ALYNMENT - Private Networks Technology to Business Alignment for Enterprises

5G and Edge Computing technologies are the centers of attraction these days. MEC or Multi-edge computing promise operators to host applications closer to the customers - making it accessible to businesses and consumers in a way that has never been possible. So, are we looking towards a future where virtual reality gaming and self-driving cars become the norm? Can businesses truly implement the benefits of MEC, and what are some common roadblocks? Let’s find out.Hi guys, this is your host Ashish Jain, and you are listening to the alignment podcast, where we go beyond the buzzwords and connect the dots between technology and its business impact.Today’s guest is someone who can give us an authentic perspective on how, if at all, 5G and MEC can shape the future of businesses. She has led strategy and marketing for a multi-billion-dollar public sector and the B2B wireless line of business at Verizon. In her most recent role as the Director of Commercial Marketing for MEC, she worked closely with SMBs, large enterprises, and the government to help them identify business opportunities with 5G and MEC. She currently leads a non-profit organization, “National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund,” as the secretary and board member.  Let me welcome Caitlin Clark-Zigmond.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

We all know that the B2B sales process is becoming increasingly complex. Over the past many years, we have seen a shift in how B2B buyers make decisions. They are much more informed, have too many options, and are digitally well connected to validate their choices. Sellers struggle and often fail to provide their buyers with the right answers. This alignment gap between buyer’s expectations and seller’s skills continue to grow, and the new normal with COVID-19 isn’t helping.But, is the gap because the sellers are less capable, or is there something else that is fundamentally misaligned? We’re questioning everything – from old school sales practices to how we communicate with the buyer who knows it all. Let’s hear what an expert has to say.Hi guys, this is your host Ashish Jain, and you are listening to the ALYNMENT podcast, where we aim to expose the day-to-day misalignments between marketing and sales activities and discuss practical solutions to end this long-standing paradigm. Today’s guest is Spencer Wixom, the senior vice president of marketing and business development at Challenger Inc, an organization with many top-selling books on overcoming sales challenges, such as The Challenger Sale, The Challenger Customer, and The Effortless Experience. With over 15 years of experience at CEB, Gartner, and Challenger, Spencer has helped transform sales and marketing teams in some of the biggest and best companies in the world.He regularly authors articles on sales & marketing alignment – a passion that we both share. I am hoping to gain some insights from him around what is “good” sales enablement and how sales and marketing should align during these trying times.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

The year 2020 has dramatically changed how technology is impacting everyday life. Whether it is video conferencing for remote work and home schooling or getting curb side deliveries, COVID19 has ushered in a new normal and pushed us to adopt technology faster than we ever imagined. It has also increased what we expect from our “smart cities”. If we adopted new technology quickly, why can’t our cities transform quickly, too? Are cities up to the tech challenge? Let’s find out.Today’s guest is more than qualified to answer these questions and shed light on what officials are doing to adopt technology that can improve city’s infrastructure and the citizens’ life. Nicole Raimundo is the Chief Information Officer of the Town of Cary in North Carolina. She is an award-winning technology executive who calls herself GovRebel as she pushes the boundaries of how governments use technology. Nicole believes that the powers of 5G, IoT and AI together can transform the way cities communicate with, and protect their citizens. The goal of our conversation today is to uncover the real benefits and challenges in implementing IoT and other smart city initiatives. How has COVID19 impacted these efforts? And what does it take to align all departments across the government to adopt new technologies? Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

With technology changing at blinding speeds, businesses often struggle to understand what is real and what is hype. Blockchain, which is the technology behind BitCoin and other cryptocurrencies - is one of such technologies that offer a lot of promise but rarely understood. 5G is yet another great technology that claims to revolutionize how we connect and communicate. But do these two innovations have anything in common? Together can they provide a better economic value to businesses? Our guest, David Walsh, is one of the finest technologists, investors, and business leaders. Over the past 30+ years, he has successfully disrupted and innovated technology across a wide range of markets including Automated Trading Systems, Financial Extranet, and Embedded Cloud Communications. He has built, scaled, and sold companies from start-ups to global enterprises, generating over $3B of cumulative gains. I enjoyed working with David on several initiatives, and I was always amazed by his ability to connect the dots across the entire value chain of technology.My motive in today’s discussion is to hear this great visionary investor bring reality to blockchain in the context of 5G by understanding the challenges that leaders might face when applying these technologies. Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

5G is one of the most anticipated, promoted -  and debated – technology advancements in modern history. The industry claims that 5G, along with AI and machine learning, will revolutionize connectivity and communications for many business applications. But does 5G play any role in solving the day-to-day challenges for trucking operations? Can 5G make the life of a truck operator any better? Let’s hear what the experts say.  Hi guys, this is your host Ashish Jain, and you are listening to the alignment podcast, where we go beyond the buzzwords and connect the dots between technology and its business impact.In this episode, we will dive into a day in the life of a truck driver to sift through the realistic impact that 5G can make in the trucking industry. While some pundits indicate that trucking communications are some two years away from adopting 5G technology, we are pleased to be speaking with a transportation industry expert who can shed some realistic light on this subject.Our guest today is Dr. Ashim Bose, Chief Data Scientist and Vice President of artificial intelligence and machine learning at Omnitracs, a company that provides SaaS-based fleet management solutions for the trucking industry. Dr. Ashim has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence with deep experience in the Automotive, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Telecom verticals. During his two-decade long career, he has helped the Space Telescope Science Institute, Verizon, EDS, HPE, DXC, and a host of other reputable companies solve their technology-to-business alignment challenges.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

Starting a company or launching a new product in a highly competitive tech space is like going to war where knowing your enemy is imperative. With the pace at which technology is evolving, the need to keep a pulse on new players and solutions has never been greater. But scaling competitive analysis and measuring its success continues to remain a challenge for most B2B technology companies. Sales, product, and marketing leaders remain misaligned in answering the most fundamental question, “Why Us?” How can we fix that? Let’s hear what the experts say!  Hi guys, this is your host Ashish Jain, and you are listening to the ALYNMENT podcast, where we aim to expose the day-to-day misalignments between product marketing and sales activities and discuss practical solutions to end this long-standing paradigm. In today’s episode, we talk with Sam Rinaldo, Hubspot’s Competitive Intelligence Analyst,  about the incredible power of ‘competitive intelligence’ and how only some companies manage to get CI right. Sam served as an Intelligence officer in the US Marine Corps for 9 years before entering the B2B tech world. As a marine deployed in Afghanistan, he developed his passion for intelligence by leading and managing an organization of 300+ military and intelligence personnel. I bet heading a B2B competitive intelligence unit is rather simple compared to that!  I am hoping today’s conversation uncovers some new tactics that help you break away from legacy tools to develop the 360-degree view of the competition to identify “what matters” to win the deal. Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

Research shows that 70% of all marketing content remains unused by sales. If you are a marketer, this statistic is sure to make you squirm … and if you are in sales, you are probably nodding your head and saying, ‘that’s about right.’There are innumerable examples of sales and marketing activities that don’t align. Such misalignments are often at the core of many broken organizations. So…how do we bridge the gap and make these two strategic activities to focus on a common goal? Let’s hear what the experts say! Our guest today is Jennifer Robinson. She is a Sales and Marketing Alignment enthusiast with over 20 years of hands-on experience in sales enablement. In her current role at Veeam software, Jennifer leads Global Sales Messaging and Engagement and converts complex technical information into easy to understand positioning that helps sales in street-level customer conversations.When I first spoke with Jennifer, I felt an instant connection. We both share a passion for aligning sales and marketing. In our conversation today, we will dig deeper into some of the alignment challenges of B2B technology companies and share with you some useful tips with real-world examples of what works and what doesn’t.  Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

Many medical providers had telehealth as a tool for conducting virtual patient visits, but patients and providers had not had much need or desire to use it. Until now. The pandemic hit hard in mid-March, and the shelter-in-home orders pushed medical practices to find ways to treat patients without seeing them in their offices. Can telehealth rise to the occasion to meet the medical treatment needs using virtual visits? And if it can, will doctors, nurse practitioners, and more importantly, patients continue to use it? Let’s find out.Our guest today, Dr Chris Clark, is an experienced family medicine specialist in the Dallas area, and he has been practicing medicine for 26 years. He graduated from The Texas A&M University College of Medicine in 1994 and is currently affiliated with Baylor Scott & White Medical Center.I recently got introduced to Dr. Clark, and I was intrigued by how his practice went through the transformation journey to tele-health. It was amazing to learn about “what matters” to a medical facility in deciding which technology is available and, more importantly, what is viable for virtual medical visits services. My goal today is to learn more about their journey with you and discuss the alignment gaps that still exist in making telehealth mainstream. Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

Artificial intelligence is one of those buzzwords that is underestimated and over rated at the same time. We experience the power of AI everyday while interacting with Alexa, while writing emails, while getting a delivery from Amazon, or while planning a trip. Yet we are sceptic about its viability and fearful of AI replacing humans.  Today the focus of our discussion is to uncover some of the misalignments that impacts sales productivity and demystify the role of AI in enabling sales. The question is: Will AI replace sales professionals, or will it empower them? Can artificial intelligence be used to automate, predict and supercharge the way they work, or will it completely replace certain role in the sales cycle such as inside sales? On our show, we have Rob Kall, CEO and co-founder of Cien, an AI-powered tool that helps sales professionals be more productive and uncover areas of improvement. He is also a serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold many successful companies! Here are a few questions we tackle in this show:What is the most underestimated impact of misalignment in sales that most companies completely ignore?What are the core problems in sales teams?How can AI solve these problems?What are some must-have tools that every sales team should invest in?How can you build a culture or mindset that is more accepting of AI in sales?Sales is a Human2Human function - does AI take away that aspect?You can connect with Ashish Jain and Rob Kall on LinkedIn.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

Telehealth, a long overdue technology, is the need of the hour today. Historic legislations are passed, and Billions of dollars are committed by the government to prepare health practitioners deliver virtual care. But is the healthcare ecosystem ready for a change? And if so, can it scale in a sustainable manner? Let’s find out.Our guest today, Dr David Shulkin, is an experienced healthcare professional who has served the United States as a Secretary of Veteran Affairs. In 2017, he was unanimously confirmed to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs after serving as an undersecretary during President Obama’s tenure. He has a lot of hands-on experience with telehealth that is used across the VA’s own health system of over 1,200 hospitals and clinics across the country. Dr Shulkin has a medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and has held leadership roles with multiple hospitals and healthcare systems. He has also authored the book, ‘It Shouldn’t be this hard to serve your country’.My goal today is to discuss the alignment gaps and challenges that lie ahead of us in adopting technology in health care sector; and how will healthcare begin to change after we recover from the unprecedented corona virus crisis. Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

Smart cities are the wave of the future and rapid urbanization is driving the need for the latest technologies, like 5G, IoT and AI, to connect every aspect of a city’s operations. But a true smart city improves the quality of life for citizens and raises its economic competitiveness. Los Angeles is one of the first cities to launch 5G, but has it made any difference to improve its digital economy? Let’s find out. Today on the show, we have Jeanne Holm, the Deputy CIO of the City of Los Angeles and the Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor. While she has played an instrumental role in helping the city launch many technology initiatives, including 5G, her overall accomplishments are far more impressive.  Jeanne’s experiences include partnering with global governments to build robust open data ecosystems. She served as the chief knowledge architect at NASA and was twice-awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal for leadership. She also received multiple awards for her work on the Galileo and Voyager space programs and three Webby’s from The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.She is also a fellow of the United Nations International Academy of Astronautics, a distinguished instructor at UCLA, and leads several startups on education and social justice. She is one of the “Top 50 Women in Tech”, with more than 130 publications on information systems, knowledge management, and innovation. You can connect with Ashish Jain and Jeanne Holm on LinkedIn.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

As the world struggles with COVID-19, every public event is getting canceled or postponed. Many live events are slowly being replaced or augmented by virtual ones, which makes us think if these tough times will set a precedent for the industry to think of new ways to network, communicate, and engage at events in the future. Certain technologies like 5G, Augmented Reality, and Holographic Speaker claims to be on the path to support the needs of “anytime anywhere” event experience; but let’s hear what event planning experts have to say. Our guest today, Brandt Krueger is the go-to-expert to help planners make educated decisions when it comes to event technology. He is the owner of Event Technology Consulting and has over 20 years of experience and hundreds of productions under his belt. He also teaches Technical Meeting & Event Production at Event Leadership Institute. Our goal today is to get their authentic perspective on the role wireless connectivity plays in planning events and unwrap some realistic possibilities and challenges in adopting technologies such as 5G and Augmented Reality to improve the conference and event experience. Hopefully, together we will separate some facts from fiction.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

5G technology might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words “brain surgery”. Going under the knife for any reason isn’t the most thrilling proposition for anyone, but how would you feel about getting a surgery without doctors in the operating room? 5G promises to bring many innovations to healthcare including remote surgery. But is that a fact or a fiction? Let’s find out.In today’s podcast, I am talking with brain surgeon Dr Kalil Abdullah, who is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Director of Integrated Brain Tumor Research Program. He has published more than 100 research papers and is regularly invited to speak both nationally and internationally. In short, he is extremely qualified. Dr Abdullah works with a lot of cutting-edge medical instruments to treat his patients with a brain tumor, but the focus of our discussion today is not about medical science. Instead, we will attempt to separate some facts from fiction and get his realistic perspective on some of the technologies such as 5G and Augmented Reality that claims to revolutionize healthcare and assist medical professionals in innovative ways.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

5G, unlike other cellular generations, is touted to bring an unprecedented innovation for enterprises – more than we have ever seen before! But for that vision to become real, a lot of things need to be in place. While telecom service providers are getting all their ducks in a row, enterprises and building owners also need to align their plans to make their workspace 5G ready.On today’s podcast I have someone whom I want to call the telecom superhero. Dudy Cohen is currently the Vice President of Product Marketing at Ceragon Networks and has decades of experience in the telecom industry both as a vendor as well as a service provider. While he understands 5G technology across the entire spectrum (pun intended), he has experience delivering enterprise communication and data applications as well. Together we will help IT professionals get a realistic perspective on 5G and help them understand their emerging role and the infrastructure requirements to include 5G in their digital transformation roadmap. Most importantly, we will talk about the need for a shift in mindset that’s more open to this new and disruptive technology. Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

5G technology means many things to many people. There are a lot of theories on how it will impact the everyday lives of consumers and businesses. While many experts argue that 5G will revolutionize the way we shop, the skeptics question if it has any real benefits for retailers. Our guest today, David Strumwasser, is an expert in this area and head of product & commercialization at Verizon XR labs. Join us as he decodes the innumerable possibilities that 5G technology, edge computing, and augmented reality hold for us, and we try to connect the dots between technology and business impact in this third episode of our Alynment podcast series.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

CBRS or Citizens Broadband Radio Service has been touted as an innovation band to revolutionize enterprise private wireless connectivity, but this 4 letter acronym is not yet pervasive in CIO’s tech stack. What are the promises it really holds for businesses and the end consumers? What will be the real-world business impact of CBRS based Private LTE on telecom carriers and enterprises? Where does it makes sense and where it does not? And is it ready for the prime time?Today, we have with us Taliver Heath from Google, who will help us fill some of the alignment gaps in commercializing CBRS and Private LTE. I met Taliver at the OnGo booth during Mobile World Congress Los Angeles. While he has a very impressive background and vast knowledge and experience on this topic, his humble attitude makes him an instant friend. Together, we will get to the bottom of the big promise CBRS brings to improve private LTE networks, bridge the gaps between expectation versus reality, bust some myths, and most importantly, discover how your IT team can leverage the benefits of the CBRS shared spectrum structure.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

Firefighters risk their lives every day. The hazard of entering a smoke-filled building, with zero-visibility, is something most of us cannot even imagine. While technology has made strides in so many aspects of our lives, yet most existing solutions remain unaligned with the real-world needs of our firefighters and first responders. Today, in our podcast, we talk about how innovative use of some technologies such as behavioral neuroscience, augmented reality, computer vision, and 5G can and are, in fact, changing this. Our guest today is Dr. John Long - a researcher scholar from UC Berkeley, and CTO at Qwake Technologies.  I met John at Verizon’s booth in Mobile World Congress Los Angeles, where he was demonstrating some very inspiring work he and his team have put together to help firefighters save more lives and stay safe. Not only is the work they are doing quite interesting, but also John’s background and journey are quite extraordinary, and I wanted to share it with all of you. Together with John, we will dig into many details that will help us align exciting facts on our learning behavior, human performance under stress, the role of computer vision and 5G technology, the adoption challenges of new technologies at fire departments, and many more. Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

From fostering equitable access to enhancing the classroom experience, private cellular networks are transforming K-12 education. With the rise of digital learning tools, the need for continuous, reliable wireless connectivity has never been more important. In this changing educational landscape, can private 5G networks serve as the infrastructure backbone to support various on-campus and remote educational activities? Do school districts understand how best to leverage the transformative potential of private 5G? and more importantly, can it help close the stubborn digital divide in the most cost-effective way? Let’s find out.Our guest for today's podcast is Jason Eyre, the Technology Department Coordinator for the Murray City School District. Jason is a pioneer in rolling out CBRS private LTE networks at K-12 schools and is often called the godfather of Utah’s education broadband plan. He was instrumental in the very early adoption of private networks by the Murray School District. In our discussion today, we will uncover: -The learnings from the last two years of private LTE deployment-How a long-time user of K-12 private networks has evolved with the times-What advice a network pro would give to a school thinking of deploying a private networkSo, let us welcome Jason Eyre.Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

Private mobile networks are becoming a critical utility for businesses to streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve safety and security. The deployments are growing steadily; however, a patchwork of available wireless solutions makes it challenging for many enterprises to have a standardized approach to address the connectivity needs of diverse use cases. There are stiff technical and commercial challenges to their widespread adoption, demanding both service providers and vendors to rise to the occasion. So, what can vendors do to simplify their customers' options? What are the primary decision factors for enterprises to deploy a private mobile network? And what will it take to scale private mobile network adoption? Let's find out. Our guests for the podcast are Tom Wheeler, the former Chairman of the FCC and a board member of Alef, and Mike Mulica, the CEO of Alef.Tom has led several efforts that resulted in the adoption of Net Neutrality, privacy protections for consumers, and increased cybersecurity, among other policies. As an entrepreneur, he started or helped start multiple companies offering innovative cable, wireless, and video communications services. He is the only person to be selected to both the Cable Television Hall of Fame and the Wireless Hall of Fame, a fact President Obama joked made him "the Bo Jackson of telecom." Presently, he is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institute, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a board member of Alef and many other companies. Mike Mulica has played a foundational role in pioneering the mobile internet and overseeing the release of game-changing products and technologies to global markets. His leadership at both public and private companies spans the likes of Motorola, Synchronoss, Openwave, Phone.com, Unwired Planet, FusionOne, RealNetworks, and Actility.In our session today, we will discuss a few topics, such as:- Inhibitors and drivers for private networks.- Strategies to standardize planning and deployment of private networks.- And many more.So, let us welcome Tom Wheeler and Mike Mulica. Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com

With advancements in connectivity, the widespread adoption of the Internet of Things, and the exponential growth of mobile devices, traditional network infrastructure has found it challenging to meet the surging demand for secure and efficient communication solutions. Some enterprises are now turning to private cellular networks as a compelling connectivity platform to materialize their digital vision. While these networks promise to provide a dedicated, reliable, and secure wireless infrastructure that can be customized to meet the unique needs of organizations; it still takes a village to justify its business case. What are some of the make-or-break factors for an enterprise to decide whether to deploy one? What gives senior business leaders and the IT organizations the confidence to make the change? Our guest for the podcast is Rajeev Shah, the Founder and CEO of Celona. Rajeev had successful positions with companies such as Federated Wireless, Aruba, and Aspergo Networks before starting Celona. In our discussion, we will uncover a few things, such as: -        What are the factors that make deploying a private network worthwhile?-        The differences in private cellular networks in the US vs. other countries-        How do LTE and 5G private networks match up?So, let us welcome Rajeev Shah. Contact PrivateLTEand5G Follow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/privatelteand5g Tweet at https://twitter.com/privateLTEand5G For more resources on Private Cellular Networks, go to https://www.privatelteand5g.com/ Email us at ratika.garg@privatelteand5g.com