Insights - FutureNet World

A long game: driving patient urgency to reinvent Vodafone’s networks

Scott Petty, CTO, Vodafone Group, describes how many strands and immense effort, woven into a careful strategy, are building a next-gen telco. By Annie Turner, Contributing Editor Scott Petty has worked for Vodafone, based in the UK, for just over 14 years. Having held a number of positions, he moved from being CTO of the […]

Autonomous Networks

5th April 2023

BT – automating complex network functions will underpin emerging enterprise technologies

Greg McCall, BT’s new Chief Networks Officer, talked to FutureNet World about the opportunities and challenges of his role. On 1 November 2022, Greg McCall became BT’s Chief Networks Officer, heading up Network Services, a... Read more

Autonomous Networks

3rd March 20233rd March 2023

Orange automation reinvents operations, powers innovation

Laurent Leboucher talks to Contributing Editor Annie Turner about automation’s pivotal role in network evolution and service innovation Laurent Leboucher is Group CTO at Orange and leads Orange Innovation Networks. Automation has existed for many... Read more

Autonomous Networks

6th February 20239th February 2023

Telefónica’s network automation: the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

Enrique Blanco talks to Contributing Editor Annie Turner about being close to completing the foundations... Read more

Autonomous Networks

2nd February 20237th February 2023

Why being data driven is a must to give customers what they deserve

As part of our data-driven blog series, we spoke to Alaa Malki, Chief Technology Officer,... Read more

Customer Centricity

17th January 202318th January 2023

STC enables Network Automation to propel and disrupt markets

Haithem M. Alfaraj, CTO, stc, is a keynote speaker at FutureNet MENA, 20 March, Dubai.... Read more

Autonomous Networks

17th January 20236th March 2023

Strong focus on customer experience pays many dividends for dtac

In the next data-driven operations related blog DTAC’s CTO, Prathet Tankuranun, talks to Contributing Editor,... Read more

Intelligent OSS

7th December 20224th January 2023

TDC NET powers a world-beating network through managed services and AI

Michael Fränkle, Executive Vice President and CTO, TDC NET, talks to Contributing Editor, Annie Turner,... Read more

Intelligent OSS

2nd December 202214th December 2022

Data-driven Operations: does it pay off?

Ken Tan, CTO of Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), talks to Contributing Editor, Annie Turner, as... Read more

Intelligent OSS

22nd November 202214th December 2022

Automation: Moving CX from engaging with service providers to deep interaction with products

Telstra’s Angela Logothetis explains to Contributing Editor Annie Turner how the next phases in automation... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks, Zero Touch Automation

8th September 20228th September 2022

Bring it on: leading telcos are upbeat about facing the future

Some of the speakers at next week’s FutureNet World event discuss their strategic and commercial... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Intelligent OSS

6th May 20226th May 2022

Futurenet World Interview with Dr. Piyush Sarwal, Oracle

We recently caught up with Dr. Piyush Sarwal, VP, Product Management, Oracle to get his... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Intelligent OSS

25th April 202211th May 2022

Driving DevOps closer to production and nowcasting comes to the fore

Philippe Ensarguet, Group CTO at Orange Business Services, explained how GitOps is the evolution of... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge

7th April 2022

Rakuten Symphony orchestrated MWC’s drum beat

Telecoms guru, Tareq Amin and the company he leads, Rakuten Symphony, dominated headlines at MWC,... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge

7th March 202210th March 2022

Automation is about networks complexity and customer experience, not cool tech

Dr Kim (Kyllesbech) Larsen has been CTIO and board member at T-Mobile Netherlands for more... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge

7th February 20227th February 2022

Combining 5G Standalone, IoT, AI, cloud and edge is the key to techco success

Three key speakers from our upcoming FutureNet Middle East and Africa event answered a rapid round... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge

12th January 202218th January 2022

FutureNet Middle East & Africa, Speaker Interview with Ayedime Amadi, MTN

Ayedime Amadi, Group Senior Manager Enterprise Architecture & Customer Channels, MTN is a panel speaker... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge

21st December 202121st December 2021

FutureNet Middle East & Africa, Speaker Interview with Haithem M. Alfaraj, STC

Haithem M. Alfaraj, CTO, STC, is speaking on a Panel at FutureNet Middle East &... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Autonomous Networks

17th December 202121st December 2021

Virtualisation and automation will bring a shared future to benefit all

Abdallah Nassar, Chief Engineering and Network Officer at Orange Cameroon, talked to Contributing Editor Annie... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge

2nd December 202118th January 2022

Reinventing operations through cloudification, automation and disaggregation

Thomas van Briel is SVP, Architecture & Strategy at Deutsche Telekom. He talked to contributing... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

4th November 202110th November 2021

FutureNet Asia, Rakuten Speaker Interview

Miro Salem, Global Head of Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Networks, Rakuten Mobile, is speaking on... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge

19th October 202110th November 2021

FutureNet Asia, NTT DoCoMo Speaker Interview

Zaif Siddiqi, Executive Director, Global Head 5G & IoT Enterprise Business, NTT DoCoMo, is speaking... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge

19th October 202110th November 2021

FutureNet Asia,Telstra Speaker Interview

Kim Krogh Andersen, Product & Technology – Group Executive, Telstra, is speaking on a Panel... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration

18th October 202110th November 2021

FutureNet Asia, M1 Speaker Interview

Nathan Bell, Chief Digital Officer, M1, is speaking on Opening CxO Keynote Panel at FutureNet... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Customer Centricity, Intelligent OSS

15th October 202125th October 2021

FutureNet Asia, Robi Axiata Speaker Interview

Asif Rashid, CIO, Robi Axiata, is speaking on the Panel: Operational Transformation: Accelerating the journey... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Intelligent OSS

15th October 202110th November 2021

FutureNet Asia, Airtel Speaker Interview

Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Airtel, is speaking on the Panel: The Network of the Future and... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Customer Centricity, Intelligent OSS

15th October 202110th November 2021

A competitive cost base is Orange’s end-game, not short-term cost reduction

Yves Bellego of Orange talks to Contributing Editor Annie Turner about the group’s next big,... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Customer Centricity, Zero Touch Automation

5th August 202116th September 2021

Automation underpins ongoing ambitions at Telenor

Ingeborg Øfsthus is CTO of Telenor Norway, responsible for infrastructure and a multi-billion Norwegian Krone... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Customer Centricity, Zero Touch Automation

1st July 20215th August 2021

Rakuten Mobile’s DNA – template, replicate, automate, accelerate

Rahul Atri, Managing Director, Rakuten Mobile Singapore, Head of Products & Engineering, Rakuten Communications Platform... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Customer Centricity

3rd June 20211st September 2021

Telstra is poised for a slice of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Telstra Group Executive, Product & Technology, Kim Krogh Andersen talked to Contributing Editor Annie Turner... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Customer Centricity

7th May 202110th November 2021

Airtel’s network automation is as inevitable as water obeying gravity

Airtel’s CTO Randeep Sekhon and Bradley Mead of Ericsson talked to Contributing Editor Annie Turner... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Intelligent OSS

6th April 202122nd September 2021

Why automation should be the Tricorder for telecoms

Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO of Canada’s TELUS Communications, shares some forthright views with Annie Turner, Contributing... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Zero Touch Automation

3rd March 202110th November 2021

When automation met rocket science at BT

When automation met rocket science at BT. Neil J. McRae describes himself as a “space... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Intelligent OSS

4th February 202110th November 2021

Why Telefónica’s automation journey “will never end”

Juan Manuel Caro Bernat – better known as Juanma – is Director of Operations Transformation... Read more

Autonomous Networks

6th January 202110th November 2021

Massive network automation might be years away, but there’s plenty of scope now

Contributing Editor, Annie Turner asks Steve Jarrett, Global Head of Data and AI at Orange,... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Autonomous Networks, Service Assurance & AI

3rd December 20205th August 2021