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Orange Business Radio#13: Is 5G (still) a technology looking for a use case?Episode 13: Is 5G (still) a technology looking for a use case?Welcome to Episode 13! This episode is recorded at #Insights2025, the yearly analyst event of Orange Business. Our guest is Pablo Tomasi, Principal Analyst - Private Networks at Omdia5G has been around for a while and at the time of launch of this "new G", there were many promises around this next iteration of the mobile network. What has become reality sofar and what can we expect in the future? Pablo shares his views with us, and we share our views with him. 2025-07-1646 min
Orange Business Radio#12: The struggle for digital (and some analog) inclusionEpisode 12: AI: The struggle for digital inclusionWelcome to Episode 12! This episode is recorded at #Insights2025, the yearly analyst event of Orange Business. Our guest is Chris Lewis, Telecoms Industry and Accessibility Analyst, Strategic Advisor, Public Speaker and Founder of The Great Telco Debate.Chris is registered blind and is doing a lot of research on digital inclusion. We discuss the challenges for disabled people and also how modern tools help him perform his job and navigate through life (at least, when they are implemented correctly) Guest: Chris Lewis, Telecoms I...2025-07-1644 min
Orange Business Radio#11: Transformation is all about the peopleEpisode 11: Transformation is all about the peopleGuest: Laurent Aufils: Chief People Officer at Orange BusinessLinkedInAbout the hosts:Frank de JongFrank has over 30 years of experience in the world of telecommunications and IT. Having held several roles at several different telecom operators and technology companies, he now works as Program Director and Tech Evangelist at Orange Business. In his spare time, Frank flies planes, does nerdy stuff and even recently started learning woodworking and furniture restoration. L...2025-07-1445 min
Orange Business Radio#10 What happened to The Metaverse?Episode 10: What happened to The Metaverse?Only a few years ago, Metaverse was the biggest hype in the IT world. Facebook decided to change its name into Meta and invested 10 billion dollars in making the Metaverse happen. Many companies were convinced that this was going the be the only way they would communicate with their customers in a few years. Today, it has become really quiet around The Metaverse, which made us wonder: "What happened to The Metaverse?" We invited Nic Hill, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Sawhorse Productions, who explains that The Metaverse never really existed and...2025-03-1043 minOrange Business Radio#9 Interesting Stuff for 2025Episode 9: Interesting stuff for 2025About the hosts:Frank de JongFrank has over 30 years of experience in the world of telecommunications and IT. Having held several roles at several different telecom operators and technology companies, he now works as Program Director and Tech Evangelist at Orange Business. In his spare time, Frank flies planes, does nerdy stuff and even recently started learning woodworking and furniture restoration. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fjdejong/Email: frank.dejong@orange.c...2025-02-1746 minOrange Business Radio#8 AI: from Greek to GeekEpisode 8: AI: from Greek fo GeekWelcome to Episode 8! In "AI: From Greek to Geek" is the last one we recorded at #NetworkX 2024 in Paris. Our guest is Israel Madiedo, Innovation and Technology Director at izzi.AI is a very hot topic this year and this is why we invited Israel (Izzy! Yes, he works at a company that has the same name and yes, that is a coincidence, but, how cool?!) to talk to us about AI. Izzy takes us to what he believes is the start of AI, which dates back to...2024-12-1034 minOrange Business Radio#7 Analysts do not like hypesEpisode 7: Analysts do not like hypes
This episode was recorded at NetworkX 2024 in Paris. Our guest is Ronan de Renesse, VP Telecoms Research at Omdia
With him, we talk about the daily life of an analyst. How do they build and grow their expertise. What does it take to become and remain a credible advisor. Ronan also discusses the importance of independence and how feedback loops affect the quality of their work.
According to Ronan, everyone is a junior analyst. You should always question your beliefs and your data. This...2024-11-2540 minOrange Business Radio#6 In Quantum, everything is complexEpisode 6: In Quantum, everything is complex
This episode was recorded at NetworkX 2024 in Paris. Our guest is Jean-Luc Vuillemin, Executive Vice President International Network, at Orange
Quantum technology is counter-intuitive for many people. Kerem is no exception to that. In this podcast we can hear how Jean-Luc explains Quantum computing and Quantum Internet to Kerem (and you) and how Kerem is becoming increasingly enthusiastic about it.
Jean-Luc covers use cases of Quantum Computing, the technological challenge of creating Qubits of a sufficient quality and the Quantum Threat of Store-Now-Decrypt-Later attacks.
He...2024-11-1142 minOrange Business Radio#5 private 5G : Things Take TimeEpisode 5: private 5G : Things Take Time
This episode was recorded at NetworkX 2024 in Paris. Our guest is Terje Jensen, Senior Vice President, Global Business Security Officer and Head of Network and Cloud technology strategy at Telenor.
Terje explains that it is important to focus on use cases instead of on technology and shares a number of use cases where (private) 5G really makes sense. A conversation about what problems we are actually trying to solve, fiddling with operational environments, and whether Private 5G will make anyone rich ;)
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...2024-10-2836 minOrange Business Radio#4 There's money in the back of the sofaEpisode 4: There's money in the back of the sofa
This episode was recorded at NetworkX 2024 in Paris. Our guest is Camille Mendler, Chief Analyst at Omdia. With her, we discuss the state of the telecoms industry today and the untapped potential that is still there.
Camille explains how, according to her, there is plenty of opportunity for telecom operators to make money when they can make up their mind whether they want to go for world domination or incremental revenue. Do we really need to build balloons and send rockets to space and are we...2024-10-1431 minOrange Business Radio#3 Being invisible is hard work actuallyEpisode 3: Being invisible is hard work actually
This episode was recorded at the Orange Business "Insights 2024" analyst event in Amsterdam. Our guest is Wassila Zitoune, Chief Operating Officer at Orange Business. With her, we discuss how the ultimate goal of an infrastructure
operator is to be invisible to the end-user. Wassila explains how being professionally paranoid helps delivering a great experience on large events like the Olympic Games, whilst continuing the daily work for all existing customers. We cover the good and bad of regulation in telecoms and the balance between innovation and execution.
2024-09-1636 minOrange Business Radio#2 GenAI doesn't make everyone a GeniusEpisode 2: GenAI doesn't make everyone a Genius
This episode was recorded at the Orange Business "Insights 2024" analyst event in Amsterdam. Our guest is Michael Deheneffe, Director Marketing & Innovation at Orange Business Services, Digital & Data. Michael has degrees in Data Science, Economics and Ethics and has been working in Data Science for many years. Together with him, we try to separate fact from fiction in the area of
(Gen)AI. We also try to find an answer to questions like:
Is GenAI a hype?
How can we best leverage GenAI?
How do we avoid Bias in GenAI?
...2024-09-0250 minOrange Business Radio#1 Internet is the Flux Capacitor of our timeEpisode 1: Internet is the Flux Capacitor of our time
In this episode, which was recorded at the Orange Business "Insights 2024" analyst event in Amsterdam, we discuss the role of Technology, Science and Discovery. Our guest is Usman Javaid, Chief Products & Marketing Officer at Orange Business. He outlines the importance of researching the societal impact of technology and shares his first-hand experience with how the different generations deal with the seismic shifts in the technology landscape.
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Usman Javaid - Chief Products & Marketing Officer at Orange Business
LinkedIn: https://www.l...2024-08-1535 minOrange Business Radio#0 Passionately curious about the impact of technologyOrange Business Radio
Passionately curious about the impact of technology
Introduction:
It is almost impossible to imagine a world without our smartphones, tablets, smart gadgets, and always-on communication. Surrounded by and dependent on so many devices, applications, and constant connectivity, we have grown to appreciate the many ways that technology makes our lives easier and better. At the same time, we know we are faced with constant change as we try to adapt to the rapid heartbeat of tech-led innovation. Technology companies, ranging from hardware vendors and telecom operators to cl...2024-08-1408 min