The closing panel of this year’s AI-Native Telco Forum brought the ANTA Steering Board back onstage to reflect on two days of discussion, the findings of the first AI-Native Telco Index, and the strategies telcos need over the next 12 months.

Panellists from Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Rakuten Mobile, DOCOMO and the GSMA discussed what the Index’s assessment of 56 operators revealed about the pace of AI-native progress, why levels of disclosure vary and how much AI activity remains under the hood, and whether an apparent plateau reflects the challenges of moving from pilots to deployment at scale.

Broadcast live Sept 2026