Day 1 - May 21, 2025Wednesday, 21 May 2025 - CST/CDT (Central Daylight, GMT-5)

Kick off your day with “Morning Brews & Business Clues” - a chill breakfast meetup where coffee flows, ideas spark, and real connections happen. Plus, you'll get the chance to mingle with Network X Americas' analyst speakers, offering exclusive insights and conversations you won’t want to miss. This is networking without the pressure, just great conversations to kick your morning into high gear.

• Expanding fiber infrastructure and improving service delivery

• Investing in cutting edge technologies to improve customer experience

• Planning for further FWA revenue growth

• A focused approach to private networks

• Spurring network innovation in digital services with open network APIs

• Are customers buying FWA and mobile bundles?

• Examining the journey from isolated fixed and mobile networks to integrated systems providing seamless connectivity

• Explore the role of 5G, IoT, and edge computing in accelerating fixed-mobile integration and enabling new user experiences

• Discussing how FMC provides enhanced coverage, cost-efficiency, and flexibility, boosting productivity and customer satisfaction

• Reviewing technical, regulatory, and infrastructural hurdles in achieving full FMC and potential solutions

• How fixed-mobile convergence might shape digital transformation, influencing remote work, smart cities, and connected devices.

• Optimizing the technology mix for a seamless connectivity experience

• Revolutionizing network efficiency, automation and customer personalization with cutting-edge technologies

• Reimagining customer engagement and user experience – from customer service to chatbots and GenAI

• Open APIs: Achievements, insights and best practices

• The role of satellite technologies in enabling ubiquitous global connectivity: LEO, Haps and Multi-Orbit

• AI and automation in cloud-native networks: exploring how AI and automation are transforming network operations, enabling self-driving capabilities and enhanced efficiency.
• Scalable orchestration and performance optimization: learn how cloud-native architectures support seamless orchestration and optimize network performance in dynamic environments.
• Redefining customer experiences: understand how autonomous connectivity powered by next-generation networks delivers superior, scalable, and reliable services for customers.

• How to scale and remain flexible for the future: importance of designing a hybrid network that will deliver faster speeds to more customers in the most efficient manner
• Why isn’t broadband one size fits all? Serving rural and underserved communities by tailoring the technology to meet specific network needs
• The journey to achieve ubiquitous, reliable, high-speed connectivity without relying solely on new builds

• Optimizing resources, reducing latency and improving user experience with AI RAN

• Minimizing RAN energy and consumption with real-time network demand insights

• Ensuring seamless coverage and bandwidth

• Implementing self-healing mechanisms to ensure optimal network performance and resilience

• Optimizing network OPS: GenAI and automation for reducing latency, enhancing performance, and minimizing downtime in cloud and edge deployment
• What are we trying to achieve with GEN AI/opportunities and challenges?
• Security enhancements: AI-powered threat detection and anomaly response in cloud infrastructure
• AI as a Service (AIaaS): what are the new monetization models offering AI-driven cloud services to enterprises?
• How do you build successful partnership across the AI – ecosystem?

• Emerging & established network solutions: how far Wi-Fi 7 and its implications is becoming a “broadband” game changer?
• Revised role of AI in optimizing broadband and improving customer experience?
• What systems and technologies are effective enough in protecting the infrastructure from cybersecurity threats as broadband networks expand?

Selling what can be highly technical solutions and/or Private Networks to Enterprises can be a daunting challenge, especially in a sales environment with high turnover and a young workforce. Join this roundtable to learn how to acquire the right talent, grow their skills, and discuss successful sales strategies. Note that due to antitrust concerns, this session will avoid topics such as pricing or market share.

• Bridging legacy and cloud: insights on leveraging hybrid network strategies to ensure seamless transactions for multi-location businesses.
• Optimizing cloud networks: best practices for enhancing performance, security and scalability in a competitive marketplace.
• Driving value with partnerships: how strategic collaborations with carriers and service providers unlock tailored cloud solutions for diverse enterprise needs.

• Historic pilot connection: connecting a rural and indigenous community to the world’s fastest residential internet speeds in a rural and tribal location

• World-class technology showcase: delivering cutting-edge broadband to historically underserved tribal and rural regions, latest technological advancements, challenges and lessons learned.

• 50G PON trial and scalability: the first 50G PON technology in a tribal nation, showcasing the scalability of FTTH communities of all sizes.

• How Verizon’s network APIs are enabling cloud-native innovation and real-time service delivery at the edge

• Integrating programmable networks with cloud platforms and hyperscaler ecosystems to support scalable, dynamic applications

• Use cases at the intersection of cloud, edge, and network intelligence — from immersive experiences to latency-sensitive enterprise solutions

• Has Open RAN fulfilled its potential, and what are the strategic next steps for its evolution

• Exploring partnership frameworks for the Open RAN ecosystem

• Integrating hardware with predictive AI in disaggregated networks

• Developing architectures that balance the need for network densification, cost reduction and minimized carbon footprint

• Taking network automation to new heights through the evolution of SON into RIC

• Reviewing the barriers and drivers of open vRAN, and its long-term role in networks

• What are the ways to leverage multiple cloud providers to optimize service delivery, reduce vendor lock-in, and ensure business continuity
• How can hybrid-cloud architectures balance workloads and optimize costs while scaling resources according to demand?
• How is the ecosystem accelerating the development and deployment of new services by tapping into diverse clouds?

• Assessing real-world scenarios where fiber and FWA can each be the optimal solution based on market needs, landscape, and deployment timelines;
• Exploring strategies for integrating FWA to fill fiber gaps, especially in hard-to-reach areas, while optimizing cost-efficiency and deployment speed;
• FWA as a strong monetization element for carriers: best practices and lessons learned;
• Insights into how developing solutions are bridging FWA and fiber for scalable, future-proof broadband networks.

This executive session delves into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the telecommunications industry, spotlighting both the opportunities and challenges ahead. We will examine how AI can revolutionize network optimization by leveraging machine learning to enhance bandwidth efficiency, predict demand, and minimize latency, thereby elevating customer satisfaction. The discussion will also explore AI-driven customer service innovations, such as advanced chatbots and sentiment analysis, alongside personalization strategies to unlock new revenue streams through tailored offerings. However, these opportunities come with hurdles: integrating AI into legacy systems demands substantial investment and technical reengineering, while navigating data privacy regulations and ensuring compliance remain paramount amid heightened scrutiny. This session aims to equip senior executives with insights to balance cutting-edge innovation with strategic implementation, charting a path forward for Telco AI.

• Tailored strategies: insights into how states customize BEAD funding to address unique broadband challenges and demographics.
• Collaborative approaches: successful public-private partnerships driving efficient and inclusive broadband expansion.
• Federal funding “freeze” for BEAD: how uncertain are the months to come?
• Future-proof networks: balancing technology choices (fiber, FWA, satellite) to build scalable, sustainable infrastructure.

This session is aimed at garnering feedback from telecommunication providers and telecommunication industry organizations on how they feel the changing regulatory environment around the advancement of NG9-1-1 is impacting their internal operations. 1Spatial will provide insights on the perspective of the 911 and GIS communities and address any questions the attendees may have on:

• Meeting the phase 2 requirements of supporting a LIS and the overhaul this has to their customer records management systems (CRMS)

• The requirements of a 911 authority

• The necessary precision of the LIS data validation against a 911 authority designated LVF.

• Cloudification of RAN and Core

• Enabling network automation, programmability, velocity and resiliency

• Powering customer experiences with AI in the network

• How can edge and network slicing together reduce latency for real-time APIs?
• Use cases on how to seamlessly integrate network slicing with cloud-native platforms and automate slice management?
• How can network slicing ensure network reliability and security through slicing?

As carriers embrace “The New Digital Age,” they are met with increasing network complexity with the introduction of 5G Standalone, VoNR, Network Slicing, MEC, and Cloud Migration; while still focusing on 4G, VoLTE, Voice, WiFi, Fixed Line and Video services.

Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have an Automated CoPilot Consultant that simplifies the process of assessing the impact of services across the entire network for every single service and every single subscriber? Usually, this involves multiple teams of experts with extensive domain knowledge in various fields manually sifting through hundreds of KPIs, KQIs, dashboards, and metrics.

• The cloud of today: what should go into the cloud? Navigating the cloud opportunities selectively by use cases.
• How can the right cloud environment drive cloud monetization?
• Managing the data collected from IoT devices: getting the actionable insights while avoiding the data deluge
• What innovations in performance and reliability/recoverability can cloud technologies offer network operations?
• Futureproofing: how can cloud adoption prepare networks for emerging technologies?

• Assessing AIOps maturity and timescales; When will AI be fully integrated into network operations

• How actionable insights drive improvements in UX and foster customer loyalty and retention

• The transformative impact of GenAI in operational processes and efficiencies

• Addressing the skills gap in network management

• Harnessing self-healing IT Operations to enhance resilience and reduce downtime

• Identifying tangible energy efficiency benefits achieved through AI-driven solutions

• How can telcos install more fiber and still retain their market share?
• BEAD: What is the status of the program? What best practices can the early states share for the distribution of funds and prioritization of projects?
• Where do fiber, FWA, and even LEO satellite services make the most economic sense?
• What is the role of neutral hosts or open access fiber providers in helping bridge the Digital Divide? Will operators that have their own fiber infrastructure partner with out-of-market open access fiber providers to serve as ISPs and expand the reach of their broadband services?