DTW Ignite 2025

Themes we’ll explore at Telco Next 2026

 

Translating AI investments to business outcomes

Explore how AI is shaping the future of telcos—driving revenue, efficiency, and profitability through network optimization, customer experience, and new services. Learn the strategies for scaling AI, and cross-leveraging the global telco ecosystem for growth.

Reinventing GCCs as innovation engines

GCCs’ evolution as AI innovation powerhouse, shaping value for parent organizations while enhancing their own operations. How GCC’s can foster an AI mindset, drive partnership-led innovation with academia, startups, and IT partners, and strengthen infrastructure and capabilities to scale AI impact.

Scaling AI in telcos beyond pilots

AI is reshaping workforce needs in telcos and GCCs, transforming roles through upskilling, embedding AI across functions, and redefining talent strategies. The focus is on the future workplace, where human–AI collaboration, digital environments, and remote-first models drive productivity and innovation.

Enablers for AI-Native Telcos

Scaling AI beyond pilots requires a shift from experimentation to execution. Learn how by focusing on repeatability, autonomy and impact—not isolated use cases—AI is becoming a scalable driver of growth, efficiency and customer value for telcos.

 

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Agenda

09:00 a.m. – 09:45 a.m.

Registrations

SESSION 1

09:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Telco Next 2026 inauguration

10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

Welcome note and event overview

10:25 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Keynote address: Translating AI investments to business outcomes

10:55 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

CGI in AI

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Tea/ Coffee Break and Innovation and AI zone showcase

SESSION 2

11:50 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.

CGI solution showcase: AI-accelerated development

12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Customer Co-Innovation Fireside Chat:
AI-Enabled Growth

01:05 p.m. – 01:50 p.m.

Lunch

01:55 PM – 02:45 PM

Roundtable session: By invitation only
Roundtable 1: Scaling AI in Telcos Beyond Pilots

Roundtable 2:Reinventing GCCs as Innovation Engines

SESSION 3

02:50 p.m. – 03:15 p.m.

CGI + technology partner showcase: Live demo with AI Product Partner + Q&A

03:20 p.m. – 03:35 p.m.

CGI solution showcase: Agentic AI with 5G

03:40 p.m. – 04:20 p.m.

Tea/ Coffee break and extended AI Zone demo

SESSION 4

04:25 p.m. – 05:10 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Enablers for AI-Native Telcos

05:15 p.m. – 05:30 p.m.

Closing remarks and next steps

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