As part of the Cloud-Native Telco Summit, this cross-industry panel discussion examines how cloud native is increasingly seen as the foundation for AI-native telecom operations. Panellists from Red Hat, Rakuten Symphony, DOCOMO Euro-Labs and Core Analysis debate whether the move from cloud native to AI native is a logical next step or a distinct transition, how operators should redesign their cloud-native architectures to support autonomous networks and AI workloads, and the roles of data architecture, observability, security guardrails, heterogeneous resources and declarative management. They also consider the lessons learned from cloud native in terms of data management and telemetry, and how operators should maintain a cloud-native approach as they scale new AI-native models.

Featuring:

• Devesh Gautam, Global Head of Solution and Presales, Rakuten Symphony
• Joan Triay, Manager and Network Architect, DOCOMO Communications Lab. Europe (DOCOMO Euro-Labs), Rapporteur, ETSI ISG NFV
• Patrick Lopez, Founder & CEO, {Core Analysis}
• Rimma Iontel, Chief Telco Architect, Telco Field CTO Office, Red Hat

Broadcast Live: October 2026