Opening keynotes from the AI-Native Telco Forum, day two

The opening session on day two of the AI-Native Telco Forum 2026 began with an update on the AI-Native Telco Accelerator (ANTA), including the launch of a private MCP server that allows ANTA members to query the AI-Native Telco Index.

This was followed by keynote presentations by ANTA Steering Board members. Orange’s Philippe Ensarguet explored why trustworthy agentic AI depends on verification, validation, reversibility and robust guardrails, while Rakuten Symphony’s Enrique Blanco made the case for fully integrated AI and open approaches to AI in the radio network. DOCOMO’s Itsuma Tanaka reflected on rebooting the industry for the AI era, and Amdocs’ Ohad Barnoy explored the relationship between generative AI and data. 

Broadcast live Sept 2026