Highlights of #DTW22 - Automation

I attended the TM Forum Digital Transformation World in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 20?22 September 2022. Approximately 3,000 people attended, including many CSP and vendors executives. As an industry, although vendors continue to evolve their offers, many CSPs (with some notable exceptions in AT&T , China Mobile International Limited , 中国联通 , and Vodafone , among others) have taken a breather the last few Covid-dominated years in their implementation of new technologies to scale, but now, unless recessionary forces and supply chain problems persist, will resume their formerly rapid pace of technological change.

#DTW22 ACG Research

Below is my summary. More details available at https://www.acgcc.com/blogs/b/highlights-from-digital-transformation-world-2022/

Main Topics at Conference

-?????????Network automation: It is becoming a matter of must do, not just good to do.

-?????????5G monetization: MNOs spent much on spectrum and network builds, how to recover the investment, and grow the business (mostly in enterprise).

-?????????Digital transformation: Moving into the phase of doing it to scale but is hard to do, especially in a post-Covid, resource-constrained world.

My Primary Topics and Summaries

-?????????Network automation and autonomous networks: Now considered much more important, with the leading equipment providers incorporating more operations functions into their physical and virtual network elements.

-?????????The evolution of domain control and cross-domain orchestration systems: I released my first cross-domain orchestration market share document on Monday preceding the event and got many comments in this evolving area. I revealed my first market share report on CDO at the event. See https://www.acgcc.com/reports/highlights-cross-domain-orchestration-market-share/ for a free copy of the highlights (full report coming in October as single copy and to subscribers to my Domain Control and Orchestration research stream).

-?????????Slicing: most CSPs are still stuck in the POC phase with over a dozen-and-a-half slicing managers offered by vendors, but commercial offerings are beginning.

-?????????Automation, Analytics, and AI technology (A*A*A): Progressing nicely into real production.

-?????????Disaggregated network elements: Not much happening at this event on this interest area. Come to Layer 123 in London in December to discuss.