A welcome and introduction to Telecom Disruptors - A podcast focused on sharing the stories and journeys of the people that made major contributions to creating the new communications industry.   

Hosted by Alan Percy, a long-time participant in the telecommunications industry who got his start in the industry writing software in the late ‘80s that collected call detail records from switches.   Later he worked on voice mail systems and fax boards.  After hearing about voice over IP, he fell in love with the idea and committed the rest of his career to help bring the idea to market.

We hope you find the sessions interesting and informative.  Be sure to subscribe and thanks for listening!

An Introduction

We discuss how to put a stop to illegal robocalls, returning trust and transparency to the voice channel, and how legitimate - often vital - robocalls will get through.

Rebekah Johnson, CEO at Numeracle, shares her thoughts on legal & wanted robocalls

Join us for a conversation about the state of robocalling - and what's being done about it by carriers - with Jim Dalton recorded at the SIPNOC 2018 Robocall Summit.

Jim Dalton, CEO at TransNexus, discusses STIR/SHAKEN adoption at SIPNOC

Alon Cohen is the co-inventor of the Audio Transceiver that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry. He also shares his thoughts on the cloud, his vision of the future of APIs, telephony and travel!

Alon Cohen, EVP / CTO Phone.com, a pioneer of the VoIP industry, shares his story of the first internet phone (i-phone!)

Our own Alan Percy sat down and recorded a podcast with FCC Chief Technology Officer Eric Burger, discussing one of our favourite subjects, robocalling fraud and actions the FCC is taking to protect consumers.

Eric Burger, FCC CTO, discusses the FCC's actions to reduce illegal robocalling

Jeff shares his story of turning his love of communications technology into the highly successful VON events, and his work behind the “Pulver Order”, a key petition to the FCC that allowed VoIP service providers to avoid regulation.

Jeff Pulver, internet pioneer and entrepreneur

Join us as Allison explains how she got into the business of doing voice-overs for Asterisk and some of the unusual projects where she’s provided a voice.

Allison Smith is widely known as the voice of Asterisk and many other applications

Founder of the pioneering magazine focused on VoIP in 1998, Rich is also the founder and chairman of INTERNET TELEPHONY® Conference & EXPO, a leading conference focused on VoIP since its launch in 1999. In this podcast he shares how VoIP started with hobbyists and is now ubiquitous in telecom networks worldwide.

Rich Tehrani, TMC CEO and Group Editor-in-Chief, shares some memories of the early days of the VoIP industry

Jeff Rodman, one of the founders of Polycom shares the story of how high-quality voice conferencing systems came to fruition and his vision on what the addition of Plantronics means to the company, joining forces to become Poly.

Jeff Rodman, one of the founders of Polycom, on joining forces with Plantronics to form Poly

Erik Lagerway, VP of Product at SignalWire shares his telecommunications journey and insight on the future of real-time communications

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