From vision to velocity: Why telco strategies fail, and how to actually execute them
November 17, 2026
16:00-17:30
Impact Stage
Composable IT & Ecosystems
BSS (Business Support Systems)
IT & process automation
IT transformation
Sessions in rooms
Beyond pilots: How to industrialize AI across software delivery and operations- Scaling AI from isolated pilots to an enterprise-wide operating model across software delivery, IT operations and customer experience
- Building an AI innovation ecosystem with governance, reusable capabilities and measurable business outcomes
- Establishing value measurement frameworks to prioritize, scale and continuously optimize AI initiatives
- Creating the foundations for an autonomous, AI-powered telecom enterprise through AI at scale
Designing AI-ready telco architectures that scale across legacy and cloud-native environments
- Architecting hybrid application landscapes that integrate legacy systems with cloud-native platforms and AI services
- Building trusted data, API and event-driven foundations that enable enterprise-wide AI adoption
- Designing resilient, modular architectures that support continuous evolution without disrupting critical services
- Balancing innovation, interoperability and governance across multi-cloud, multi-vendor environments
Managing complexity across APIs, data models and composable platforms
- Standardizing API design, data models and integration patterns to reduce architectural complexity
- Governing distributed services across multiple domains while maintaining interoperability and data consistency
- Leveraging TM Forum Open APIs, canonical data models and event-driven architectures to simplify integration
- Building scalable API and data governance frameworks that support ecosystem collaboration and AI-driven automation
From legacy OSS/BSS to AI-native IT operations
- Modernizing OSS/BSS through modular architectures, cloud-native platforms and AI-enabled automation
- Embedding AI into assurance, fulfilment and service operations to improve efficiency and operational resilience
- Creating unified operational data layers that enable predictive insights and closed-loop automation
- Transitioning from reactive operations to autonomous, AI-native IT and network management

