Telco leaders from BT, Colt Technology, Rakuten Symphony, and Wind River explore the shift to platform-based models in this lively Q&A session from day one of the Telco as a Platform Summit. Hear candid insights on cultural transformation, AI, data architecture, and why telcos must act now to remain competitive in a fast-changing ecosystem.

Among the questions raised by our audience were:

• Do telcos have the software skills, the culture or the market permission to run a successful platform business?
• Should a platform be created under a different brand than the telco's current brand?
• Integration into an aggregator ecosystem comes at a cost. Does this justify an accelerated delivery of platform functionality?
• How does the platform approach differ from the usual telco product- and service-based approach?
• Who, within the telco, should run a platform-based service? Should it fall to an existing business division?

Broadcast April 2025