Join TelecomTV for a series of live debates at MWC
We would like to invite you to join us at one, some, or all of the sessions detailed below where you can put your feet up whilst engaging with top executives from AT&T, BT, CableLabs, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Metaswitch, Red Hat and Telefónica as they debate the issues of the moment in front of the TelecomTV cameras and a live audience. Each debate will be followed by audience QandA so don’t miss this opportunity to get your questions answered by the industry’s finest, or put your personal/company view to the panllists – or both!
As seats are limited, please hit the rsvp button at the bottom of the page and pick the panel you would like to attend.
The importance of standards for 5G
Day: Monday
Date: 27th Feb
Time: 10:30hrs
5G standardization is crucial, Who is leading the way? What is contribution from and impact on operators and vendors? And how are we engaging other vertical industries in the process?
PANELLISTS: Tetsuya Nakamura, Principal Systems Architect, CableLabs
The real value of cellular IoT
Day: Tuesday
Date: 28thFeb
Time: 11:00hrs
If the vast majority of IoT deployments will be connected by non-cellular technology, what is the real opportunity for mobile operators? Will new LTE-based solutions, such as NB-IoT, enable operators to gain market share and revenue growth? Or will LPWAN-type networks and short-range technologies continue to dominate? But as well as the connectivity, what other services and features can operators offer to customers looking for IoT solutions?
PANELLISTS: Mobeen Khan, IoT Strategy & Product Management Executive, AT&T; Sanjay Aiyagari Global, SA, Telco, Red Hat and Lawrence Latham, COO, Everynet
Realizing the intelligence of the network edge
Day: Tuesday
Date: 28thFeb
Time: 13:00hrs
As mobile network operators prepare for new 5G architectures, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) will be one of the key components towards delivering new low-latency services. How do you add intelligence to the network edge and how will this affect overall network operations?
PANELLISTS: Neil McRae, Chief Network Architect, BT; Morten Illum, VP, EMEA Sales, HPE Aruba, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Transformation and Collision Theory: Applying the Science to Service Provider Evolution
Day: Tuesday
Date: 28thFeb
Time: 16:00hrs
CSP Transformation is made up of collisions of previously deemed opposites. Open vs Siloed. Collaboration and competition. Public and Private Cloud. Speed of the Net vs Carrier Grade SLAs. As these collide, what will be the reaction and will it help deliver the outcome CSPs require? If vendors are supplying the Large Hadron Collider, where and what is the transformation particle required for the Digital Service Provider evolution of the 21st Century?
PANELLISTS: Martin Tailor, CTO, Metaswitch; Radhesh Balakrishnan, General, Manager, OpenStack & NFV, Red Hat; Claus Henrik Pedersen, Director of Telecommunication Infrastructure and NFV, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The journey from 5G-ready to pre-5G deployment
Day: Wednesday
Date: 1stMarch
Time: 16:00hrs
In the race to 5G, new services are not always as originaly envisaged. How should operators position their emergent 5G solutions and what can now be legitimately be called “pre-5G” services? Is it worth investing in “5G-ready” equipment now, or best to wait for standardisation to be completed?
PANELLISTS: Francisco Javier Lorca Hernando, Radio Access Networks, Innovation, Telefónica I+D, GCTO Telefonica; Roy Kaiser, VP, CTO Communication Solutions Business, Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Paul Crane, Head of Mobile, Wireless & Network Services, BT
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