped spark...
Spanning the generations: how to get the best out of a diverse workforce
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adan Pope, CTO of Intrado, whose career spans leadership roles at Ciena, Ericsson and Telcordia, discusses what cloud-based systems and agile methodol...
Quick Talk: Veteran CTO discusses why telco transformation succeeds - and fails
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adan Pope has spent more than 20 years as a chief technology officer in the telecoms industry. He drew on his experience of managing through periods o...
Quick Talk: AWS, private networks and competing for the enterprise
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
TM Forum analysts, Mark Newman and Dean Ramsay, discuss the implications of AWS' move into turnkey private networks, competition for the enterprise cu...
The journey from telco to techco
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Boasman-Patel, Vice President, AI & Customer Experience at TM Forum, and Brian Smith, Accenture's Global Comms & Media Innovation Lead, discuss ...
TM Forum's CEO and Chairman take the pulse of telco industry
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's QuickTalk podcast TM Forum's CEO, Nik Willetts, and Steffen Roehn, Chairman of TM Forum and Expert Partner with Bain & Company, discuss...
QuickTalk: News analysis of Orange, Nokia and IHS Towers IPO
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Analysis of the latest news from Orange; Nokia's industrial edge solution, tower asset sales, data governance and partnering.
Quick Talk: DTWS: The analysts' round up
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
TM Forum analysts, Mark Newman and Dean Ramsay, discuss trends from the first week of C-level presentations at the Digital Transformation World Series...
Quick Talk: Two weeks in telecoms
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
TM Forum's Chief Analyst, Mark Newman, and Principal Analyst, Dean Ramsay, delve into the stories behind the recent headlines in our new podcast serie...
Why diversity & inclusion is a board-level issue
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vicky Sleight, TM Forum's Global Director of Human Factor and D&I, discusses why diversity & inclusion is of strategic importance for the telecoms ind...
Mapping a path to telco growth
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
5G offers communication service providers (CSP) the possibility to develop new business lines. But which strategies and services are likely to delive...
Cloud Native for Telco vendors
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this final episode of Cloud Talk, Mark Newmand and Mark Collins spend time looking at exactly what is cloud native and how telcos can go about choo...
TM Forum & MEF Buddy Up on Telco APIs
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, is all about how Open APIs save telcos time and money. Host Liz Coyne, TM Forum's CTO, George Glass, a...
Taming your AI
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, host Liz Coyne and TM Forum's AI and customer experience VP, Aaron Boasman-Patel, talks about how ...
Orange "Googles IT," TikTok Boom! and Telco Earnings Insight
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, host Liz Coyne and TM Forum's chief analyst, Mark Newman, discuss the partnership of Orange and Goo...
The Human Factor
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Quick Talk, host Liz Coyne talks to Vicky Sleight who heads up TM Forum's new Diversity and Inclusion Council and runs collaboratio...
Mission Possible: Pushing 5G in the UK
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Quick Talk, Liz Coyne talks to Ros Singleton, chair of the advisory board of UK5G. UK5G is the UK's national innovation network ded...
It's time to jump into the deep end of the IT transformation pool, kids
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, I talked to Bruno Chomel, Chief Information Officer at Orange Poland about how the operator transfo...
Did someone say it's all about openness?
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, I talked to Lester Thomas, Chief IT Systems Architect at Vodafone and TM Forum's Chief Technology O...
Collaboration: What is it good for?
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, host Liz Coyne asks TM Forum's chief digital officer, John Gillam, what telecom industry collaborat...
5G: The COVID-19 impact
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, host Liz Coyne and TM Forum's chief analyst, Mark Newman, discuss Rakuten Mobile's 5G deployment de...
Let the Merger Mania Begin
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, host Liz Coyne and TM Forum's chief analyst, Mark Newman, discuss the merger of 02 and Virgin Media...
How much is that broadband in the window?
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Quick Talk, a TM Forum podcast, host Liz Coyne and TM Forum's chief analyst, Mark Newman, discuss the spikes in data usage around t...