Thought Leadership

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  Bridging the gap to Level 4: why network autonomy needs a digital double

  Best practice: Is your network strategy missing its digital double? Celfocus posits that true autonomy relies on establishing a comprehensive digital twin framework. Read how integrating physical and virtual layers provides the visibility needed to reduce energy usage, streamline OSS tools, and accelerate the path to TM Forum’s Level 4 and beyond…

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  An Incremental Path to End-to-End Automation Through Inventory and Orchestration Synergy - White Paper

  Sponsored by FNT & Inmanta

  Modern telecom networks demand agility, reliability and speed. Yet legacy systems, fragmented data and multi-vendor complexity continue to slow transformation.

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  AI Business Efficiency white paper: Turning Data & AI into Measurable Value

  Sponsored by Celfocus

  In this recently published white paper, Celfocus identifies tangible efficiency gains already being achieved when AI initiatives focus on solving identifiable, and measurable, business challenges

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  Analysis

  Reality check: assessing telco claims of Europe’s High-Risk Supplier crackdown cost — Strand Consult

  Guest analysis: with 30% EU exposure remaining, concentrated on 5G RAN, specific countries and three big telcos, John Strand considers media and industry warnings of HRS rip-and-replace costs overstated, evidencing Denmark, the UK and other European markets as showing transition can be managed without derailing 5G rollout. In an age of national security, he also deems it essential for securing future mission-critical contracts.

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  Analysis

  5G at the heart of next-gen military comms — ACMOSS founder

  Guest analysis: Telecom Expert Voice and Réseau Radio du Futur (RRF) architect Guillaume Lambert considers 5G critical to addressing new and emerging defence demands — but the market will only open to telcos committed to zero trust, ‘clean’, sovereign networks…

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  Analysis

  From TETRA to 5G: defence as MNOs’ next big opportunity — Strand Consult

  Guest analysis: as MNOs look to commercialise networks in new ways, rising connectivity demands from defence and public safety sectors present value-creation opportunity not seen since the days of 3G…

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  Network & Infra

  We built the networks. Now we must teach them to think.

  Featured submission from Luis Salvado Executive Chairman Celfocus

  The operating model that built today’s telecom networks is no longer sufficient: complexity has outpaced human execution. Celfocus’s Executive Chairman Luis Salvado believes that the industry must shift from application-driven to intelligence-defined systems — or risk being outpaced by hyperscalers already treating networks as orchestrated software.

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  Analysis

  Cutting through the satellite hype: Starlink and LEO’s threat to global telecoms assessed — Strand Consult

  Guest analysis: with D2D connectivity dominating discussions at MWC26, terrestrial operators must reassess their broadband and defence sector strategies. Strand Consult’s outspoken founder cuts through the hype to separate disruptive fact from industry fiction…

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  Technology

  Orchestration, not Automation, is telco’s real growth engine

  Featured submission from Zeeshan Aftab Co-Founder at 10Pearls

  Telcos have heavily invested in automation, yet still struggle to scale. The issue is that digitising silos simply replicates bottlenecks. Discover why orchestration is the true growth lever for integrating systems, accelerating revenue capture, preparing for AI, and building a competitive edge for the 6G and AI era.

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  Products & Services

  UK fibre: TiVo’s Freely momentum unlocks altnet multiplay

  Interview: As customer retention becomes paramount, UK fibre service providers are re-evaluating the strategic value of multiplay. Several altnets are at contract stage with streaming TV platform provider TiVo as sell-out success of the Freely-enabled Aero puck helps make the case for convergence…

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  Deep Dive

  Digital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling

  Deep dive: AT&T, Verizon, and American Tower have now collectively flown hundreds of thousands of drone missions in the USA, as part of a behind-scenes push to create full-fledged virtual replicas of their vast network estates. Senior execs at the three telco giants ran TelcoTitans through the top- and bottom-line benefits of drone- and digital twin-led automated asset management…

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  Interview

  Telco can tame ‘wild dogs of AI’ and rediscover growth — TM Forum Chair

  DTW Ignite 2026: Interviewed by TelcoTitans TV, Dr. Steffen Roehn urges the industry to seize AI-driven opportunities for growth and create a “trusted AI enforcement layer” to help drive monetisation.

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  Eventwatch

  DTW26: How two TM Forum Catalysts hope to tidy telcos’ AI model muddle

  Up till now, many telco deployments of AI agents have been loosely coordinated and delivered mere ‘bolt-on’ point solutions for isolated use-cases. Two TM Forum projects driven by the likes of Telstra, DT, Jio, and Vodafone aim to bring some order to the chaos by creating frameworks for model consumption and agent governance.

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  Network & Infra

  The quest for autonomy: how agentic AI can deliver real ROI — new report

  Research provides telcos with a pathway to delivering real value from agentic AI, featuring Tier 1 use cases and recommendations to help bridge “the autonomy chasm” to reduce operating costs, improve service reliability, and increase network agility.

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  Strategy & Change

  Capita: rewired for agentic AI, and inviting telcos onboard

  Interview: With hyperscaler alumni now at the helm and Snowflake Intelligence embedded in its AI Catalyst Stack, Capita is betting that agentic will redraw the economics of the contact centre. Chief AI & Product Officer Sameer Vuyyuru explains why telcos should be watching closely.

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  Eventwatch

  DTW Ignite 2026: Video Interview with TM Forum’s Guy Lupo

  TelcoTitans’ Matt Leary interviews Guy Lupo, EVP AI & Data at TM Forum, ahead of DTW Ignite 2026.

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  Eventwatch

  DTW Ignite 2026: Video Interview with TM Forum’s Andy Tiller

  TelcoTitans’ Matt Leary interviews Andy Tiller, EVP Products & Services at TM Forum, ahead of DTW Ignite 2026.

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  Strategy & Change

  From danger zone to digital powerhouse: Kearney maps Europe’s path to telecom recovery

  Analysis: Europe’s telecoms sector has built extensively but failed to monetise, risking stagnation without urgent structural intervention. Kearney’s comprehensive diagnostic guides on how regionalisation, network resilience, strategic private finance partnerships, and other remedies can revitalise the sector’s finances and the continent’s digital economy.

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