The autonomous service provider

This opening Park Stage session explores how autonomous networks are evolving from automation tools into intelligent systems capable of driving business growth, operational excellence, and new market opportunities. Industry leaders from Ericsson, T-Mobile, Huawei, China Mobile, Cisco, and BT will examine the technologies, governance models, and collaborative frameworks required to accelerate the journey towards highly autonomous networks.

Key discussion points include:

• The strategic decisions operators must make today to unlock the full potential of autonomous networks and AI-driven operations
• How layered intelligence, open collaboration, and industry-wide standards can accelerate progress towards Level 4 autonomous networks and beyond
• Why resilience, trust, observability, and embedded security are essential foundations for delivering autonomy at scale through AI and AgenticOps

11:00 - 11:20
From automation to autonomy: The decisions that will define telecom’s next era

• Autonomous networks promise a new horizon of efficiency, customer experience, and market opportunity
• Where do we need to focus, what challenges are we seeing?
• Where are the opportunities that will drive our industry forward?

Erik Ekudden, CTO, Ericsson
Ankur Kapoor, EVP, Chief Network Officer, T-Mobile USA

11:20 - 11:40
Layered intelligence, open collaboration, accelerating to highly autonomous networks

• Autonomous Networks will evolve towards 6G by the way of layered Intelligence and open collaboration, helping industries improve quality and efficiency.
• What major transformations do we need to promote to accelerate the massive deployment of AN L4?
• What kind of technology system should we build to realize the three zero-service values?

Yang Chaobin, Executive Director, CEO of the ICT Business Group, Huawei
Li Huidi, EVP, China Mobile

11:40 - 12:00
Next level autonomy with resilience, trust and observability

• Why autonomy for resilience, recovery & business growth
• Building trust with embedded security, observability, and validation
• Delivering autonomy with AI and AgenticOps 

Brian Meaney, Global Chief Architect, Mass Scale Infrastructure, Cisco
Gabriela Styf Sjöman, Managing Director, Research and Network Strategy, BT Group

All timings are provisional and may be subject to change.