Videos

APAC Digital Leaders Champion Interview Shorts – Ian Watson, CEO, Cellcard

The aim of the APAC Digital Leaders Champion program is to promote and champion the innovation and business leadership of leading CEOs and digital leaders from across the APAC region. As part of this program, a series of short interviews have been developed. In this interview, Julian Gorman, Head of APAC GSMA, and Ian Watson, CEO of Cellcard, has discussed the following topics:

• The digital strategy of Cellcard in leading the charge to have Cambodia become one of the most inclusive digital societies in Southeast Asia
• The opportunities that Ian sees in digital technologies development in the post-COVID era and his strategy to ensure Cellcard is at the forefront of the digital transformation
• The strategy of Cellcard in esports and gaming in Cambodia and in the Southeast Asian region
• Ian's passion and leadership in the area of gaming and esports

APAC Digital Leaders Champion Interview Shorts – Andy Penn, CEO, Telstra

The aim of the APAC Digital Leaders Champion program is to promote and champion the innovation and business leadership of leading CEOs and digital leaders from across the APAC region. As part of this program, a series of short interviews have been developed. In this interview, Julian Gorman, Head of APAC GSMA, and Andy Penn, CEO of Telstra has discussed the following topics:

• The role of telecommunications and digital technologies in the acceleration of the digital economy to a fast recovery in the post-COVID era
• Opportunities in digital technologies development in the post-COVID era
• The policies and regulatory framework that will fit for purpose and pro-investment for the sector to accelerate the rollout of new telecommunications infrastructure and capacity
• As one of the global pioneer 5G MNOs, what are the opportunities and imperative for Telstra to advance the 5G ecosystem beyond Australia’s borders and who are the key partners it relies on to continue its leadership role?

APAC 5G EEC Virtual Roundtable II – Reimaging Networks

The current, typical model for building a mobile network is outdated. Operators are constrained by legacy vendor architectures that have remained essentially unchanged for more than 25 years and aren’t suited for today’s more dynamic, application-driven environment. Operators urgently need a new model to ensure they remain competitive delivering new services faster while decreasing both capital and operating expenses. This workshop looked at Open RAN architecture for software-defined RAN via network virtualization and how it achieves complete virtualization and programmability vertically and benefits the convergence of heterogeneous network horizontally. It provides open, controllable, flexible and evolvable wireless networks thereby

• Ensuring interoperability with legacy radio access technologies
• Guarantee performance in a multi-vendor scenario with scale and capacity

An executive from Vodafone also reviewed the key learnings, challenges, and benefits of a case study so as to:

• Spur innovation through building an ecosystem
• Enable supplier diversity
• Reduce deployment and maintenance costs

The recording of the roundtable is viewable in the video button above.

Interview with Arthur Lang, CEO, International, Singtel

Arthur Lang, CEO International, talks about Singtel’s strategies to maintain its leadership throughout industry changes and increased demands, and gives an insight on its new services.