Telecom & Connectivity

Telecoms World Asia 2026

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elecoms World Asia is the premier event focused entirely on digital solutions and services for Asian Telcos. A two-day conference featuring over 130 Asian telecom leaders addressing the future of telco networks, 5G rollout, digitisation of customer services, and more. The conference brings together the biggest players in telecoms across Asia to network and…

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104Voices
69Underwriters
86Exhibitors
19On the bill · sessions
133Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Telecoms, in alphabetical order.
Aamer Ejaz
Group Vice President, Carrier Business (PTCL & Ufone) · Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
Abdul Rahman Ansyory
Chief Technology Officer · Telin
Adam Ball
General Manager · Terrapinn
Adelyn Ong
Managing Director — Malaysia Subsidiary, Director of Mobile Business — Asia Pacific Region · China Mobile International
Afifa Dean
Head, Media Management · Telekom Malaysia
Ahmed Saady Yaamin
Group Head of AI and Analytics · Axiata Group
Alex Tan
Managing Director · ALT Consultants
Alfons Bosch Sansa
CMO · XLSMART
Alok Kumar Srivastava
5G RAN & RIC Technical Solution Architect · Orange
Alyaa Ramlan
Head of Social · UNIFI
Andrew Bennett
Regional Chief Technology Officer · BT International
Andrey Kuzin
Chief Technology Officer · Cellcard
Anuradha Udunuwara
Senior Engineer, Enterprise Business Solutions · Sri Lanka Telecom
Aps Chikhalikar
Head of Telecom, Media and Technology, AP&J · ServiceNow
Arkar Nyunt Wai
Vice President, Head of Technology Governance · ATOM Myanmar
Ashish Sharma
Director, Portfolio & Delivery Management · Singtel
Atsuko Okuda
Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific · International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Augustriana Indriasary
Vice President Settlement & Billing Collection · Telin
Ayomal Gunasekera
Chief of Group Customer Experience · Dialog Axiata PLC
Balaji M.K
Member of the Advisory Board · Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
Baljit Singh
Cybersecurity Strategy Planning and Governance · Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB)
Bhupinder Singh
President Asia-Pacific & Middle East · Vodafone Business

— and 82 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
National Telecom (NT)Platinum
WavenetPlatinum
NTT DATAGold
Radware Ltd.Gold
Ribbon CommunicationsGold
ServiceNowGold
VOX Solutions Global LimitedGold
Chubb Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.Silver
CommScope Solutions (S)Silver
C.S.F. GroupSilver
Incognito Software Systems IncSilver
NokiaSilver
Telekom MalaysiaSilver
TIME WHOLESALESilver
AIS
ALT Consultants
ATOM Myanmar
Axiata Group
Banglalink
beez fm Pte. Ltd.Exhibitor
Best Telecom Laos
BT International
CelcomDigi
China Mobile International
China Telecom Global Limited (CTG)Networking Zone Sponsor
China Unicom GlobalLanyard Sponsor
Cloudnex Solutions Co.,LtdExhibitor
DecklitExhibitor
Deutsche Telekom T Wholesale
Dialog Axiata PLC
Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB)
Donghwa Telecom (CHT group)
FormIQExhibitor
Globe Telecom
HGC Global Communications
iLaboratory Ltd.Exhibitor
International Gateway Company LimitedExhibitor
isla
Jio
KAANDUUExhibitor
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The Programme

Selected from 19 sessions on the bill.
  • Nov 18 11:40

    Ai-driven strategies for the next-gen cloud: Building the telecom playbook

    NETWORK
  • Nov 18 11:40

    AI in action — Personalising services and transforming customer experience

    CUSTOMER
  • Nov 18 11:40

    Infrastructure sharing models: Collaborating and competing

    THE TELCO BOARDROOM
  • Nov 18 12:00

    PANEL: From predicting problems to optimising outcomes and delivering dollars — is AI the answer?

    THE TELCO BOARDROOM
  • Nov 18 12:00

    PANEL: NaaS for telco operators in Asia: Cloud first, cloud only?

    NETWORK
  • Nov 18 12:00

    The Telco AI Trifecta – Enabling autonomous, customer-centric networks

    CUSTOMER
  • Nov 18 12:20

    PANEL: The human touch in a digital world: Does customer service still need people?

    CUSTOMER
  • Nov 18 14:00

    KEYNOTE PANEL: More than ever – network security as No.1 priority for telcos in Asia

    Keynotes
  • Nov 18 15:40

    How Thailand becomes the ASEAN Digital Hub?

    THE TELCO BOARDROOM
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 133 companies show up — and 57 bet on three roles at once?

133 companies. 57 are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
57All threespeak · spons · exh
13Sponsoringsponsor only
32Exhibitingexhibitor only
31Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)·True corporation·Axiata Group·BT International·CelcomDigi·Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB)·Sri Lanka Telecom·Telin·Tune Talk·ATOM Myanmar·China Mobile International·Globe Telecom·KDDI·NTT DATA, Inc. (Thailand)·Robi Axiata PLC·AIS·ALT Consultants·Banglalink·Best Telecom Laos·Deutsche Telekom T Wholesale·Dialog Axiata PLC·Donghwa Telecom (CHT group)

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

80% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite2322%
  • Founder / Owner44%
  • VP-level1716%
  • Director / Head of3938%
  • Manager / Lead66%
  • Engineer · IC22%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles1212%

Of 104 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)SpEx4V
  2. 02True corporationSpEx4V
  3. 03Axiata GroupSpEx3V
  4. 04BT InternationalSpEx3V
  5. 05CelcomDigiSpEx3V
  6. 06Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB)SpEx3V
  7. 07Sri Lanka TelecomSpEx3V
  8. 08TelinSpEx3V
  9. 09Tune TalkSpEx3V
  10. 10ATOM MyanmarSpEx2V
  11. 11China Mobile InternationalSpEx2V
  12. 12Globe TelecomSpEx2V
  13. 13KDDISpEx2V
  14. 14NTT DATA, Inc. (Thailand)SpEx2V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum2
3% of 69
gold5
7% of 69
silver7
10% of 69
networking zone sponsor1
1% of 69
lanyard sponsor1
1% of 69
exhibitor16
23% of 69
unspecified37
54% of 69
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters