Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (00:01):
Welcome to Navigate26 in Scottsdale, where Alianza is bringing together customers, partners, and industry leaders to explore how service providers can recapture more value from their communications networks. The opportunity is to move beyond traditional voice services, making communications more intelligent, more contextual, and more valuable to customers. Navigate26 has shown how Alianza and its ecosystem are approaching the future of communications, combining a modern platform, intelligent services, and a clear focus on customer value. Navigate26 is focused on the next phase of communications - modernising infrastructure, introducing intelligent AI-enabled services, and creating stronger customer experiences and new opportunities for growth. Central to that discussion is Alianza's intelligent communications fabric. We spoke with founder and CEO Brian Beutler, and Chief Product and Technology Officer Dag Peak about the vision, roadmap, and customer opportunity behind the strategy.

Brian Beutler, Alianza (01:03):
Artificial intelligence and the telecommunications networks are on this collision course, and these two worlds are coming together in ways that will fundamentally change how we communicate in profound ways.

Dag Peak, Alianza (01:15):
Well, Alianza Crux provides an orchestration layer that exposes APIs, that gives an application developer the ability to integrate communication services from the telco network into their application. So it's about simplification. It's about time to market. If you've got an application that wants to integrate with what's happening on the telco network, Crux solves that problem.

Scott Bossung, Allo Fiber (01:41):
The announcement of Crux, right? I mean, that was something that was promised last year and everyone when they come to conferences expects to see a roadmap. What they don't expect to see is a roadmap delivered.

Lexi Newell, Valley Telecom (01:53):
For me, it opened my eyes a lot and it made me really excited for everything that's to come. It's not just "this is what we should be doing" - it's "you can do this."

John Arnold, J Arnold & Associates (02:03):
And if you're ready for the moment, the tools are there to transform any telco, whether you're big or small.

Lena Johnson, City of La Grange (02:09):
Super excited that they're doing this AI integration, that they're providing an opportunity for us to give that to our customers.

Julian Martinez, Valley Telecom Group (02:17):
It's going to be a way to be ahead of the game - it's either you get on the train or you're going to end up being left behind. So I think Crux is a new solution that's going to be super beneficial in the future.

Dag Peak, Alianza (02:28):
There really, honestly, has never been a more exciting time to be part of telecommunications than there is right now.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (02:37):
Across the agenda, delegates have explored AI voice, monetisation, and the evolution of VCON alongside practical sessions on infrastructure, orchestration and experience. Customer perspectives have remained central, with a focus on turning innovation into measurable business value. Reporting from Navigate26 in Scottsdale, I'm Clarence Reynolds for TelecomTV.