The Five Nine
The Five Nine
Join host Diana Goovaerts and other Fierce Network editors as they explore the stories behind some of the hottest topics in tech and telecom. Want the inside scoop on broadband, wireless, artificial intelligence and cloud? You'll find it here.
Fiber without the fiber?
Is it possible to get fiber-like speeds without all the digging? This week, The Five Nine looks at wireless optical technology, using Google spinout Taara as a case study. Taara CEO Mahesh Krishnaswamy explains what it means to “solve for the monkey,” why wireless optical tech could make all the d…
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Can AI fix telecom’s customer experience problem?
Fierce Network’s Diana Goovaerts explores how AI could reshape the telecom customer experience — moving operators beyond speed, coverage and reactive support toward more proactive, personalized and trusted service. The Five Nine features interviews with MCE Systems’ Alan Minney and First Orion’s J…
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How AT&T and GSMA are building AI for telecom networks
AI is moving fast in telecom — but turning demos into real network operations is another story. In this episode of The Five Nine, AT&T’s Mark Austin and GSMA’s Louis Powell break down what it takes to build AI that actually understands telecom networks, from domain-specific models and agentic syst…
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Why AI’s next bottleneck is memory, not GPUs
This week, we dig into why the AI infrastructure conversation is shifting from compute scarcity to the memory wall. As large language models get bigger and enterprises move from training to high-volume inference, memory, storage, networking and GPU utilization are becoming critical to AI performanc…
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Are enterprise networks ready for AI?
Is your enterprise network truly ready for AI — or are GPUs getting all the attention? In this episode we break down why AI readiness depends on more than compute power, and why networking, private connectivity, latency, security, automation and network as a service are becoming critical to enterpr…
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AI-RAN, 6G and the Future of Mobile Networks
In this episode of The Five Nine, host Diana Goovaerts explores what the future of the radio access network could look like as 5G matures, 6G takes shape and AI pushes telecom toward a new era of software-driven networks. With insight from Ericsson North Americas CTO Joe Constantine, Mobile Expert…
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How AI Is Fueling a New Fiber Supercycle (Sponsored)
AI is fueling a new fiber supercycle. See how data centers, broadband expansion, copper retirement and edge infrastructure are reshaping fiber demand and telecom investment through 2035.
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Data Center 2.0 - The New Sustainability Math
What does “sustainable” even mean when AI demand – and data center projects – are accelerating? In this episode, we unpack what sustainability means in the AI era, where power and water factor in and how data center sustainability is increasingly about more than just how electricity is being genera…
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Data Center 2.0 —Untangling the software stack
Software is what makes a modern data center tick. But sorting through what goes where in terms of IT, OT and beyond can be tricky. We untangle this complex web and shine on spotlight on how AI is driving change in the systems that keep compute running smoothly. #AI #software #datacenters
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Data Center 2.0 – Episode 2: Storage
When people picture a data center, they tend to picture compute servers, GPUs, watts and raw horsepower. But there is another side of the equation that decides whether that expensive compute power actually does anything useful: Storage. In this episode, we'll tackle what storage is, what decisions…
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