The Covid-19 pandemic has forced communications service providers (CSPs) to alter how they operate their networks and deliver solutions to their customers. Digital transformation was already a strategic priority, but the pandemic has increased its importance and clarified the benefits: improved customer experience, reduce risk and costs and increase profits.
We have observed increased demand for both network volumes and availability, and this has placed greater emphasis on network visibility and security and a core challenge will be transitioning to a virtualized, service-based architecture whilst minimizing risks and costs.
During this Summit, we will discuss how network providers can optimize the cost of monitoring and securing their networks for a 5G future. How to optimize and shape the data traffic to effectively understand their customers and enable new digital services for growth.
10:00 - 10:20 | Accelerating digital transformation and growth through network visibility
Welcome and introduction Unlocking the $700 billion business potential beyond connectivity Reducing costs, complexity and improving the customer experience through network visibility
Ian Turkington, Vice President Architecture & APIs, TM Forum
10:20 - 10:35 | Interview: Transforming the network to enable new digital services Managing legacy network infrastructure to enable growth Getting the right network data to improve the customer experience Effectively monitoring your networks and services to get greater visibility and control
Interviewed by: Ian Turkington, Vice President Architecture & APIs, TM Forum
Ankush Saikia, OSS Strategy & Architecture Manager, Three
10:35 - 10:55 | Maximizing network efficiency to lower costs and drive value with 5G 5G deployment considerations - How to manage growth plans whilst optimizing legacy network infrastructure Improving your Network Monitoring at a cost-effective pace Unlocking the full potential of 5G and creating value through monetization opportunities for an improved customer experience Ensuring high level network quality to enable digitization
Gethin Owen, Regional Director - Service Providers, Gigamon
10:55 - 11:25 | Panel debate: Gaining greater visibility across your entire network to meet the demands of future 5G services Why network visibility is essential to minimize monitoring costs and maximize ROI How to achieve unified network visibility and analytics on all data across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure How to innovate by aggregating, transforming and analyzing network traffic to solve performance and security needs Leveraging network visibility to improve existing network tools and optimize your investment How can the monitoring infrastructure be optimized and scaled to keep up with the increased complexity of networks, surging network traffic and the growth objectives of Telcos?
Moderated by: Ian Turkington, Vice President Architecture & APIs, TM Forum
Dr. Mariam Kaynia, VP, Director of Architecture, Strategy & Analytics, Telefonica
Gethin Owen, Regional Director - Service Providers, Gigamon
Robert Atkinson, Chief Architect - EMEA Service Providers, Gigamon
Ankush Saikia, OSS Strategy & Architecture Manager, Three
11:25 - 11:30 | Closing remarks
Ian Turkington, Vice President Architecture & APIs, TM Forum
