Telco Cloud and Edge Forum 2025

Delivering growth - Leveraging APIs, AI, Edge in cloud-native networks

May 20th 2025 | 9 AM Eastern / 2 PM UK

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This combined cloud and edge event will gather top telecom industry experts to discuss how carrier networks are evolving and developing cloud-orientated or cloud-native strategies. Stakeholders will examine the technologies, methodologies and mindset to become cloud-native and how carriers are planning to monetize 5G networks being deployed via cloudification and MEC.

Experts will discuss the challenges, solutions, possibilities and capabilities arising from the cloudification of networks and what the future holds for the wider telecoms industry.

Key Event Topics

◦ Edge deployment strategies: go-to-market, technologies, partnerships
◦ Exploring effective edge computing deployments: infrastructure, orchestration, exposure
◦ Software Defined Networks: modernizing and removing infrastructure constraints
◦ AI enabled End-to-End orchestration and management
◦ Exploiting AI capabilities to grasp networks monetization possibilities
◦ Monetizing edge applications: capitalizing on emerging opportunities across multiple industries
◦ Fostering API-driven partnerships with new strategies to monetize networks
◦ The role of service assurance hyper-automation
◦ Optimizing software defined network- selfheal, self defend and self provision
◦ Exploring ways to rapidly launch new services
◦ Opportunities arising from the evolution to cloud-native network functions and distributed cloud computing
◦ Network-as-a-service 2.0 across open telco clouds
◦ Network slicing strategies
◦ Paving the way for a sustainable 6G network

Event Speakers 2024

Amy Zwarico

Chief Security Office / Network Security -O-RAN Alliance Working Group 11

AT&T

Gabriela Styf Sjöman

Managing Director, Research and Network Strategy

BT Group

Yamina Kelm

Product Manager Edge Computing & Innovations

Deutsche Telekom

Sidd Chenumolu

Vice President of Technology Development

Dish Wireless

Riccardo Guerzoni

Director of the Core Network Group

DOCOMO Euro-Labs

Philippe Ensarguet

VP Software Engineering

Orange

Ilhem Fajjari

Senior project manager and researcher

Orange Innovation Networks

Ravi Sinha

VP, Technology and Solution Development/Chairman nGRG (Next Generation Research Group-6G & Beyond), Emerging Technology

Reliance Jio/ O-RAN Alliance/ Small Cell Forum

Pål Grønsund

Director Cloud Strategy & Architecture

Telenor ASA

"Telco Cloud & Edge Forum is a great platform for various stakeholders to provide their perspectives and insights into the evolving Telco Cloud journey space. It was very informative and allowed for active participation from everyone which was unique."

Manish Khare, Regional Business Director, Verizon

Attendees

Carriers

Hear from early adopters and Tier 1 carriers as they discuss their cloud journey, lessons learnt, use cases and key successes to date.

Enterprises

Listen to feedback directly from the enterprises - from customer demands, private network deployments, to operational efficiencies gained.

NEPs

Learn about the latest innovation and developments from vendors, service providers and network equipment providers

Hyperscalers

Find out how the hyper-scalers are addressing this market space and what impact they will have on future service offerings and competitive dynamics.

System Integrators

Discuss capital and operating models with system integrators, learn about private 5G projects, and network customization.

Policymakers

Policymakers will offer the latest updates in policy efforts, hear up-to-date views from the cloud ecosystem on new trends, techniques and capabilities.

"The combination of moderators with strong domain expertise driving an interesting and sometimes challenging set of discussions with the speakers, panellists and the audience is a clear value add!"

Per Kangru, Technologist, CTO Office, VIAVI Solutions

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