Throughout 2025, MetTel leaders shared insights on the biggest shifts in connectivity, digital transformation, and enterprise mobility. From healthcare innovation to SASE and managed mobility, these conversations highlight how MetTel simplifies complexity and empowers organizations to modernize their networks with confidence.
Below are some of our favorite interviews from the past year.
Jake Aronow on Simplifying Managed Mobility
MetTel’s VP of Mobility & IoT Ops, Jake Aronow, explains how Managed Mobility is built on four key layers: platform, connectivity, security, and warehouse services. [Watch clip] From managing telecom expenses across AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to securing devices through Apple Business Manager and mobile device management tools, MetTel brings everything together into one unified service. Instead of dealing with multiple vendors and carriers, customers benefit from a single, integrated Mobile Device as a Service (MDaaS) solution that makes deployment, support, and lifecycle management simple and efficient.
Zac Grant on Optimizing Network Security and Performance
Zac Grant, VP of Solution Architecture explains how Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) technology brings together Secure Service Edge (SSE) advanced security and optimized user performance within a unified framework. [Watch clip] He highlights that organizations lose billions each year to cyber threats, making it critical to strengthen and simplify network defenses. Unlike traditional security approaches that can slow performance, SASE enhances both protection and speed, giving users a faster and more reliable experience while maintaining a strong security posture.
Eddie Rishty on Healthcare Connectivity
MetTel’s Eddie Rishty, VP of Enterprise Sales, shares his perspective [watch clip] on the biggest challenges facing healthcare organizations today, from outdated systems and unreliable connectivity to increasing cybersecurity risks. He explains how MetTel helps hospitals and health systems modernize their infrastructure with solutions like POTS Transformation, secure SD-WAN, and Private 5G/LTE, giving IT leaders the tools to improve reliability, strengthen protection, and focus on delivering quality patient care.
Erika Dinnie on Telecom Expense Management
MetTel’s Erika Dinnie, VP of Federal Strategy and Planning, talks about how automation and AI are transforming telecom and utilities expense management (TEM & UEM). [Watch clip] By consolidating thousands of invoices into a single dashboard within minutes, MetTel helps organizations quickly understand spending, identify savings, and streamline operations. Erika shares how one federal agency was able to streamline their billing process, realizing immediate efficiency gains and measurable cost savings.
What MetTel’s Experts have to say about Copper Sunset
At the start of 2025, Sean Sullivan, VP of Product Management & Regulatory Affairs at MetTel, warned that copper retirement was accelerating, with shutdown notices rising sharply and businesses facing increasing pressure to migrate before legacy networks were decommissioned. By mid to late 2025 [watch clip], that warning had fully materialized as major carriers rolled out widespread POTS line grandfathering, repeated rate increases, and clear signals that full copper retirements were imminent across much of the country. What began as an early alert quickly became real operational and financial risk for organizations still relying on copper for critical services like alarms, elevators, security systems, point-of-sale, and voice. Reinforcing this urgency, Don Parente, MetTel’s VP of Federal Sales & Solution Architecture, highlights the real-world consequences of inaction, noting that when POTS lines are disconnected, some facilities are forced to deploy armed guards until service is restored. [Watch clip] Drawing on large-scale transformations for agencies such as the U.S. Postal Service and Department of Veterans Affairs, Parente underscores how MetTel has proven its ability to modernize thousands of locations quickly and reliably, positioning the company as a trusted partner for organizations preparing for the copper sunset.
Final Thoughts
As 2025 comes to a close, one theme stands out across every MetTel conversation: modernization with purpose. Whether it’s streamlining mobility, securing networks, or replacing aging infrastructure, MetTel continues to partner with organizations to make transformation practical, measurable, and future-ready.