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Mark Sanders and Guy Lupo discuss Telstra's approach to network autonomy and the role of AI in enhancing security and trust.

Mark Sanders, Chief Architect, Tesltra, discusses with Guy Lupo, Executive Vice President, AI & Data Innovation, TM Forum, how the operator is addressing security, governance and trust as it builds the next phase of network autonomy on a foundation of a composable architecture Sanders and Lupo explore Telstra's vision of a knowledge plane, which transforms data into structured, machine-readable intelligence that enables autonomous network systems to make trusted decisions. Alongside this, they address the concept of model-as-a-service and why it is emerging as a critical capability, helping telcos harness rapidly evolving AI models without being overwhelmed by complexity, cost or risk. The also focus on the importance of trust as telcos evolve their architectures, operations and use of AI to create autonomus operations that deliver new customer experiences.

People in this episode

Guests: Mark Sanders, Guy Lupo

Topics covered

• network autonomy
• AI and data innovation
• security
• governance
• trust
• composable architecture
• model-as-a-service

Keywords

• Telstra
• network autonomy
• AI
• data innovation
• security
• governance
• trust
• composable architecture
• model-as-a-service

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Organizations: Telstra, TM Forum

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