The autonomous service provider

11:00 - 11:20
From automation to autonomy: The decisions that will define telecom’s next era

• Autonomous networks promise a new horizon of efficiency, customer experience, and market opportunity
• Where do we need to focus, what challenges are we seeing?
• Where are the opportunities that will drive our industry forward?

Speakers:
Erik Ekudden, CTO, Ericsson
Ankur Kapoor, EVP, Chief Network Officer, T-Mobile USA

11:20 - 11:35
Engineering trust into autonomous networks: From automation to ethical infrastructure  

• Why autonomy without transparency creates systemic risk 
• The difference between automation and accountable intelligence 
• How intent, policy, and guardrails become as important as performance 
• Designing networks that can explain their own decisions 
• What regulators and customers will expect from autonomous CSPs 

11:35 - 12:00
Panel: Governance and leadership: Who really controls the autonomous network? 

• Is an autonomous network still truly ‘owned’ by the CSP, or by its software ecosystem? 
• Should intent be defined by engineers, executives, or regulators? 
• How much decision-making should ever be delegated to machines? 
• Are CSPs prepared to take responsibility for algorithmic failures? 
• Will autonomy centralize control or fragment it across vendors and domains? 

12:00
Close of session

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