Podcast
Recorded at MWC26, this Telco in 20 episode has Danielle Rios cut to the one question operators should ask any AI vendor before they buy, and explains why the Totogi Ontology is what turns AI promises into measurable, real-world outcomes instead of another stalled pilot.
At MWC, vendors will flood the floor with AI demos that look impressive but can’t prove their actual value. Telcos have spent billions connecting systems, but connection isn’t comprehension. Most AI initiatives are blind—unable to see across the fragmented landscape of BSS, OSS, and network systems that speak different languages and live in isolated realities.
The Totogi Ontology is a semantic layer that gives AI the ability to understand your business. Once it does, the army of consultants you’ve been paying to manually stitch together data across systems becomes redundant—and the economics of everything changes. So when the same vendor selling you AI is also billing you for the consultants that AI should replace, ask them to show you the money.
Listen now to hear:
- Why AI demos fail when they touch your architecture [03:11];
- How the Totogi Ontology solved Zain’s dormant cell problem and turned 48-hours of troubleshooting into 30-minute fixes [04:34];
- Why the ability to comprehend across systems and domains is so impactful [6:06] and
- The one question that separates real AI value from empty promises [08:00].