Alianza is looking to help traditional service providers abandon their traditional methods. The voice-centric service provider, which started serving regional operators, is gaining momentum with Tier 1 operators like Lumen. The service provider is leveraging Alianza’s cloud communications platform in its Cloud Communications offering.

By purchasing Metaswitch, a once dominant player in the Softswitch voice arena from Microsoft, Alianza will have a combined customer base of over 1,000 communications service providers, including 19 of the top 20 global operators, and a comprehensive portfolio of services focused on creating a path to cloud-orchestrated, AI-powered communications.

During this episode, we talked to Dag Peak, the CTO of Alianza

Here's a timeline of the interview's key moments:

Opening | 0.00

Host introduction of guests | 0:22

Alianza’s top priorities for 2025 | 1:00

Telcos’ service transition options | 4:00

AI’s impact on small businesses | 8:04

How the telecom industry’s five nines of reliability concept are killing innovation | 10:19

Microsoft, Cisco (and others) leaving the service provider business | 20:27

Hidden costs of operating and building networks | 22:32

Shifting to a SaaS-based service approach | 25:15

Final thoughts and wrap-up | 27:39

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Rob Laudati, who joined Render Networks as vice president of product and partnerships in the fall of 2023, shared his perspective on his first year with the company and the broadband trends we will see in 2025.

Laudati came to the Render role with extensive experience in executive products and partnerships in the geospatial and infrastructure domains. Before coming to Render, he served as Esri's global partner channel business. Earlier, he held product and technology leadership positions at GE, Autodesk, Trimble, and Synchronoss.

Here’s a timeline of the conversation the Broadband Pulse had with Laudati.

Opening | 0:00

Host introduction of guest | 0:20

First year at Render | 0:56

Expectations for 2025? | 2:36

Anticipating BEAD pickup | 4:06

Render’s AI Blueprinting | 5:36

Digitizing broadband construction workflows | 8:39

Customer themes | 13:11

Broadband wireless and LEO satellite-based broadband | 18:27

New presidential administration influence|22:51

Final thoughts | 24:45

About the Podcast In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights from industry leaders on these topics.

Since no two service providers are the same, nor should their DWDM solutions be, XKL has taken a consultative approach that considers every service provider's network expansion and upgrade needs and collaborates to design the ideal optical DWDM solution. The company has developed a “set and forget” DWDM solution.

During this episode we talked to two key optical networking experts:

Chad Lamb, Chief Systems Architect for XKL

And

Darren Yuet, Marketing Manager for XKL

Here's a timeline of the interview's key moments:

Opening | 0.00

Host introduction of guests | 0.30

Disaggregated network hardware and management approaches | 0.57

Procuring equipment | 5:09

IP over DWDM market adoption | 6:08

Outsourcing network management | 9:17

Understanding Layer 1 Optical Network Environments | 11:13

Network design complexities | 12:31

Engaging with different service provider types | 16:05

Operational cost issues | 19:29

Final thoughts and wrap-up | 22:05

About the Podcast In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights from industry leaders on these topics.