Latest TelcoFutures Insight
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Innovation (R&D)
Celfocus: Project Sylva enables enterprise for new connectivity solutions like MPN
Evolving at breakneck speed, the open-source cloud‑native platform is highlighting opportunities to unlock solutions development as well as greater efficiency for telco cloud. Telco SI Celfocus pinpoints streamlined mobile private network propositions to advance delivery of connected enterprise experiences.
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Suppliers & SCM
BT Sourced turns to AI agent for easier, faster supplier negotiations
BT Group Chief Procurement Officer Cyril Pourrat says “don’t be afraid” of AI as the buying unit employs digital agent from German startup nnamu, saving time and money in supplier negotiations.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone Global NOC goes cloud-native, readying for GenAI
Vodafone’s network transformation team herald leap forward in the journey to zero touch Global NOC automation, working with Celfocus and Google to take the operator’s CIAS solution into the cloud and open up opportunities for GenAI and upskilling. Read more…
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica Tech forges cybersecurity pact with BBVA
Group agrees to bolster longstanding partner’s security systems across Europe and the Americas, including through construction of Mexico cybersecurity hub.
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Operations
GenAI at BT: data hygiene critical to moving from ideas to implementation
Chief Data & AI Officer Deepika Adusumilli highlights data quality and cultural change as the two primary challenges to AI adoption at scale, with AWS’s Q and the ongoing Google Cloud migration supporting the effort.
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom’s Hafez peels open AI layers to explore challenges ahead
DT’s Vice‑President of Technology Strategy highlights need to keep testing a mix of telco‑friendly LLMs because they are continually changing.
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Innovation (R&D)
GenAI has potential to change internet’s economic model — Vodafone’s Petty
Vodafone CTO provides wide-ranging overview of the Group’s approach to generative AI, and the potential future impact of the technology.
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Public Affairs
Forget the jargon and give customers what they really want — BT digital chief
DTW24 – Ignite: Kevin Lee, Chief Digital Officer at BT Consumer, shared how the operator’s API-first, platform approach will help it keep up with fast-changing demands from consumers.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica expands 5G API options with Nokia deal
Group plans to deploy Nokia’s Network Exposure Function in Germany and Spain.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT activates ‘cell sleep’ tech to cut mobile energy use
BT has implemented a power-saving software feature in EE 4G sites that it hopes will save 4.5 million Kilowatt hours per year.
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Products & Services
Telefónica furthers automation agenda with AI offer personalisation
DTW24 – Ignite: Operator seeks to leverage generative AI to provide higher-value products and offers for customers in Germany and Spain. Two solutions presented include digital customer assistant and recommendation engine for marketing teams, which are set to assist with Group’s wider strategy to automate business processes.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone extends NETSCOUT deal to evolve ‘hybrid’ network
Vodafone hands NETSCOUT another contract for network visibility and monitoring tech, covering European hybrid network environment, including 5G SA deployments.
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Operations
BT Digital lights ‘beacons’ in search for new ways of working to aid transformation
DTW24 – Ignite: Change is not easy for large telcos, but BT Group’s Digital has been exploring ways to accelerate product delivery through “lean-agile” teams.
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Network & Infrastructure
BT’s autonomous journey starts with decommissioning legacy products
DTW24 – Ignite: The industry’s dream of autonomous networks is some way off, but for BT’s R&D chief Gabriela Styf Sjöman, the first steps are to cut legacy products and adopt cloud-native principles.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica Tech, IBM launch fresh B2B toolkit for AI acceleration
Operator works with longstanding partner to deploy new SHARK.X platform, uniting multiple analytics and data management tools to help enterprise customers accelerate AI rollout.
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Eventwatch
DTW24: Steffen Roehn on pioneering the AI-driven telco
Bella Center Copenhagen already heaving with activity ahead of Tuesday grand opening. Keynotes notably now feature once impossible dream of CTOs collaborating on stage. TM Forum’s ever bigger CSP digitalisation and automation tent now also home to hyperscalers as well as founding CIOs. More insights from Steffen…
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Network & Infrastructure
O2 updates Ericsson 5G core deal to boost strategy refresh
Pair set to develop new, resource-saving core network functions as part of fresh “multi-year” agreement, as efficiencies-focused operator seeks to accelerate network automation and drive greater flexibility.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone UK aims to contain opex with ‘green’ infrastructure investment
UK infrastructure and energy lead Francesca Serravalle opens up on Redstream Evolution network revamp and energy efficiency in bid to hold down operating costs.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT’s Arbitter seeks realism on network API aspirations
DT’s API supremo damps down what should be expected from network APIs.
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Strategy & Change
Snowflake: Building a telco space where data exchange can thrive
Vodafone, AT&T, Snowflake and Amdocs come together to explore telco operational and business realities and the breadth of possibilities for the age of data, digitalisation and AI when everything is connected. Learn more about how data environments are being transformed to get fundamentals right internally, for customers, and for wider collaboration…