{"id":1972,"date":"2026-01-22T22:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2026-01-22T22:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:45:10","slug":"btdavos2026-live-ericsson-cto-on-ai-6g-and-the-future-of-global-telecom-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1972","title":{"rendered":"#BTDavos2026 LIVE: Ericsson CTO On AI, 6G And The Future Of Global Telecom Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>At BT Davos 2026, Siddharth Zarabi, Group Editor, Business Today, spoke exclusively with Erik Ekudden, CTO, Ericsson, on the future of global telecom networks amid rising geopolitical and technological shifts. The conversation examined the exposure of telecom infrastructure to geopolitical fragmentation and supply-chain risks, and whether the industry\u2019s future lies in faster networks or smarter, software-driven services. Ekudden shared insights on the convergence of AI, cloud, and connectivity, the road to 6G and lessons from 5G monetisation, and the balance between performance, security, and privacy. He also discussed open RAN readiness, India\u2019s potential as a telecom R&amp;D hub, and Ericsson\u2019s strategic plans for the Indian market.\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p>SPONSORS:<br \/>State Partner: Andhra Pradesh India&#8217;s Sunrise State\u00a0<br \/>Exchange Partner: NSE India<br \/>Knowledge Partner: Primus Partners<br \/>Hospitality Partner: Optimax Aces\u00a0<br \/>Luxury Partners: Rasasi Imtiyaz Group\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> <p>Erik Ekudden, Ericsson, World Economic Forum, Davos 2026, Business Today#BTDavos2026 #LIVE #Ericsson #CTO #Future #Global #Telecom #Networks1769093110<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At BT Davos 2026, Siddharth Zarabi, Group Editor, Business Today, spoke exclusively with Erik Ekudden, CTO, Ericsson, on the future of global telecom networks amid rising geopolitical and technological shifts. The conversation examined the exposure of telecom infrastructure to geopolitical fragmentation and supply-chain risks, and whether the industry\u2019s future lies in faster networks or smarter, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4006,109,4710,2553,4709,4708,253,187,1740,4712,4711,2552],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-btdavos2026","tag-business-today","tag-cto","tag-davos-2026","tag-ericsson","tag-erik-ekudden","tag-future","tag-global","tag-live","tag-networks","tag-telecom","tag-world-economic-forum"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}