As AI reshapes the digital landscape, its infrastructure demands are playing directly to telco strengths. From supporting massive data volumes for AI inference to enabling IoT and edge-based applications, low-latency, high-throughput and always-on connectivity are becoming critical. Combined with assets such as distributed data centres, co-location facilities and deep operational expertise, telecoms are uniquely positioned to take a leading role in the AI economy.

📅 10 June 2026
⏰ 11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT

Register now 👉  https://www.fierce-network.com/fiercenetworkcom/ai-and-automated-network-2026?step=register

View the agenda: https://www.fierce-network.com/fiercenetworkcom/ai-and-automated-network

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This year’s discussions centre on scaling AI into production, advancing cloud-native operations, enabling network automation, and unlocking new value through APIs.

Looking forward to sharing insights with peers from across the industry.

📍 Fairmont Windsor Park, UK
📅 19–20 May 2026

View the agenda: https://www.telecomtv.com/content/dsp-leaders-forum-agenda/
Register now 👉 https://www.telecomtv.com/content/dsp-leaders-forum/

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Marie-Laure Lamouroux is NGMN Programme Lead for Green Future Networks and Director, Green ITN Program at Orange Innovation Network. She leads initiatives focused on sustainability, energy-optimised networks, and decarbonising telecom infrastructure within Orange Innovation.

During her keynote session at MNIS, Marie-Laure will address operator requirements guidance to further transform and achieve environmental and sustainability goals, specifically by focusing on:

• Identifying challenges and requirements for Sustainable AI Telecom Networks and Resilient Networks
• How NGMN is working to identify the common challenges facing mobile operators in terms of energy demands and cooling needs

Register for MNIS today at: https://mnisummit.com/buy-pass/

View the agenda: https://mnisummit.com/agenda/

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FutureNet World 2026

📅 21–22 April 2026
📍 InterContinental London – The O2, London, UK
🔗 https://futurenetworld.net/events/futurenet-world-2026/

NGMN Track: Network Evolution

📅 22 April (Day 2)
🧭 Track C: The Path to 6G & Sustainable AI
⏰ 11:20–13:00

Agenda

Network Evolution – The Path to 6G & Sustainable AI

NGMN Speakers:
Laurent Leboucher · Andrea Calvi · Konstantinos Chalkiotis · Anita Döhler

Guest Speaker:
Itsuma Tanaka, DOCOMO Euro-Labs

Moderators:
Philip Laidler, STL Partner
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV

Session Highlights:

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We’re proud to partner with FutureNet World, the premier event where telecom network automation, AI-driven operations, and autonomous networks take centre stage. Join 1,000+ telco professionals, CSP leaders, and technology innovators as we explore the future of intelligent networks.

🔍See the full agenda here.

Don’t miss out — 👉 register today.

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The summit combines keynote sessions and high-level panels featuring international experts alongside regional leaders, unpacking the topics shaping the global agenda: artificial intelligence, 5G, 6G, automation, and new business models.

NGMN Alliance CEO ‌Anita Döhler will participate in the summit, sharing NGMN’s latest guidance on the #6G roadmap and the growing role of AI in future networks.

The session ‘AI and the 6G Horizon’, taking place on 19 March at 12:20 PM (GMT-3), will explore how the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence is shaping the next generation of mobile networks, including:

✅How operators are progressing from cloud-native maturity to AI-powered models;

✅The latest operator analysis from NGMN on the evolution of AI-driven traffic;

✅The need for a flexible network architecture;

✅The key principles guiding the future standardisation of 6G.

You can register and visit the full summit agenda here.

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This week, NGMN Alliance will join FierceNetwork’s AI-driven wireless: From 5G to 6G virtual summit for a key panel exploring how AI is set to redefine the next generation of networks.

🎤AI will take 6G by storm
📆31 March | 01:00 PM ET | 07:00 PM CET

The panel, moderated by Joe Madden (mobile Experts, Inc), will feature the participation of Eric Hardouin, NGMN Board Member and VP Network and Infrastructure Research at Orange, who will share NGMN’s latest operator-led guidance on 6G, alongside fellow industry experts Sylvia Kechiche (opensignal) and Alain Mourad (interdigital).

NGMN looks forward to contributing to this discussion on how AI could fundamentally reshape the scope, architecture and capabilities of 6G. Eric Hardouin will also be interviewed at the event.

For more information and to register for the event, visit: https://www.fierce-network.com/fiercenetworkcom/ai-driven-wireless-networks-5g-6g

Make sure to check out NGMN’s latest guidance on 6G here: https://www.ngmn.org/publications/ai-surge-and-its-implications-for-6g.html

Join our endeavour: https://www.ngmn.org/membership.html

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The session will convene industry leaders and policymakers to discuss how to bridge research, pre-standardisation and commercial strategy to ensure a coherent and globally coordinated evolution toward 6G.

📅 Thu, 5 Mar | 09:00–11:00 CET
📍 CC2.5 GSMA Insights Hub, Hall 2

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This forward-looking session examines how AI-native design, integrated sensing (ISAC) and emerging 6G technologies will converge to redefine future networks—making them intelligent, perceptive and energy efficient. It will outline the vision for AI-native 6G architectures, explore how current advances in 5G and 5G-Advanced pave the way, and provide practical insights into planning and implementing the networks of 2030.

📅 Wed, 04 March | 14:45–16:00 CET
📍 Marconi Stage, Hall 6

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The session — convened by the GSMA — will bring together leading global 6G industry bodies, governments, operators and ecosystem stakeholders to foster early executive-level alignment and reduce the risk of fragmentation as 6G research and policy initiatives accelerate worldwide.

📅 Tue, 03 March | 16:00–17:00
📍 CC2 GSMA Insights Hub, Hall 2

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