In this episode I'm joined by Marc Matthews to reminisce about the early days of Metaswitch, and discuss how carriers can create a more resilient network through improved network monitoring and observability.

In this episode I talk to Jim Olsen from Microchip about network synchronization. What is clocking, why does it matter in TDM networks and why will it continue to be important in the future.

An interview with Roy Martindale of USA Digital about what it's like to provide class 4 services in today's network.

In this self-indulgent episode, Andrew talks with Stephen Denny, the first consultant to join my team at Award Consulting, about our story so far. How did Andrew come to start consulting as a freelancer, why did he hire Stephen, and what has happened to the business since then.

In this episode, I talk with Matt Townend, executive director of the Cavell group about his history in the telecoms industry along with his thoughts on Microsoft's acquisition of Metaswitch, and other big-picture industry trends. Matt also discusses the Cloud Comms Summit, the leading vendor-agnostic event for Service Providers focused on the Cloud Communications industry.

In this episode, I talk with Mark Grady from INdigital about his 39 years in the independent telecoms industry along with the history of 911 calls and how INdigital has been working to bring 911 into the 21st century.

In this episode I talk with Jim McCarthy, President of Northland Communications about their experiences launching a hosted PBX product over the past few years - and I also pick his brain about the EOS management approach.

In this episode David Ansehl talks about the state of UCaaS / Hosted PBX as we come out of the pandemic, discusses the benefits over traditional PBXs, and explains Reinvent's model of selling through whitelabel partners.

Rita Reinke joins me to talk about her best practices for switch translations, why LNP causes so many problems, and why she'd rather be excavating an archaeological site than working on a switch.

Nathan Littlepage joins me to discuss the importance of IP networks for VoIP and some best practices for architecting a resilient network.