BT’s Campbell McClean: ‘common lexicon’, shared vision at the heart of modern telco–vendor collaboration

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Chief Architect speaking with Blue Planet counterpart, and drawing on wide-ranging career, says BT’s Digital and Networks teams operate with vendors in ‘grey space’, drawing on language underpinned by TM Forum initiatives to support customers’ goals. Read more…

This article includes:

  • Geographic: Canada; Germany; India; Latin America; Spain; United Kingdom (UK).
  • Organisations: Adtran; Airtel; Amazon Web Services (AWS); Bharti Airtel; Bharti Group; Blue Planet; BT Group; BT Business; BT Consumer; BT Digital; BT Enterprise; Ciena; Cisco; Deutsche Telekom (DTAG); Digital Realty; Dynatrace; EE; Equinix; Ericsson; Google Cloud; Juniper; Kyndryl; Marks & Spencer; Microsoft; Nokia; Orange; Openreach; Rogers Communications; SAP; ServiceNow; Tata Consultancy Services (TCS); Telefónica; TM Forum; VMware.
  • People: Campbell McClean; Chris Bramley; Colin Paterson; Harmeen Mehta; Josie Smith; Kailem Anderson.
  • Themes: AI; API; Cloud; Digital transformation; Enterprise architecture; Fibre; IT; KPI; Network cloud; ODA; Open Digital Architecture; Telecommunications.
    Application programming interfaces (API); Artificial intelligence (AI); Build once approach; Chief Architect; Cloud services; Cloud-native; Common lexicon; Customer experience; Digital transformation; Enterprise architecture; Fibre products; Global Fabric; IT modernisation; Mainframe migration; Microservices; Network architecture; Network Cloud; Network infrastructure; Open Digital Architecture (ODA); Optical networking; Optical transport; Orchestration; Running on Open Digital Architecture; Telecoms industry; Workflow platform.

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