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Join us live from DSP Leaders World Forum 2026 in Windsor for our ‘Financial Services: Building trust’ session, exploring how telecom operators can move beyond commodity connectivity to become strategic partners in digital trust, fraud prevention and financial security. With banks facing growing security and compliance pressures, this session examines how telcos can unlock greater value from network intelligence, device reputation, SIM-swap detection and real-time connectivity insights. Featuring: ⭑ Co-hosted by Lasha Tabidze, Group Chief Digital Operations Officer, VEON ⭑ Alessandro Bovone, Chief Technical Officer, JT Group Limited ⭑ Itsuma Tanaka, President & CEO, DOCOMO Euro-Labs ☞ Watch live now: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P ☞ Take part in the live viewer poll and submit your questions: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P #DSPLWF26 #Telecoms #FinancialServices #DigitalTrust #CyberSecurity #DSPLeaders

Join us live from DSP Leaders World Forum 2026 in Windsor for our ‘Reworking the network edge for AI’ session, exploring how operators can transform underutilised edge infrastructure into scalable, AI-ready and profit-generating platforms. Featuring: ⭑ Co-hosted by Asif K., Distinguished Solutions Architect, Verizon Business ⭑ Fahim Sabir, VP, Digital Platform Architecture & Engineering, Colt Technology Services ⭑ Slawek Stawiarski, Telco AI Solutions Manager, Intel Corporation ☞ Watch live now: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P ☞ Take part in the live viewer poll and submit your questions: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P #DSPLWF26 #Telecoms #EdgeComputing #AIRAN #AIinfrastructure #AInative

Thanks to Hewlett Packard Enterprise for sponsoring the Dear Coco coffee lounge at DSP Leaders World Forum 2026, a popular meeting point for attendees throughout the event ☕ How do you take your coffee during a busy event day? #DSPLeaders #DSPLWF26 #CoffeeBreakLovers

Our second panel discussion, Culture shift for telco transformation, live from day two of DSP Leaders World Forum 2026 in Windsor, explores how operators can evolve from legacy telecom businesses into agile, customer-centric and AI-driven digital service providers. Featuring: ⭑ Co-hosted by Neil McRae, Group CTIO, CityFibre ⭑ Fahim Sabir, VP, Digital Platform Architecture & Engineering, Colt Technology Services ⭑ Jed Pell, MD & Senior, Vice President EMEA & APJC, Alianza ⭑ Ranjan Band, Global Telco Portfolio Solutions, Tech Mahindra ⭑ Séainín McCoy, Director for Data and AI, BT Group ☞ Watch live here: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P ☞ Take part in the live viewer poll and submit your questions: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P #DSPLWF26 #Business #DigitalServices #Telecoms #DSPLeaders

Welcome back to day two of DSP Leaders World Forum 2026 in Windsor. Our opening session, The AI-native route to 6G, explores how AI-native networks are reshaping 6G strategy, economics and operational models, and how today’s architectural decisions could define telecom competitiveness for decades to come. Featuring: ⭑ Co-hosted by Ahmed Hafez, SVP Network Strategy and Data & AI in Networks, Deutsche Telekom ⭑ Andy Dunkin, OpenRAN RF & Digital Platform Development Manager, Vodafone ⭑ Philippe Sartori, Director, Engineering, InterDigital, Inc. ⭑ Prashant Agarwal, Head of Business Development, Telco EMEA, Intel Corporation ⭑ Yue Wang, Chief Technologist Net-Gen ICT, China Telecom ☞ Watch the session live here: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P Day two features leaders from organisations including Alianza, BT Group, China Telecom Global, CityFibre, Colt Technology Services, DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Deutsche Telekom, ETSI, GSMA Open Gateway, Intel Corporation, InterDigital, Tech Mahindra, Telefónica, VEON, Verizon Business, Vodafone and Wind River. #DSPLWF26 #Telecoms #6G #AINative #DSPLeaders

In today’s industry news roundup: Vodafone has shown it can scale up demand for #IoT services using Nokia core systems running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) #cloud #infrastructure; Telstra and Ericsson are working closely on 6G developments, including 3GPP standards evolution; JT Group Limited and its infrastructure fund partner CVC DIF have completed their joint £500m #acquisition of Manx Telecom Group; and much more: https://lnkd.in/eA48FhMG #telecom

Thank you to everyone who joined us for day one of DSP Leaders World Forum 2026 in Windsor! ✨ Join us again tomorrow from 9am UK time for day two, featuring sessions on: ◦ The AI-native route to 6G ◦ Culture shift for telco transformation ◦ Reworking the network edge for AI ◦ Financial Services: Building trust ◦ Rethinking APIs for agentic operations ◦ Accelerating the AI-Native telco Day two speakers include Ahmed Hafez, Alessandro Bovone, Andy Dunkin, Asif K., David B., Diego R. Lopez, Fahim Sabir, Francesca Serravalle, Itsuma Tanaka, Jed Pell, Raman Mistry, Nathan Rader, Lasha Tabidze, Philippe Sartori, Prashant Agarwal, Ranjan Band, Séainín McCoy, Slawek Stawiarski, Warren Bayek, Yue Wang. In the meantime, take part in the audience poll and submit your questions ahead of tomorrow’s discussions: https://lnkd.in/eXe9w9vF See you tomorrow! #DSPLWF26 #DSPLeaders #6G #AI #DigitalTransformation #DigitalServices #APIs

Day one of DSP Leaders World Forum 2026 is almost coming to an end but the conversations continue on the Extra Shot stage. The live sister programme has been bringing viewers interviews, reactions and expert analysis throughout the event, diving deeper into the biggest themes shaping the future of telecom. Following today’s panel discussion sessions ‘Data Foundations for AI-Native Networks’ and ‘Cloud-Native Beyond the Core’, TelecomTV’s Tony Poulos talked to leading industry experts to explore the operational and architectural challenges facing telcos as they evolve toward AI-native operations. Guests included: ⭐ Beth Cohen, Telco Industry Analyst, Luth Computer Specialists Inc ⭐ Diego R. Lopez, Senior Technology Expert, Telefonica and ETSI Fellow ⭐ Patrick Smith, EMEA CTO, Everpure Sponsored by Everpure, the session examined how operators can overcome fragmented data environments while extending cloud-native transformation across the wider network estate. More Extra Shot sessions will take place throughout DSP Leaders World Forum 2026, with on-demand access coming soon on TelecomTV. 👉 Join the live stream now: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P #DSPLWF26 #DSPLeaders #AINetworks #CloudNative #DataManagement #NetworkTransformation #Telecoms

Our closing session for day one of DSP Leaders World Forum 2026, ‘Automotive: The SDV globalisation gap’, has just begun. As software-defined vehicles reshape the automotive industry, this discussion explores the growing challenge of delivering connected vehicle services consistently across global markets. Featuring: ⭑ Co-hosted by Maxime Flament, CTO, 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) ⭑ André Schlufter, Director of Automotive Connectivity Innovation, Cubic³ ⭑ Camille Voisin, Director Carrier and Vehicle Experience, General Motors ⭑ Prof Colin Lee, Principal Product Owner VCDP Strategy and Technical Specialist V2X, Digital Product Platform, Jaguar Land Rover (@jaguar-land-rover_1) ⭑ Craig Turner, Vice President and Managing Director, Digital Cockpit & Middleware, Aptiv ⭑ Patrick JEANBART, Head of Connected Cars, Orange Business ☞ Watch live before the day one broadcast concludes: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P ☞ Take part in the live poll and submit your questions: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P #DSPLWF26 #Telecoms #SoftwareDefinedVehicles #DigitalServices #ConnectedVehicles

Our latest session, live from DSP Leaders World Forum 2026 in Windsor, ‘Building the AI backbone’, explores how operators can transform their infrastructure into an AI-ready fabric that supports the next generation of AI-native services. Featuring: ⭑ Co-hosted by Andy Linham, Principal Strategy Manager, Vodafone Business ⭑ Colin Evans, Snr. Director Business Development, HPE Networking ⭑ Gabriela Styf Sjöman, Managing Director Research and Networks Strategy, BT Group ⭑ Ignacio Gonzalez, Business Development Manager, Telco CoE, Red Hat ⭑ Neil McRae, Group CTIO, CityFibre ☞ Watch live now: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P ☞ Take part in the live poll and submit your questions to the panel: https://lnkd.in/e3_TeW7P #DSPLWF26 #AIinfrastructure #DigitalServices #DSPLeaders