Mobile Network Innovation Summit brings together innovators, investors and network operators to understand current and future innovation opportunities within the mobile network sector.
The event combines top level insight from keynote speakers with expertly moderated panel sessions. Our unique huddles offer a chance to interact in-depth with companies leading mobile network technology innovation, the technology investment community and technology leaders within mobile network operators.
In conversation with Gabriela Styf Sjöman, Managing Director Research and Networks Strategy, BT Group.
The Mobile Network Editor, Keith Dyer and Gabriela Sjöman discuss BT's approach to fostering and commercialising innovation in the mobile network.
VMO2's Professor Robert Joyce, Director of Mobile Access Engineering, will share how VMO2 is deploying innovative technologies to build the UK’s Biggest and Most Reliable Mobile Network.
Brad Stimpson, Director of Wireless Technology at Bell.
Ronny Haraldsvik, CMO, Cohere Technologies.
Bringing network innovation to market: how Bell Canada and Cohere Technologies collaborated to test new spectrum multiplier technology.
Connectivity as a Service.
Simon has more than 20 years of experience working in leadership positions at UK mobile operators including EE, Orange and T-Mobile. He was managing director of EE's Emergency Services Network Division and also served as non-executive chairman at Mobile Broadband Network Ltd (MBNL), a network joint venture between EE and Three. Under Simon’s leadership, Freshwave have become the UK’s leading neutral host. Having deployed the world-first Omni Network in summer 2024, Freshwave now has 6 million sq ft of real estate already connected or in build using the technology.
Olaf Swantee is one of the most highly respected CEOs in the industry, having supported and harnessed innovation to build market leadership at EE and at Sunrise.
He will be in conversation with Kieran Smith, Telecoms and Tech Correspondent, Financial Times.
Luke Pearce, Principal Analyst, FDM / CCS Insight
Tracing the innovation journey for cellular-satellite networks.
Companies leading in NTN technology development showcase their innovation.
Accelercomm: Dr Rob Maunder, Co-Founder & CTO, Accelercomm
OQ Technology
Satellite Europe Connect
Moderated by Jerry Carpenter, Myca Communications
This panel will respond to the Innovator Insights, and explore how network innovation has driven cellular-satellite technology, and where innovation requirements remain. How have companies been able to leverage innovation and R&D into commercial delivery? What are the ongoing investment opportunities?
Dr Ivar Kruusenberg, Founder & CEO, PowerUp Energy Technologies
Jonathan Carrier, Co-Founder & CEO, Allye
Simon Bjorklund, MD, Polarium
Are operators serious about green network investment? Hear from those innovating to make networks more efficient, through the application of new energy technologies, materials and AI applications.
Innovation Huddles are designed to give a deeper, expert-led insight into our key Innovation Streams.
In depth session to understand the opportunities, roadblocks and route ahead for innovation in cellular NTN.
In depth session to understand the opportunities, roadblocks and route ahead for innovation in green and energy-efficient, sustainable networks.
Understanding network technology investment priorities from within and outside the telco space. Are there returns to be made? Where, and who is making them? Identifying deals and opportunities.
Panel:
Moderator: Gabriel Brown, Senior Principal Analyst, Mobile Networks, Omdia GTM Telecom Insights and Advisory
Start-up to exit playbook from those in the mobile network ecosystem
Valeria Baiamonte, Director of Network Strategy & Transformation, VodafoneThree
What do we mean by the automated, AI-native network?
Q&A with Robert Curran, Consulting Analyst, Appledore Research
Companies leading in network AI technology development showcase their innovation.
ABLE DEVICE: CEO Roger Dewey will present on "The Missing Layer in AI-Driven Mobile Networks"
MIMONET: Dr Usman Hadi of Ulster University will be sharing his experiences of spinning a commercial start-up out from university. The innovation, known as MIMONet, tackles one of the most urgent challenges in global wireless communication: how to detect and process signals accurately and efficiently when millions of devices are connected simultaneously.
ROBUSTIENT: Dr Abdulhamed Waraiet, Founder and CEO of ROBUSTIENT, will present on the start-up's ultra-resilient intelligent wireless connectivity for mission-critical environments.
No area has had as much focus on it in the network space as AI - from network automation and zero touch operations to new air interface capabilities. But where are the investment opportunities, and where is AI-driven network innovation coming from?
Panel:
Moderator: Simon Saunders OBE, Visiting Professor, UCL. Honorary Professor, University of Bristol.
Understanding Quantum Communications, the technology and the opportunities.
Jonathan Legh-Smith - Executive Director, UKQuantum
Companies leading in Quantum Communications technology development showcase their innovation.
Hear from those pushing advances in Quantum Communications, and the use cases that Quantum applications could enable
Panel:
Innovation Huddles are designed to give a deeper, expert-led insight into our key Innovation Streams.
Our huddles are uniquely formatted to give attendees a chance to ask our experts questions in an informal but in-depth environment.
Understand the opportunities and route ahead for innovation in developing AI-powered networks, from RAN to core to NetOps.
Understand the opportunities and route ahead for innovation in green and energy-efficient, sustainable networks.
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