Aug 4, 2026 · 33 min · 14 segments
Kavit and Justin are joined by Srini Kalapala, Verizon's Chief Network Officer for Wireless, to discuss the operator's role as the official provider for the Fifa World Cup 2026, opening up on…
Srini KalapalaGuest
Kavit MajithiaHost
Justin SpringhamHost
[upbeat music] You know, across the US locations, you said your network carried around 500 terabytes of data.
Would you say the network was prepared for this? Was the surge in data anticipated beforehand?
We, yeah, the good part is that we've had these experience every year we have with the Super Bowl, and, you know, with, with the Super Bowl, we know, uh, maybe I can contrast, uh, Kavit and Justin, a little bit of the, the football here versus football there.
So especially, you know, if you go to a football game here, um, the game starts literally four or five hours before the actual game.
Super Bowl, if you were take, you know, we have a, a halftime show, and typically it's around, you know, 15, 20 minutes.
And we do know that we've seen typically start of the game, halftime show, all the ti- uh, uh, uh, times when the network actually, you know, uh, consumption peaks up.
And, uh, knowing that, uh, when we knew that there's going to be a halftime show for the final, um, we, you know, we were, we anticipated, we ensure that, you know, the, the uplink side is, is ready to kind of take on the load that we expected.
The halftime show, what would you say, Justin? Was it well received by the audience in the UK?
[upbeat music] You know, across the US locations, you said your network carried around 500 terabytes of data.
Would you say the network was prepared for this? Was the surge in data anticipated beforehand?
We, yeah, the good part is that we've had these experience every year we have with the Super Bowl, and, you know, with, with the Super Bowl, we know, uh, maybe I can contrast, uh, Kavit and Justin, a little bit of the, the football here versus football there.
So especially, you know, if you go to a football game here, um, the game starts literally four or five hours before the actual game.
Super Bowl, if you were take, you know, we have a, a halftime show, and typically it's around, you know, 15, 20 minutes.
And we do know that we've seen typically start of the game, halftime show, all the ti- uh, uh, uh, times when the network actually, you know, uh, consumption peaks up.
And, uh, knowing that, uh, when we knew that there's going to be a halftime show for the final, um, we, you know, we were, we anticipated, we ensure that, you know, the, the uplink side is, is ready to kind of take on the load that we expected.
The halftime show, what would you say, Justin? Was it well received by the audience in the UK?
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