Mobile World Live

This month Kavit sits down with Lt. Gen. Dr. S.P. Kochhar, director general of the Cellular Operators Association of India, to discuss the state of the country's telecoms landscape, navigating huge OTT traffic, the road to 6G, competition with China and the upcoming India Mobile Congress (IMC).

0:00 Intro
2:00 Background on COAI
5:00 India's Telecoms Landscape
11:00 OTT Infrastructure Investment Debate
14:00 Made In India and China Competition
18:00 The Road to 6G
24:00 Prospects for IMC 2026

Kavit and Justin are joined by Srini Kalapala, Verizon's Chief Network Officer for Wireless, to discuss the operator's role as the official provider for the Fifa World Cup 2026, opening up on record-breaking data volumes, stadium capacity and infrastructure challenges.
0:00 Intro 
4:00 Scale of World Cup 2026
7:00 2 Years Prep Time
10:00 Data Statistics 
13:00 Stadium Capacity Upgrades 
17:00 Fan Activity 
24:00 Private 5G Ref Cam 
28:00 Advice for World Cup 2030

Kavit and Justin are joined by Skylo CEO and co-founder Parth Trivedi to discuss the company's D2D ambitions, the impact of SpaceX's recording-breaking IPO for the segment and why a sovereign satellite approach could harm progress.

0:00 Intro
3:00 Skylo background
7:00 MWC26 Shanghai highlghts
11:00 The D2D opportunity
17:00 Skylo business model
31:00 SpaceX IPO impact
34:00 EU sovereignty debate

Kavit, Justin and Mike chew over the big news, including a mixed week for Elon Musk, US satellite JV plans and a cybersecurity coalition. Later in the episode, Justin has the action from a Huawei event in Paris and the Mobile Network Innovation Summit in London, while Mike reveals all about recent chats with T-Mobile and Verizon executives.
0:00 Intro
3:00 SpaceX IPO
9:00 US satellite JV
12:00 Cybersecurity coaltion
15:00 Huawei event in Paris
28:00 US operator AI moves

In this Podcast, Kavit and Justin speak to heavyweights Nvidia and Nokia about the potential for AI-RAN to transform network architecture, opening up on operator opportunity, use cases, and why some mooted challenges are nothing more than industry myths.

0:00: Intro
6:00 AI-RAN at MWC
9:00 Nvidia defines AI-RAN
13:00 AI-RAN use cases
18:00 Myths about AI chipsets
26:00 Nokia, Nvidia partnership
29:00: Operator uptake
36:00 AI-RAN investment