The AI-Native Telco

DT’s chief network architect talks automated networks

By Ray Le Maistre

Apr 22, 2026

Thomas van Briel, Chief Network Architect, Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom’s chief network architect, Thomas van Briel, discusses the telco’s automated networks strategy, its approach to data management, the reality of cross-domain automation and what DT needs from the ecosystem to help it achieve its goals.

Recorded April 2026

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