From platform to autonomy: Building the AI-native telco

From platform to autonomy: Building the AI-native telco

Join us for an interactive workshop and executive discussion exploring what it takes to move from enterprise AI platforms to trusted autonomy, and what it really means to build an AI-native telco.

Telecom operators are rapidly investing in enterprise AI platforms, analytics, Agent Factories and network automation. The challenge is no longer simply building AI use cases, it is industrializing AI across enterprise and network domains without creating a new generation of fragmented platforms, duplicated agents, proprietary integrations and inconsistent governance.

The discussion will also bring perspectives from AI and Data ecosystem leaders and industry transformation advisors, providing a broader view of the technology, operating-model and business changes required to make the AI-native telco real.

Participants will be encouraged to engage throughout the session, challenge assumptions, share perspectives and discuss practical choices around platform design, interoperability, governance, domain autonomy and the path to trusted autonomous operations.

Key Takeaways

• A practical view of the journey from Platform → Agent Factory → Ecosystem → Autonomy
• Principles for reducing duplication and accelerating AI time-to-value through reusable and composable capabilities
• A framework for balancing enterprise standardization with domain-level innovation
• A view of how models, agents, APIs, tools and data can interoperate across an open AI ecosystem
• Key considerations for governance, trust and the progression from AI assistance to autonomous execution
• A clearer understanding of the operating-model and economic changes required to make the AI-native telco real

Abhitabh Kushwaha, AVP, Network AI & Data, Verizon
Sampath Paranavitane, Chief Strategy Officer , TMT InfoVision
Abhilash Vantaram, Global Head of Technology, AI, Innovation, R&D InfoVision
Michael Raj, Vice President of Strategic Analytics & Modeling, Verizon
Sahil Khanna, Key Account Executive, Telecom, Google
Jörg Niemölle, Expert of Analytics and Customer Experience, Ericsson