Telco Cloud and Edge Forum 2025

Embracing hyper-automation and AI from edge to core to deliver Everything-as-a-Service

Free Virtual Event | May 20th 2025, 9AM EST / 2 PM UK

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The telecom industry is evolving, embracing hyper-automation, AI, and cloud-native technologies to unlock new monetization opportunities. Networks are becoming more complex. Operators must manage fragmented workloads across multi-cloud environments, optimize edge infrastructure, and enhance automation and interoperability to ensure readiness for 6G. They are looking for new ways to leverage AI capabilities to optimize resources, lower costs, increase revenue opportunities while enhancing customer experience.

Join RCR Wireless News on May 20th to gain key insights and connect with experts shaping the future of telecom innovation.

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Key Event Topics

◦ Hyper-Automation, AI, cloud-native orchestration platforms to optimize network resources and automate operations for enhanced monetization
◦ Edge infrastructure optimization: Scaling and managing edge data centers, optimizing resource allocation, and integrating AI for improved performance and cost efficiency
◦ Monetizing edge applications: Capitalizing on emerging opportunities across industries using edge computing
◦ Network-as-a-service 2.0: Scaling opportunities and business models across open telco clouds, enabling flexible, virtualized networks
◦ Cloud Native network transformation: NFV, CORE and RAN transformation: strategies, technologies, standardization

Early Confirmed Speakers

Yue Wang

Chief Technologist – Network and AI

China Telecom

Dawood Shahdad

Vice President, Core Network & Innovation Labs

Boost Mobile

Michael Irizarry

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Engineering and Information Technology

UScellular

Yoshihiro Nakajima

Director Network Virtualisation Platform

NTT DoCoMo | Chair, ETSI ISG NFV

Lori Dawson

Senior director of service engineering

UScellular

Francisco Javier Ramón

Multi-Cloud Tools Manager, GCTIO Unit and Chair of ETSI OSM

Telefonica

Mahalingam Venkat Ramanan

VP Operations

Orange

Ajay RAJKUMAR

Principal member of the technical staff

AT&T

Anil Kollipara

VP of Product Management, Test & Assurance

Spirent Communications

"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 carriers as they discuss the next step into their cloud-native journey, how they are applying AI and hyper-automation to improve network efficiency and operations, reduce costs and prepare for 6G.

Test and Measurement Providers

Explore how telcos can ensure performance and SLA with hyper-automation.

NEPs

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

Software and Cloud Providers

Find out how cloud providers are addressing this market space and what impact they will have on future service offerings and competitive dynamics.

System Integrators

Discuss operating models and solutions for orchestration, vitulization, containerization and innovative AI applications.

Policymakers

Policymakers will offer the latest updates in policy efforts in terms of AI, data sovereignty, cloud and edge infrastructure.

"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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