This ended up a long but worthwhile discussion. The Simwood potato is relevant across the telecoms industry, from legacy telcos needing to leapfrog technical debt, to Simwood competitors missing features and services, to enterprises needing to swap out carriers overnight, and all the startup voice AI companies needing to plug their telephony gaps. It’s a … Continue reading TADSummit Online Conference, 2 April, Simwood Potato
Eddie and Johnny have known each other since Iris Wireless, back in 2012. To welcome Eddie on the podcast, Johnny got a new shirt, “shush EDDIE IS TALKING”. Johnny shared the crazy situation Iris was in as he took over. MetroPCS, its main customer, was moving to another aggregator. Johnny also pointed out Eddie is … Continue reading Podcast 111: TADSummit Innovators, Nice Guys Win, Eddie DeCurtis, Shush
Welcome to the third TADSummit Online 2025 Conference Session. We run these once per week, and as always deliver honest insight. No BS, it’s in our policies. Daniel Gill, is now SVP Corporate Strategy at AOT – All in one Telecom! Previously founder and CEO Augnet. AOT has taken over the clients and technology of Augnet. It’s … Continue reading TADSummit Online Conference, 26th March. Augnet is ALIVE!
Welcome to the second TADSummit Online 2025 Conference Session. We plan to run these once per week, and as always delivering honest insight. No BS, it’s in our policies. The presenter is Michael Lamb, President / Co-founder of nativeMsg. Michael and I got chatting over Linkedin, as we chatted I discovered someone focused on the truth … Continue reading TADSummit Online Conference, 19 March. From the Trenches, RCS / RBM (RCS Business Messaging)
Welcome to the first TADSummit Online 2025 Conference Session. We plan to run these once per week, and as always delivering honest insight. No BS, it’s in our policies. The group of people included: Kevin Graham, Bohdan Hopanchuck, Noah Rafalko, Johnny, Dennis Kersten (audience), Ahmed Serag (audience), and myself. Aaron Birnbaum was without power so missed … Continue reading TADSummit Online Conference, 12 March. Google rejects SMS OTP for QR Codes? I understand the SMS bit, but QR codes?
It’s great to have Jason Welch on the TADSummit Podcast. He brings an impressive history and highly informed opinion on the reality of KYC, Know Your Customer. It’s easy to assume your opinion of KYC is definitive, Jason will help you understand the reality. There is no KYC. Johnny has known Jason since he worked … Continue reading Podcast 110: Truth in Telecoms: There is no KYC, Jason Welch
Here are the TADSummit and TADHack 2025 plans, so you know the big picture. This post lists the agenda, and links to recorded sessions Links to Recorded Sessions Google rejects SMS OTP for QR Codes? I understand the SMS bit, but QR codes? Kevin Graham, Bohdan Hopanchuck, Noah Rafalko, Johnny, Dennis Kersten (audience), Ahmed Serag (audience). From the Trenches, RCS / RBM … Continue reading TADSummit 2025 Online Conference Agenda
Organizational Stuff What TADSummit is about: Honesty and Integrity TADSummit is the thought leadership event in programmable communications / telecoms for 12 years (founded 2013). Our 2025 trends identified honesty and integrity as critically important for customers, https://blog.tadsummit.com/2025/01/17/10-global-predictions-for-2025/. There’s no hype, just innovators and experts sharing insights that respect you, your business, and your customers. Yes, … Continue reading TADSummit and TADHack 2025 Plans
Johnny claims this is his final TADSummit podcast, he’s off to become a suck suck fish. He made a special request for Dean Bubley to be on his ‘last’ show, so of course Dean is here. Though as you’ll hear through the episode, I’m not too sure on how final this really is. Dean’s recent … Continue reading Podcast 109: Truth in Telecoms: Dean Bubley
Johnny lets loose on this podcast. I’ll try with this article to bring it within a clear and linear progression of thought. Do not invest in memecoins I do not recommend investing in meme-coins, see this example $Hawk memecoin on why it’s a bad idea. Eric owns the majority of $CZAR GOLD, and does not … Continue reading Podcast 108: Truth in Telecoms: The Czar, TCR, Spam, and Free Speech