BLOGS & ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS

TMForum: Digital Transformation World Series 2020

The progress of analytics, AI and automation (A3): a reality check on the value for telcos

1) Where is A3 gaining traction in a telco?
2) Where is the value generated by A3?
3) The need for A3 in 5G

Making your workforce AI smart – upskill, retrain and recruit new talent!

– What skills are required to drive AI adoption?
– Determining skills sets for which can you retrain or upskill staff and where new talent is required
– Getting the balance right between hard skills and soft skills needed for AI
– Why fusion skills are essential for AI and how to develop employees’ fusion skills
– Strategies for closing the AI talent gap
– Incentivizing employees to improve their data literacy and AI skills

Pedro Uria Recio, Group Head of Data Analytics and AI /Axiata Analytics Center, Axiata
Utpal Mangla, VP & Senior Partner, AI Data & Analytics Telecom Industry Leader, IBM
Antony Savarimuthu, VP – Digital Transformation Programs, Prodapt

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Oct 15, 2020  

5G with EDGE Computing is an emerging area which will enable telecom to revolutionize and transform all industries. Gartner estimates that by 2025, 75% of enterprise data will be processed at the EDGE (compared to 10% today). Session focuses on what we are doing in the industry to making this a reality. This includes:
– High-level overview of 5G, EDGE and Key use cases with real life examples
– Architecture overview including key components – Edge App Manager & Network Cloud Platform
– AI & Analytic EDGE workloads integration with 5G components such as 5G core and vRAN
– Demonstration of an actual 5G implementation at EDGE covering 5G Network slicing with close loop
automation to manage security and optimize network traffic with applications deployed at the EDGE

https://easychair.org/conferences/submission?a=25149426;submission=5121013

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Jul 2020

TMForum DTW19

AI and Data Track; 2025 Digital Operator & Digital Customer

Panelist: ‘Applied AI – New Trends & Strategies’ – TMForum19, Acropolis Center, Nice, France

Lightening Talks Panel included:
Pramod Misra – Product Lead Mobile Analytics & Data Monetisation, Vodafone Idea (India)
Utpal Mangla – Vice President & Partner – Global Leader: Watson AI & Blockchain; Telecom, Media & Entertainment Industry, IBM
Dominik Schiener – Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors & Founder, IOTA Foundation
Moderator: Paul Morrissey – Global Ambassador; Head of the Data Analytics & Cx Group, TM Forum

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May 2019 

GSMA: Think Panel on Artificial Intelligence

Speaker at MWC: ‘Intersection of AI + Blockchain’ – MWC19, Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain
Speakers included:
Dr Ling Wu, Chairman, Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG)
Shahid Ahmed, COO & Co-Founder, Eqitii
Utpal Mangla, VP & Partner, Watson AI, IoT and Blockchain Global Leader, IBM
Dr Catherine Mulligan, Research Fellow & Co-Director Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering, Imperial College London
Takeshi Fukuizumi, VP, Information Services Development Division, Softbank

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Feb 2019

PREVAIL 2020: Conference On Performance Engineering, Availability and Security

Recent investment and development of 5G has resulted in Edge Computing becoming a key technology to improve performance, scalability and availability. Focus on implementing an end-to-end edge solution from an application and network perspective

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Aug 2020

Immerse yourself in the world of edge computing and how it applies to the communications service provider (CSP) / telco industry. Join Rob High, Vice President, IBM Fellow, CTO, IBM Edge Computing, and Utpal Mangla, Vice President, IBM TME Industry, 5G/Edge Innovation Leader, for a lively discussion on key use cases and the art of the possible

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Future of Edge Computing

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Feb 2020

TMForum DTW19

Co-chair – AI and Data Track; Business Strategy & Network Transformation

Moderator Panel: ‘Applied AI – New Trends & Strategies’ – TMForum19, Acropolis Center, Nice, France

CxO Panel included:
Simon Norris – Founder & CEO, Nomensa
Ouyang Ye – CTO and VP, AsiaInfo Group
Rui Frazao – CTO and EVP Operations, B-Yond
Utpal Mangla, VP & Partner, Watson AI, IoT and Blockchain Global Leader, IBM

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May 2019

Panel Member at MWC: ‘Applied AI – New Trends & Strategies’ – MWC19, Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain
Panel included:
Chris Wigley, Solution Partner, QuantumBlack
Massimo Mascaro, Technical Director, Applied AI, Google
Matei Zaharia, Chief Technologist and CoFounder, Databricks
Xiao Gang Wang, CoFounder and Managing Director, SenseTime
Utpal Mangla, VP & Partner, Watson AI, IoT and Blockchain Global Leader, IBM

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Feb 2019