📢 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: $TMUS T-Mobile and Jio Achieve World’s First 5G Standalone Roaming Connection
👉 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
➤ 𝗧-𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 and 𝗝𝗶𝗼 achieve world's first 𝗦𝗚 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 roaming connection.
➤ 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲's global mediation platform enables secure cross-network interoperability.
➤ T-Mobile customers can access true 𝗦𝗚 𝗦𝗔 while traveling internationally.
➤ 𝗦𝗚 𝗦𝗔 roaming enables faster speeds and lower latency.
➤ Technology supports 𝗜𝗼𝗧, real-time communications, and immersive applications.
➤ Collaboration connects two leading 𝗦𝗚 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 networks across borders.
➤ Syniverse provides secure interworking and advanced mediation for global roaming.
➤ Partnership creates foundations for future 𝗔𝗜-𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 and enterprise services.
👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
➤ Establishes a new technical benchmark for international 𝗦𝗚 𝗦𝗔 roaming.
➤ Extends standalone 5G capabilities beyond customers' domestic network boundaries.
➤ Could accelerate global adoption of 𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, next-generation roaming services.
➤ Opens opportunities for cross-border 𝗜𝗼𝗧, enterprise, and AI applications.
👉 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:
𝗔𝗻𝗸𝘂𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿, Chief Network Officer at T-Mobile:
"This is a monumental step for global wireless, and T-Mobile is proud to lead it," said Ankur Kapoor, Chief Network Officer at T-Mobile. "We started this journey back in 2020, laying the groundwork for a 5G Standalone future — and today, we're continuing that leadership with Jio India as a partner on a global stage. Leave one country, land in another, and your 5G experience is just as seamless — whether you're streaming, sharing travel reels or running business apps. That's the breakthrough power of this technology."
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗼𝘀𝗸𝘆, Head International Network, Partnership and Services, Jio:
“This is a transformational milestone and far more than just roaming — it’s about what becomes possible when two leading 5G Standalone networks work together. T-Mobile and Jio are laying the foundation for a new generation of cross-network capabilities and services, from differentiated consumer and enterprise experiences to AI-enabled services, leveraging the unique capabilities of 5G Standalone. This is the future of 5G SA: seamless, interoperable, and built to unlock new value,” said Mark Yarkosky, Head International Network, Partnership and Services, Jio.
𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗰𝗸, Chief Product Officer of Syniverse:
“Syniverse is proud to help enable this industry-first 5G Standalone roaming milestone, demonstrating how secure interworking and advanced mediation can make next-generation roaming commercially viable at a global level,” said John Wick, Chief Product Officer of Syniverse. “Built on long-standing partnerships across the mobile ecosystem, our home-grown SEPP capabilities and proven platform help operators test, navigate, and launch 5G SA roaming with confidence. We are able to support all 5G-ready customers from validation through production as more operators come on board.”
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What does it take to build an AI app builder specifically for product managers—not engineers—inside an already crowded market?
In this episode of Just Now Possible, Teresa Torres talks with Brian De Haaff (CEO and Co-Founder), Chris Waters (CTO and Co-Founder), and Sarah Moisan-Thomas (Senior Product Manager) about Aha! Builder, Aha!'s AI-powered app builder built for product managers. Aha! is a fully bootstrapped, profitable, remote-first company that has served product teams for over 13 years without a single salesperson.
Guests:
- Brian De Haaff – CEO and Co-Founder, Aha!
- Chris Waters – CTO and Co-Founder, Aha!
- Sarah Moisan-Thomas – Senior Product Manager for Aha! Builder, Aha!
They walk through Aha!'s five-step product discovery framework—spark, paper prototypes, proof of concept, early access, and general availability—that led them to Builder. They share why their first version, built on containerized Ruby on Rails infrastructure, proved too wasteful to scale, and how they rebuilt it on a single-instance, multi-tenant architecture using V8 isolates. Along the way, they explain their approach to deterministic guardrails for things like authentication, SSO, and databases, and how a multi-phase, multi-agent pipeline generates a design system, a prototype, and a working application in minutes.
You'll hear how they think about the line between what AI should build and what should stay deterministic, how they handle enterprise concerns like SSO and PII, and why they believe knowing what to build—not how to build it—is where product managers will increasingly add value.
Key Takeaways:
- Aha! is fully bootstrapped, remote-first, and profitable—built by product people, for product people
- Containerized infrastructure proved too wasteful for AI app building at scale, pushing Aha! to rebuild on a single-instance, multi-tenant architecture
- Deterministic, pre-built components (authentication, SSO, database, email) cut token cost and guarantee reliability that AI-generated code can't
- A multi-phase, multi-agent pipeline—design system, then prototype, then backend—produces better outcomes than a single open-ended chat prompt
- As building gets easier, knowing what to build becomes the product manager's real differentiator
In This Episode:
- Aha!'s 13-year bootstrapped, remote, no-salespeople business model
- The five-step discovery framework Aha! uses for every new product, including Builder
- Why their first containerized version was too slow and expensive to scale
- Rebuilding for a single-instance, multi-tenant architecture
- Reusing the agent framework and tool set originally built for "Elle"—Aha!'s roadmapping AI assistant
- Deterministic components for authentication, SSO, database access, and email
- The multi-agent, multi-phase build pipeline: design system, then prototype, then full application
- Enterprise governance: authentication policies, deployment guardrails, and PII/PHI considerations
- Why Aha! is optimizing for prototypes, proofs of concept, and internal "meta applications"—not primary line-of-business apps
- What's next: expanded design systems and tighter feedback loops across Aha!'s product suite
Resources & Links:
- Aha!
Chapters:
00:00 Meet the Aha! Team
00:19 Aha! Bootstrapped Remote Story
01:29 What Is Aha Builder
02:27 Leaders Stay Hands On
04:49 Origin and AI Shift
07:44 Why Build in Aha!
14:12 Discovery Framework
17:50 From Slides to Early Access
21:40 Proof of Concept Approach
23:36 Under the Hood Architecture
27:01 Agent Tools and UX
30:59 Deterministic Components
33:42 Skills Docs and Iteration
35:48 Higher Level Building Blocks
36:33 Knowing What To Build
38:57 Builder UX For PMs
44:10 Enterprise Governance Guardrails
47:29 What Builder Is For
50:39 PII Security And Compliance
53:15 Quality Evals And Pricing
55:29 V8 Isolates Architecture
58:22 Multi Agent Build Pipeline
01:01:14 Roadmap Design And Feedback
01:03:01 PMs Engineers And PR Flow
01:05:52 Wrap Up And Thanks
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