This live Q&A show was broadcast at the end of day one of the Next-Gen Telco Infra summit. TelecomTV’s Guy Daniels was joined by industry guest panellists for this question and answer session. Among the questions raised by our audience were:

• How are telcos going to modernise their infrastructure and datacentre assets to drive AI-native operations and meet new AI service demands?
• Is there still a business case for operators to build a generic telco cloud for functions from other vendors?
• What are operators and vendors doing to mitigate the risks of using a single supplier for silicon for their infrastructure?
• Is it time to reassess the merits of open telco infrastructure?
• Will next-gen infra be led by general purpose hardware and software, or by specialised bespoke solutions?

First Broadcast Live: November 2024