The Fast Mode Podcasts: Breaking News, Analysis and Updates From Telecoms Industry

Ankit Agarwal, Managing Director, STL discusses:
How STL Tech feels about being named the Next-gen Data Center Leader at The Fast Mode Awards 2025
How STL’s Data Center networking capabilities are addressing the evolving needs of modern hyperscalers and data centers
STL Tech’s unique ‘co-creation’ principle
How STL Tech empowers customers to grow and take their compute and connectivity offerings to the next level
To learn more, visit www.stl.tech

In this episode of The Fast Mode Podcasts, Tara Neal speaks with Jonas Cedenwing, Founder & CTO of Telness Tech, following the company's win at The Fast Mode Awards 2025. They discuss how:

- Telness Tech’s Seamless OS is redefining the telecom operating model through a cloud-native, modular and agentic architecture
- Why operators need greater flexibility, automation and freedom from fragmented systems, vendor lock-in and manual processes
- How AI-enabled workflows can automate end-to-end journeys, improve customer experience and move operators from reactive to proactive operations

Learn more: www.telnesstech.com

In this episode of The Fast Mode Podcasts, Tara Neal speaks with Sridhar Kuppanna, CEO of ST Engineering iDirect, on how the future of converged 5G-NTN connectivity will be built on standardised, interoperable architectures that enable seamless multi-orbit services.

They also discuss how:
- Satellite is evolving from a niche technology into a fundamental part of the global connectivity ecosystem
- AI and agentic automation will simplify satellite network operations by automating service delivery, predicting network issues and enabling self-healing capabilities
- The industry is shifting towards software-defined, cloud-native and multi-orbit architectures, allowing operators to unify management across GEO, MEO and LEO networks
- Collaboration across the satellite, telecom and cloud ecosystems will be essential to building open, standards-based platforms

To learn more, visit: www.idirect.net

#NTN #5G #Satellite #NetworkTransformation #AI #AgenticAI #CloudNative #DigitalInfrastructure #Interoperability #OpenStandards #MultiOrbit #Connectivity #STEngineeringIDirect

In this episode of The Fast Mode Podcasts, Tara Neal speaks with Ilan Avner, Director of Product Management at AudioCodes, on how Voice AI is rapidly moving from experimentation to enterprise deployment.

They also discuss how:
- Intelligent voice bots and AI-powered agent assistants are transforming contact centres by improving customer experiences, increasing automation and enabling human agents to work more efficiently
- Enterprises can overcome key production challenges such as telephony integration, latency, human-agent escalation, noisy environments and maintaining conversational context
- Teams should prioritise flexible, vendor-agnostic platforms that support evolving AI models and meet enterprise-grade scalability, security and compliance requirements

Learn more: www.audiocodes.com

#VoiceAI #ConversationalAI #EnterpriseAI #AgentAssist #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #AudioCodes

In this episode of The Fast Mode Podcasts, Tara Neal speaks with Raj Shastri, VP of Mergers and Acquisitions at Telenor, on how telcos are expanding beyond traditional connectivity, and why strategic mergers and partnerships are becoming essential for building the platform capabilities required for the industry's next phase of growth.

They also discuss how:
- Telecom M&A is shifting beyond market consolidation to acquiring capabilities in AI, IoT, cybersecurity, data centres and digital platforms
- Platform businesses combining connectivity with software and services are emerging as a key growth engine for telcos
- Telenor is positioning itself for the future by focusing on AI- and cloud-native transformation while continuing to invest beyond its traditional telecom business

Learn more: www.telenor.com

#MergersAndAcquisitions #IoT #Cybersecurity #DataCentres #CloudNative #PlatformBusiness #EnterpriseTechnology #Telenor