SESSION MODERATORS:
Aaron Boasman-Patel, Vice President, AI, Labs & Innovation, TM Forum
Tony Poulos, Industry Insights Advisor, TM Forum
INTERVIEW: Turning networks and ecosystems into growth engines
Interviewer: Mark Newman, Chief Analyst, TM Forum
Sharad Sriwastawa, Co–CEO, Rakuten Mobile
On our journey towards network softwarization and full digitalization
- Collaboration with TMForum, GSMA, CAMARA and The Linux Foundation to advance the OpenGateway initiative
- Enabling network softwarization and the lessons that can be learnt from the IT world
- Reinventing the customer relationship model, focusing on customer-centric vision and how TM Forum is facilitating this journey
- Simplifying and making IT more efficient through best of breed models, APIs and the right data model
Enrique Blanco, CTIO, Telefónica
From networks to innovation platforms
- How to build an innovation platform on top on the network that provides partners with development and testing environments
- Leveraging 5G and cloud native technologies allow CSPs to transform their network into innovation platforms
- Which new network functions and resources can be exposed to third parties through network APIs to build new use cases?
- What needs to change – new ways of working, new accountabilities and new relationships
- How to build innovation ecosystem on the platform
Scott Petty, Group CTO, Vodafone
FIRESIDE CHAT: Monetizing networks in the 5G era
Interviewer: Aaron Boasman-Patel, Vice President, AI, Labs & Innovation, TM Forum
Igal Elbaz, SVP of Technology & Network Services, Network CTO, AT&T