AI-Native Telco Forum 2026 Keynote: Itsuma Tanaka, DOCOMO

The structural squeeze and the big question for 6G

In this keynote presentation, ANTA Steering Board member Itsuma Tanaka, President & CEO of Docomo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH, discusses the structural squeeze operators face as traffic grows against financial, workforce and energy constraints, the rising consequences of network failure, how DOCOMO is applying AI across its business, and the big question for 6G of how deeply AI should be integrated into the network.

Featuring:
Itsuma Tanaka, President & CEO, Docomo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH

First broadcast live: September 2026