In this special Digitel Talk episode recorded at the AI for Good Global Summit, host Ian Ginn speaks with Arpad Kovesdy, CTO and co-founder of Beamlink—a company on a mission to make mobile connectivity radically more accessible.
Beamlink’s flagship innovation, the Bentocell, is a portable, low-power 4G/5G cell tower that can be deployed in minutes using solar energy and AI-driven setup. Arpad shares how natural disasters like Hurricane Maria inspired the company, and how their technology is already connecting communities in Micronesia, New Zealand, and the US.
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Episode sponsored by IFG Consulting Europe– Supporting telcos with tech strategy, digitisation and growth [https://www.ifgconsultingeurope.com]
Guest bio
Arpad Kovesdy is the co-founder and CTO of Beamlink, where he designs portable, easy-to-deploy cellular infrastructure to make mobile networks faster to set up and more affordable, especially in rural areas. He studied aerospace engineering at the University of Southern California and previously worked on satellite communications electronics, gaining hands-on experience with hardware built for space. At Beamlink, he draws on that background to build rugged, reliable systems that can bring 4G and 5G for 1% the cost of conventional solutions.
Podcast credits:
- Host: Ian Ginn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-ginn/)
- Guest: Arpad Kovesdy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpadkovesdy/)
- Editor: Francis Wright (https://www.linkedin.com/in/franciswaudio/)
- Designer: Rebecca Ginn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-ginn-86218414a/)
- Project manager: Ivana Duric (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanamj/)
