Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss the decline and fall of US Cellular, the future of its assets, as well as Recon Analytics' extensive data collection on rural telco consolidation.

00:26 DOJ greenlights US Cellular sale

02:10 The company avoided major competition

03:55 A piecemeal sale of its assets

05:57 Regional carriers are waning

07:06 Recon Analytics' rural data project

11:31 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, US Cellular, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, spectrum, rural, FCC, DOJ, C Spire, copper, fiber, Frontier, NPS

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Eric Watko, CEO of BroadbandOne, to discuss the company's innovative network solutions that are reaching a diverse range of customers all across the nation.

00:24 BroadbandOne company profile

03:30 Current and future market operations

04:50 Customer base overview

06:10 Current speeds and use cases

08:16 Unlicensed spectrum use

09:10 Millimeter wave reasoning and hardware configurations

14:20 Meeting different market needs

15:15 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Eric Watko, BroadbandOne, FWA, internet, fiber, spectrum, WISP, MSP, SD-RAN, mmWave, LMDS, MDU

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by CEO of Verizon Consumer Group, Sampath, to discuss the company’s cutting-edge customer service strategies and forward-looking vision.

00:24 Enhancing customer service through technology

02:58 Proactive problem solving with AI

05:10 My Verizon app features and impact

08:31 Verizon's My Access rewards focus

09:55 Verizon's multi-tiered loyalty strategy

10:29 Long-term customer service goals

11:27 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Sampath, Verizon, customer service, AI, case management, apps, Google, rewards, loyalty, vision

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Peter Adderton, Founder and CEO of MobileX, to discuss the AI-facilitated, customer-centric approach to MVNO service.

00:29 MobileX overview

03:30 Breakage and overage vs. churn

05:20 Mobile data usage trends

09:45 Consumers are prioritizing value

11:29 The future of MobileX

14:03 The customer-centric approach

15:55 Consumers are network agnostic

16:36 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Peter Adderton, MobileX, MVNO, Boost, AI, machine learning, carriers, breakage and overage, ARPU, churn, data, FWA, cable, NPS, Verizon, Tracfone, network, T-Mobile

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Iyad Tarazi, CEO of Federated Wireless, to discuss the current landscape and future prospects of CBRS spectrum in the wireless industry.

00:25 A career in wireless

01:21 Federated Wireless profile

02:27 The current state of CBRS

06:22 Impact on private wireless

08:32 Competition in the space

11:24 Military impact and the future of CBRS

14:38 Spectrum allocation scenarios

18:29 The spectrum sharing business model

20:12 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Iyad Tarazi, Federated Wireless, software, SaaS, cloud, spectrum, CBRS, GAA, Verizon, fixed wireless, network, military, carriers, sharing

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss policy changes to BEAD and spectrum policy, as well as the launch of Recon's new Spanish-language consumer insights service.

00:24 BEAD to become technology agnostic

02:38 Spectrum pipeline changes

04:47 Recon Analytics launches unique Spanish-language product

09:35 Demographic insights for carriers

12:26 Challenges in analytics expansion & episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, BEAD, fiber, FWA, Starlink, spectrum, Spanish, analytics, T-Mobile, NPS, cable, AT&T, Mint, Visible

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner discuss insights gleaned from the most recent round of investor conferences hosted by the leaders in telecom.

00:25 AT&T COO speaks about guarantees

01:40 AT&T's slow path to 5G

04:19 AT&T Business segment seeing improvement

05:24 Verizon CRO talks cable

06:07 FWA & cable

09:07 Sampath on churn and overall strategy

12:10 Prepaid is an industry bright spot

14:21 Verizon's convergence numbers

14:54 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, investor conferences, AT&T, Jeff McElfresh, J.P. Morgan, guarantee, 5G, FWA, Verizon, Frank Boulben, cable, Sowmyanarayan Sampath, fiber, DOCSIS 4.0, Comcast, churn, Frontier, convergence, Dennis Strigl, Lifeline, ACP

Analysts Don Kellogg and Roger Entner are joined by Jim Patterson, CEO of CellSite Solutions, to discuss the company's current infrastructure support business as well as recent prominent mergers and acquisitions in the telecom industry.

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00:26 Jim's career background

03:22 CellSite's current operations

07:39 Charter and Cox merger discussion

12:44 AT&T's Lumen acquisition discussion

16:18 Merger implications for Gigapower

17:48 Merger implications for fiber

18:55 Episode wrap-up

Tags: telecom, telecommunications, wireless, prepaid, postpaid, cellular phone, Don Kellogg, Roger Entner, Jim Patterson, CellSite Solutions, data centers, sustainability, merger, M&A, Charter, Cox, cable, AT&T, Lumen, Verizon, T-Mobile, divestiture, fiber, Dycom, Gigapower, BEAD