Telecommunications Industry Therapy

About Telecommunications Industry Therapy

Podcast discussing issues arising from the rapid advancement and deployment of telecommunications infrastructure. The Podcast is hosted by industry veterans Michelle Kang and Scott Stekr. In Each episode, they will be joined by subject matter experts discussing a wide array of topics which have an effect in the current state of the industry. Provided by the Telecommunications Industry Foundation, TIF. https://tifonline.org/

Publisher

Scott Stekr and Michelle Kang

Category

business · education · government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jun 2023

Latest episode

13 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 58 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Use Case Question: 5G and 6G

   Peter Linder, Head of Thought Leadership, North America at Ericsson, discusses current 5G use cases and the evolving conversation around 6G in this interview.

2. 

   11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Above the Tower: Satellite's Role in Telecom

   Satellites have moved from a niche corner of telecommunications to the center of the conversation. Low-earth-orbit constellations, direct-to-device service, and new spectrum arrangements are reshaping assumptions about coverage, capacity, and what terrestrial networks are for. This episode features Tim Farrar, President of TMF Associates, who has spent more than 30 years analyzing the telecom and satellite industries and has advised operators, suppliers, and investors across both sectors sinc...

3. 

   20 Jul 2026

   AI in the Network, AI on the Network — with Iain Gillott, WIA

   Iain Gillott, VP of Innovation & Technology at WIA, joins us to draw a distinction the industry keeps blurring: AI on the network versus AI in the network. On the network, consumer behavior is shifting — mobile data traffic that used to flow into search and streaming is increasingly flowing into AI prompts. Same bytes, different bucket, with real implications for how carriers forecast demand and where society ends up as these tools become default. In the network, AI is changing how the ne...

Inside a recent episode

The Use Case Question: 5G and 6G

Published 13 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] When we start to build out FirstNet and other alternative solutions targeting first responders, we have more or less put 5G through the most rigorous tests as first responders, and mission-critical services is perhaps the hardest thing you can set out to do. And I think we are today at the point where 5G is mature for both enhanced mobile broadband fixed wireless and for supporting first responders. And so when you're basically all the research you've done is determining this halfway point, like what does that mean for the second half? Now, I think it's a little bit what it means is that we had a very bold ambition with 5G that it should not only be for consumers, should also be for businesses and for businesses in a couple of different shapes and forms. […]

Who has been a guest on Telecommunications Industry Therapy

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Peter Linder
• Todd Schlekeway
• Colin Andrews
• Patrick Lozada
• Brian Bicknese

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

14

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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