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Turning Networks into Revenue: Exploring the Telco Role in the AI Era

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60 Minutes

Artificial intelligence is creating new demands on networks and opening revenue opportunities for service providers. Telcos must determine how they participate in this shift, whether by focusing on their role as infrastructure providers, enabling ecosystems of AI services, or building and selling their own offerings.

Industry experts will explore how carriers can apply their existing strengths, from reliable networks to established enterprise relationships, to compete and grow in the AI economy. They'll share their perspective on where the strongest opportunities lie, potential barriers, and how telcos can work with partners across the ecosystem to capture long-term value.

We'll discuss:

  • Roles telcos can play in the AI economy
  • Where carriers are investing to support AI workloads
  • Key challenges telcos must overcome
  • How partnerships with hyperscalers, startups, and vendors are developing

Don’t miss our timely session for key insights into the evolving role of telcos in the AI era. Register today! 

Speakers

Steve Saunders

Stephen M. Saunders MBE

Chief Satirist
FNTV

Steve is a British-born communications analyst, investor, and digital media entrepreneur with a career spanning decades. Beginning as a technology journalist with McGraw-Hill in the 1980s, he later founded Light Reading in 2000, an online media network focusing on telecommunications news, research, and security. He sold Light Reading to UBM in 2005 for $33 million, bought it back in 2014, and resold it to Informa PLC. Awarded an MBE in 2018, he authored three books and serves as Vice Chairman of Laser Light Communications. Steve splits his time between the U.S. and the U.K. with his three sons.

Mitch Wagner

Mitch Wagner

Chief Analyst, AI, Cloud and Data Center Technologies
Fierce Network

Mitch Wagner is Chief Analyst, AI, Cloud and Data Center Technologies, for Fierce Network Research. Wagner has been covering enterprise and telco technology for more than 30 years, including leadership positions at Light Reading and InformationWeek. He has also helped drive content marketing in a full-time position at Oracle and as a consultant for business-to-business technology companies for the data center, cloud platform, networking and security spaces. He lives in San Diego with his wife and too many pets. His editorial content for Fierce Network won a 2024 Eddie and Ozzie Award in the News Coverage category.

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