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Telecoms underpin the digital world and all the disruption that has reshaped how many of us work, socialise, learn, shop, travel and play, among other things. Yet telcos’ own business and operational models have altered little in 30 years, and growth of 1-2% is predicted for most this year. The need to digitalise, end to end, has never been more urgent. Join us to explore how network operators can digitalise to evolve and grow.
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The challenges and gains of operating an end-to-end digital infrastructure
Digital infrastructure forms the physical and software-based foundation for modern telecoms networks, leveraging automation, AI, open systems and cloud in the networks for digitalised operations. Where are the hold-ups and why is digital infrastructure so important?
Colin Bannon
CTO
BT Business
Strategies for accelerating network innovation and growth
A look at how, through digitalisation, operators innovate using their network resources and operations to create new business models to generate new revenue streams and increase their return on investment in networks – their biggest asset.
Moderator: Malik Saadi
VP & GM Strategic Technology
ABI Research
Colin Bannon
CTO
BT Business
Yue Wang
Chief Technologist - Network and AI
China Telecom
Muhannad Alabweh
Chief Product Officer
Infovista
Break
This panel looks at progress by operators towards becoming cloud-native, what’s working and what needs more work.
Moderator: Inderpreet Kaur
Sr. Analyst Telco Cloud & Network Automation
Omdia
In conversation: What’s driving Virgin Media O2’s network strategy on its digital journey?
Digital infrastructure forms the physical and software-based foundation for modern telecoms networks, leveraging automation, AI, open systems and cloud in the networks for digitalised operations. Where are the hold-ups and why is digital infrastructure so important?
Anita Tadayon
Director Planning, Transformation and Performance
Virgin Media O2
Network APIs and new, platform-based operational and business models
Cloudification is changing how services are delivered and managed, enabled by modular software architectures that depend on cloud native technologies like microservices, and cloud-native designs. Is digitalisation increasingly dependent on cloudification for all aspects of telco?
Moderator: Darius Lloyd
Consulting Director - Enterprise Platforms Lead
STL Partners
Antonella Sanguineti
Head of Marketing and Product Management Networking, Cloud, Security & Identity Solutions
Sparkle
Inês Ferreira
Head of ICT Product
MEO Empresas
Carolina García Vázquez
Head of AI
Telefónica
The real impacts of network optimisation
Are cloud and AI redefining optimisation and the benefits it can deliver, now and in future?
David Tomalin
Group CTO
CityFibre
The evolving relationship between digitalisation and cloudification
Cloudification is changing how services are delivered and managed, enabled by modular software architectures that depend on cloud native technologies like microservices, and cloud-native designs. Is digitalisation increasingly dependent on cloudification for all aspects of telco?
Moderator: Anne-Flore Agard
VP - Global Head of Telecommunication
Capgemini Engineering
Aamer Ejaz
President Digital Platforms
Jazz
Mohamed Talaye
CTO
Orange Business
Beatriz Ortega Eguizabal
EMEA Telco Business Development Manager
Red Hat
Frank Brockners
Board Member
The Linux Foundation
Closing Remarks & End of Conference
Where and how services are being offered, for which market segments and what’s in the pipeline?
Moderator: Inderpreet Kaur
Sr. Analyst Telco Cloud & Network Automation
Omdia
All times UK. Session timings and content subject to change.
