Nirali Patel of Liberty Global discusses how telcos can accelerate AI adoption, overcome infrastructure challenges, and empower employees while enhancing customer experiences.
Highlights from MWC 2025
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March 5, 2025
Telcos, AI, and the Road to Smarter Adoption
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March 5, 2025
The AI Revolution in Customer Service
Capita Experience’s Corinne Ripoche shares how AI-driven transformation is boosting productivity, customer satisfaction, and employee experience—and what’s coming next.
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March 7, 2025
Using AI to Make Big Improvements to Networks
BCG’s Vaishali Rastogi and Juniper Network’s Manoj Leelanivas explain how businesses can use AI-driven products to bring a fresh perspective to longstanding network problems.
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March 7, 2025
Companies Put AI Agents to Work
BCG’s Becky Frederick and Djon Kleine shed light on how agentic AI promises to transform the way we do business.
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March 7, 2025
Driving Results with Digital Labor
How are companies deploying agentic AI, and what should they focus on? Salesforce’s Kishore Sannidhanam and BCG’s Bryan Berumen discuss.
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March 10, 2025
Unlocking the Public Cloud’s Potential for Telcos
BCG’s Michael Steiger talks to Chivas Nambiar from AWS and ng-voice’s David Bachmann about how telcos can accelerate public cloud adoption with IP multimedia subsystem (IMS).
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March 11, 2025
Transforming Public Services with AI
By strengthening the digital public infrastructure, AI can help make public services more effective. Robert Opp of United Nations Development Programme and BCG’s Maikel Wilms discuss how.
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March 11, 2025
What’s Next for Telcos?
BCG’s Vaishali Rastogi and Franck Luisada highlight findings from the recent Value Creators report, including challenges and opportunities for operators.
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March 11, 2025
The Do-It-for-Me Era of AI
Citi’s Sophia Bantanidis and BCG’s Karen Lellouche Tordjman explore agentic AI’s potential and the centrality of humans in making it work.
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March 11, 2025
AI-Powered Smartphones Offer a World of Possibilities
Our phones will be the hub for a universe of features that AI will bring to life, say Qualcomm’s Akash Palkhiwala and BCG’s Jaison Justin.
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March 11, 2025
The Future of E-Commerce Is Already Here
Patricia Amaro, executive at Mars, and BCG’s Amaryllis Liampoti discuss how shifting consumer behavior and evolving sales channels are reshaping e-commerce for consumer companies.
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March 11, 2025
Two Essentials for GenAI Success
Jayanth Nagarajan of AWS and BCG’s Tarandeep Singh explain why customer centricity and internal transformation are musts for making GenAI work.
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March 12, 2025
Long Live the Refurbished Phone
BCG’s Joseph Fitzgerald explains how telcos and retailers can drive growth in the expanding refurbished phone market and the sustainability benefits at stake.
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March 12, 2025
Growth Opportunities in Embedded Insurance for Telcos
Bolttech’s Jens Shädler discusses how telco operators can benefit from embedding insurance offerings into their business models.
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March 12, 2025
How Telcos Can Win in AI and the Midmarket
BCG’s Maikel Wilms and Kyle Ruttan explore how AI, partnerships, and midmarket strategies can help telcos stay competitive in an evolving landscape.
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March 12, 2025
Leading with Humanity in Telcos’ AI Future
KPN’s Benji Coetzee shares why telcos are more prepared than they think for AI and why emotion will continue to define leadership in 2025.
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March 20, 2025
Living Longer, Healthier
BCG’s Iana Kouris explains why it’s time for health care companies to shift their focus from managing illness to investing in consumers’ longevity journeys.
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March 20, 2025
Working Smarter with the Help of AI
Digital agents and other tools can help workers streamline tasks, leading to greater efficiency and better outcomes, say Salesforce’s Jeff Amann and BCG’s Bryan Berumen.
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March 25, 2025
The Business Impact of AI and How to Achieve It
Meta’s Karan Khara and BCG’s Tarandeep Singh discuss how to move beyond AI hype to unlock real value in operations, customer experience, and revenue growth.
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April 1, 2025
The Possibilities for Agentic AI in Telecom Are Endless
But, says Databricks’ Nevash Pillay, her favorite use cases are the ones that impact the world in the best way—like helping in health care.
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April 7, 2025
Why Telcos Should Call for Refurbished Smartphones
Mercantile Group’s Barnik Chitran Maitra discusses the environmental and economic opportunities for operators that embrace the growing demand for refurbished phones.
Sci-Fi on the Factory Floor
For years, extended reality (XR) has waited to find its place in business. New lightweight, AI-enabled headsets are bringing the power of AI to the frontline. Tibor Mérey, BCG’s global business leader in frontier tech, explains how XR can boost productivity and address labor shortages. But will workers embrace it?
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