Dr. Mark H Mortensen, Principal Analyst at ACG Research, spent three days at the Layer123 Reunion: Intelligent Network Automation Congress in April - and here is his summary of what the speakers and delegates thought about some key issues in our industry.

Dr. Mark H Mortensen, Principal Analyst at ACG Research, spent three days at the Layer123 Reunion: Intelligent Network Automation Congress in April - and here is his summary of what the speakers and delegates thought about some key issues in our industry.

Dr. Ye Ouyang, CTO & SVP of AsiaInfo Technologies, discusses how to leverage artificial intelligence to build autonomous networks, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific area, including case studies related to energy saving for 5G networks, automated network slicing provision, and AIOps for fault management.

A broad selection of companies collected awards for outstanding contributions to the progress of network automation at this year’s Network Automation Awards – held as part of the Layer123 Reunion Network Automation Congress.

In today’s always-on world, enterprise customers expect to provision, order, and turn up managed network connectivity, and compute, security, and storage services through a single interface quickly and easily.

As the ETSI ZSM Working Group delivers a workshop at the Layer123 Reunion Congress in Madrid, we caught up with ISG ZSM Vice Chair Nurit Sprecher to discuss the current situation with zero-touch automation and intent-based networking.

Why is the concept of intent essential to autonomous systems evolution and how does intent-driven automation draw from expertise across different sectors?

Vinay Dhar from Mavenir discusses how bespoke private networks can power next-generation industrial capability.

Comarch’s Lukasz Mendyk goes into how 5G and its associated uses is making the Smart Factory a reality.

Miguel Masache outlines how Telecom Argentina is going about its network operation transformation.

Cayetano Carbajo, Telefonica's Director for Core, Service and Transport functions, shares the Spanish operator's strategy for core evolution.

Anuradha Udunawara from Sri Lanka Telecom gives a reality check for SDN and NFV - discussing the history and progress of the two initiatives so far, their current status, and where their relevance lies for network owners going forward.

Lloyd Mphalele, General Transport and OSS Tools Manager at South African operator MTN, discusses some of their experiences in transforming OSS and some of the approaches that are being taken.

Could quantum computing transform telecommunications? We take a look at its potential applications in the RAN, network security, optimisation and elsewhere.

"There's a tremendous amount of value in terms of B2B interconnection - but the consumers who will drive that are the developers who will actually leverage the capability you are bringing to the market. This is a fundamental mindset shift - developers are the new consumers."

Dave Milham from TM Forum discusses the preliminary work done by his organisation on cloudifying BSS and OSS.

Leading practitioners championing TIP’s Open RAN initiative and those united within the O-RAN Alliance discuss all things RAN.

Roy Chua, Founder and Principal of AvidThink, gives his traditional roundup of what happened in the telco and network transformation space in 2021 and what can be expected in the coming year.

Diego Lopez from Telefonica discusses the Spanish operator's move into the exciting sphere of quantum computing.

We sought out analyst and operator opinions on what might change in 2022 regarding edge computing and how operators can maximise its potential.