Catalyst Session: Driving trustworthy AI for sustainable growth and intelligent networks

IT Support

CATALYST PRESENTATIONSUnite with the brightest and best to drive groundbreaking innovation and impactful business outcomes Catalyst projects connect the collective power of the brightest minds and most influential industry figures to co-create solutions to the industry’s biggest challenges. SESSION MODERATORStuart Dunn, Senior Project Manager, TM Forum 11:20 am – 11:32 amDigi-boost connectivity servicesFung Kam-Shing, VP, Digital Operations Transformation PCCW, HKTLinhua Deng, Marketing …

FIRESIDE CHAT: Driving 5G innovation through a digitalization strategy

Steve Ryan

Becoming the first in the world to launch 5G stand alone at the edge and enabling new monetization opportunities Moving from legacy to a common, 100% cloud platform across all markets for IT and network Importance of standardization and TM Forum Open Digital Architecture as foundation of tech strategy to drive scale and efficiency Role of deeper partnerships in enabling …

CxO Spotlight: Achieving positive business results from digital transformation

Poorvi Verma

CSPs face increasing challenges due to changes in customer behavior as well as competitions from OTT players in terms of service innovation, time-to-market and customer service experience. For this reason, it is essential for CSPS to evolve their networks and transform their operations digitally. Yet to sustain continuous business growth, offer unparalleled quality of service, retain the loyalty and support …

CASE STUDY: Inside Digital: Behind the scenes of BT’s digital transformation

Jenny Kessman

From legacy & shadow IT to strategic – setting the ambition for BT Transforming people, process AND technology in a culture and community that hates risk and the unknown Taking the community on the transformation journey to truly build the future whilst keeping BT’s £20bn business on track Aligning business, financial & technical stakeholders to embrace change in an agile …

Going green – how to become and stay a green CSP

Jenny Kessman

Where should CSPs start their journey to become greener? Where do the opportunities for becoming more energy efficient lie? Strategies for going solar – sourcing energy from solar energy suppliers and using solar panels to save on energy costs How to measure the impact of your green initiatives

Building the next gen of IT to support B2B2X applications and services

Poorvi Verma

Overhauling internal processes and IT systems are designed to optimize agility and support business goals How to reconfigure IT and operating models to meet the requirement of different industry verticals Building a platform that will enable the flexibility, agility and speed required for B2B2X products and services Learning to partner and co-create with customers to develop growth coming from services …

How 5G and edge computing will revolutionize sporting entertainment

Poorvi Verma

Optimizing a ‘glass to glass’ approach to 5G The implementation of 5G and private 5G in revolutionizing the way content is produced Utilization of break through AR/XR technology to provide customers with immersive and interactive experiences

CASE STUDY: A full stack as facilitator of the brands merge

Poorvi Verma

Spanish telco market and Simyo as a player in the low-cost market; brand merge decision How BSS Full stack help to facilitate brand consolidation and very high-level architecture of the Simyo solution Pillars of the brand merge: move customers to fit Simyo tariff-plans, historical data not migrated and migration tool development Migration phases performed – Results of this project

PANEL: Partnering at scale to bridge capability gaps

Poorvi Verma

How do telcos have to transform themselves in the ecosystem in terms of CAPEX reduction, enhanced productivity and seamless go to market? What are the digital enablers that telco need to put in place to transform themselves in the partner ecosystems of the future? What are other challenges CSPs face in partnering with hyperscalers and are CSPs ready to take …