AI native telco: From lab dreams to market reality

June 23, 2026

15:45-16:45

Build stage

AI & Data

15:45 - 16:00
Fireside chat: AI-native telco: Moving from lab experiments to real-world operations

Transitioning AI use cases from pilots to production
Building AI-native operating models that integrate with OSS/BSS and cloud-native platforms
Overcoming scale challenges: reliability, security, cost control and operational ownership

Jawad Ahmed Saleemi, Director AI, Data & Cloud, Telenor

16:00 - 16:15

AI-Native Telco: Operationalising an AI-centric reference architecture

Why telco AI stalls at scale: Architecture is the missing link
Moving from reference to reality: Scaling AI across a federated telco
AI-native telcos will be defined not by the models they use but by the architectures that allow

Shekhar Kulkarni, Global Chief Architect, Deutsche Telekom

16:15 - 16:45
Presentation & breakout groups: Agentic AI in practice: Scaling safely and credibly across telco networks

Deploying agentic AI to automate decisions while preserving human oversight and trust
Defining guardrails for autonomy, escalation and rollback in live network environments
Ensuring performance, security and resilience as agentic systems scale across domains

Timings are provisional only and may be subject to change.