Mobile World Live

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

In this episode, Justin is joined by Kavit, Totogi CEO Danielle 'DR' Rios and Creative Strategies' principal analyst Carolina Milanesi to delve into all things MWC26, including the hottest topics, a pre-event Padel tournament and tips on how to recover from a week at the world's biggest mobile show.

0:00 Intro
3:00 Sum up MWC26 in 1 word
10:00 Personal highlights
15:00 Key themes of the show
30:00 Tips to recover from MWC26

Mobile World Live's Justin Springham hosts this episode as Kavit Majithia takes on the role of pundit alongside GSMA Intelligence head Peter Jarich and Totogi CEO Danielle 'DR' Rios. The team look back on 20 years of the event in Barcelona and naturally put a big focus on what to expect from this year's show (AI was expected, chat on Padel and something called 'Soccer' wasn't).

0:00 Intro
5:00 Getting ready for the event
11:00 MWC memories
22:00 AI at the show
32:00 Satellite to get real
34:00 Is it still a device show?
37:00 Other big themes
42:00 What are we looking forward to?

It's our annual end of year review episode, as the team sit down and discuss the hot topics that shaped 2025, including a Nokia shake-up, US operators winding back DEI, satellite getting real, device differentiation and massive AI investment. Later on, we have our predictions for 2026.

0:00 Intro
2:00 Was it a quiet year?
5:00 Nokia shake-up
9:00 US operators drop DEI
16:00 Satellite gets real
21:00 Smartphones get thin
29:00 Billions pumped into AI
33:00 Our 2026 predictions