00:00 – Intro
00:35 – Guest intro (Neil Shah, Leonard Lee)
01:10 – MWC attendance
02:23 – Major themes of the event – 5G Advanced, AI, Autonomous Networks, 6G
07:00 – AI Ops for operators (AI for Telco) – Customer Care, Marketing, Billing, HR, Network Management, etc.
14:43 – AI for Networks Ops – Challenges,(data for AI) opportunities, and progress so far
17:38 – Autonomous Networks – Chinese operators at Level-4 (pockets), others at Level-2/2.5
21:30 – Current status of AI – Frank talk by Samsung Network executives on the current status
23:14 – Challenges of extending Autonomous Networks beyond China (by Chinese vendors), need for monetization opportunities
25:56 – Can the 5G Advanced monetization use case, successful in China, work in the US/Europe?
29:42 – RAN for AI, feasibility of GPU at Base stations, and challenges (power, weight, space)
33:29 – 6G – Qualcomm sensing demos, Ericsson/Apple – 5G/6G spectrum sharing (MRS) demo, uplink, need for monetization going beyond wireless service
41:25 – Are operators better positioned to offer Sovereign AI Data Centers – Deutsche Telekom’s strategy, similar approach by Middle East /Korea, Is sovereignty is about data or also includes models?
50:50 – Did MWC 2026 move the needle for operators?
52:35 – Closing
