Smart cities. Connected vehicles. Autonomous manufacturing and agriculture. Modern cloud-native technologies are redefining the capabilities of telecommunications networks from the core to the edge. Service providers are using open source advancements (particularly in AI, 5G and hybrid cloud) and a mature and growing partner ecosystem to remake themselves and the industries around them.

Red Hat AI is a full AI platform specifically engineered to accelerate AI adoption while significantly reducing operational costs. Organizations attempting to operationalize AI frequently encounter challenges like skyrocketing model costs, intricate customization requirements, and restrictive deployment environments. Red Hat AI addresses these challenges by offering a way to develop and deploy comprehensive AI solutions across hybrid cloud environments.

In this webinar, our experts will guide you through the benefits of customizing and optimizing large language models for efficient and fast inference. We’ll also review the key products and features that can help you get started with generative AI.

Agenda:
• Key benefits of adopting AI in the enterprise
• Essential steps to get started with generative AI
• Core components of Red Hat AI

Unlock Generative AI innovation with Red Hat

In today's world of data-driven decision making, organizations need a seamless, scalable and efficient platform for developing and deploying AI/ML solutions. Red Hat OpenShift AI offers a comprehensive solution that enables organizations to manage their end-to-end AI/ML workflows. 
 
In this webinar, attendees will learn how Red Hat OpenShift AI accelerates the full machine learning life cycle, from data ingestion, model development, and training to deployment and monitoring. 
 
The session will provide a deep dive into OpenShift architecture, its components, and workflows that can be executed on top of it. 
 
Whether you are a developer, data scientist, IT or data science decision maker, this webinar will demonstrate how Red Hat OpenShift AI can support your work with a powerful platform to build robust and scalable machine learning solutions.

End-to-end machine learning with Red Hat OpenShift AI

Now is the time to modernize your virtualization infrastructure - to make it more affordable, agile, secure, and future-ready. This session explores a modern approach to virtualization with Red Hat® OpenShift® Virtualization.

Agenda:
• Emerging trends in virtualization
• Need to migrate and modernize
• DevSecOps considerations
• What’s in OpenShift Virtualization
• Tooling and processes for migration
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform benefits

Modernize your virtualization strategy with Red Hat

Successfully upgrading Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) at scale across a large environment requires more than just running a tool—it demands a strategic, automated approach tailored to your organization’s unique needs. Explore how to build a customizable, end-to-end RHEL in-place upgrade solution using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (Ansible)’s "infra.leapp" collection as the foundation.

In this session, we'll introduce Leapp—the built-in, supported upgrade tool that streamlines your move to the next major version of RHEL. Learn how Leapp preserves your system configurations, subscriptions, custom repositories, and third-party applications, while providing a seamless upgrade path from RHEL 7.9 to 8 and RHEL 8 to 9. 

In this session you will learn:

• Why you should upgrade
• What Leapp is, why you should use it and how it works
• Leapp in action (demo)

See how you can reduce upgrade risks and save time with an efficient, automated approach.

Simplify Red Hat Enterprise Linux upgrades with Leapp utility and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Every deployment has to start somewhere. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has offered options for automating deployments of our enterprise grade operating system for years. Image builder is the next generation of build automation.
 
Join our webinar for a look at both RHEL image builder and Red Hat Lightspeed (Insights) Image Builder. What options do they offer? What are the differences between the two tools? Why would I use one over the other? We’ll also include a live demo of each.

Define your standard operating environment with Red Hat Enterprise Linux image builder

Effectively managing secrets in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a popular topic -especially when discussing automation best practices. Secure secrets management is crucial to prevent the exposure of sensitive data, such as passwords, API keys, and private keys.

HashiCorp Vault with Ansible Automation Platform offers a robust solution for enhancing both security and automation practices. This combination simplifies the management of secrets within automated workflows, helping infrastructures remain secure and compliant.

Learn how these solutions work together to achieve a higher level of operational efficiency and security - making it easier to manage complex environments and reduce the potential for human error.

Includes demonstrations on:
Dynamic credentials retrieval from Vault (via Lookup plugins).
Auto-expiring SSH certs, tokens.
Vault/AAP RBAC separation of duties.

Secure Secrets Automation with HashiCorp Vault and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

DevOps teams often grapple with a fragmented toolchain, hindering collaboration and slowing down software delivery. Join the session on February 19 to explore how Red Hat® Developer Hub, built on the Backstage platform, can serve as a central hub for developers and operations teams, providing a unified experience for accessing tools, documentation, and services. 

We'll demonstrate how to leverage Ansible Automation to automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployments,seamlessly integrating with the Developer Hub. 

By the end of this session, attendees will understand how to streamline their DevOps workflows, improve developer productivity, and accelerate software delivery.

Agenda:

• Challenges faced by DevOps teams in managing a fragmented toolchain
• Introduction to Red Hat Developer Hub and its key features
• Benefits of using Ansible automation with Red Hat Developer Hub
• Developer Hub demonstration

Empowering DevOps Teams: A unified platform with Red Hat Developer Hub and Ansible automation Platform

Implementing full-fledged ITSM automation often needs changes in business processes and approval workflows. These changes can involve extensive discussions and coordination between different teams, making adoption a complex endeavor. 

Recognizing this challenge, we will see how Artificial Intelligence could help in minimizing any changes to existing ITSM processes and tools, shortening the time to value for ITSM automation.

Combining Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with Red Hat OpenShift AI could enable automatic incident resolution on an existing ITSM platform such as ServiceNow.

We will see in a live demo how a Machine Learning model, trained and hosted on OpenShift AI, could be used to classify the incoming tickets to execute the proper resolution via Ansible automations.

Human operators stay in the loop, gathering and filtering the historical data to train the model and to supervise and approve the automation chosen by the Machine Learning Natural Language Processing.

Are you ready to revolutionize your ITSM with Artificial Intelligence?

Reinventing IT automation: AI & Ansible for Smarter Telecom Services (Red Hat Open Talks)

BSS and OSS lie at the core of how telecom networks function in terms of customer and network management, and new technologies such as AI and virtualization are changing the game.

AI is having a disruptive impact in countless industries and business functions, in both business and operations, join us in this session to learn more about:

• BSS, OSS Cloud Adoption and Automation
• BSS, OSS, AI and virtualisation:
• BSS personalized, contextualized, and self-service experiences, realize revenue potential, order fulfillment rates, enhance data accuracy, and much more
• OSS Identify & fix, predict, or prevent faults in service delivery, automation, and orchestration of services running over networks or the edge

SPEAKERS
Beatriz Ortega
EMEA Telco Business Development Manager
Red Hat

Alexsey Rusakov
Senior Solution Architect
Red Hat

Unleash the OSS/BSS evolution

The introduction of 5G technology heralded a new era of connectivity, promising unprecedented speed, reliability, and innovation. In this transformative landscape, telecommunications companies are seeking robust, adaptable platforms to support the deployment of 5G radio access network (RAN) and 5G core solutions while also continuing to manage and scale their existing networks. Red Hat OpenShift has emerged as a leading choice for building hybrid cloud platform solutions, offering cloud-native agility coupled with carrier-grade reliability.

This talk will cover the roadmap for Red Hat OpenShift in the context of telecommunications network deployments, as well as how Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift is modernizing network functions through the convergence of virtual-network functions (VNFs) and cloud-native network functions (CNFs).

Key topics include:

• Using image-based installation and upgrade procedures to reduce deployment, upgrade, and update time at the far edge.
• Harnessing the power of cloud-native tools for observability, management, and automation in telecommunications environments across both platforms.
• Advancing the platform to accommodate emerging technologies and standards in the rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape.
• The ongoing evolution of Red Hat OpenShift and OpenStack Services on OpenShift long-life offerings to support customers with critical workloads.
• Roadmap for RAN and core features that help telecommunications operators solve problems across their national networks.

Recorded September 26, 2025

Franck Baudin, Product Manager - Telco / Networking, Red Hat
Robert Love, Principal Product Manager - Edge, Red Hat
Gurpreet Singh, Principal Product Manager, Red Hat

Telecommunications Roadmap: Red Hat OpenStack and OpenShift platforms in the 5G era

With advancements in how professionals automate the IT workflow, there is a clear path to move away from manual maintenance of virtual machine based workloads. IT operations professionals focused on automating VM management can stay relevant to their organizations by learning how to leverage Ansible Automation Platform to deploy, configure, and manage VMs on OpenShift Virtualization.

Red Hat’s “Automate and Manage Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Ansible” (DO336) course teaches the essential skills required to effectively use automation to drive the management of VMs on OpenShift by using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. In this webinar, Red Hat instructors, Jesse Scott and Antonio Marí Romero will share highlights from the course and will demonstrate the ease of automating virtual machine management on the platform.

In this session, we will cover:

• The current state of virtualization and why organizations are searching for a modern approach to cloud-native application development
• How Red Hat Training and Certification can help teams learn to modernize the automated deployment of VM-based applications
• How to easily use Ansible playbooks to manage virtual machines in OpenShift Virtualization
• How to migrate VMs from an existing hypervisor to OpenShift Virtualization by using the Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
• Course highlights from “Automate and Manage Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Ansible” (DO336)

SPEAKERS
Jesse Scott
Senior Instructor, Red Hat Training and Certification
Red Hat

Antonio Marí Romero
Technical Content Architect, Product and Technical Learning
Red Hat

Simplify OpenShift VM Operations with Ansible

To spark innovation and improve scalability of its network services, Finnish telecommunications company Elisa sought to extend its cloudification efforts to radio access networks (RANs). In 2024, Elisa, Nokia, and Red Hat collaborated to evaluate the maturity, impact, and benefits of a joint 5G Cloud RAN-based implementation compared to Elisa’s legacy radio network.

In this session, you’ll hear the benefits and challenges of Elisa and Nokia’s 5G Cloud RAN for New Radio (NR) architecture compared to traditional 5G RAN, including a live pilot of radio network deployment. Key topics include:

Meeting NR requirements with Cloud RAN Distributed Unit (DU) and Central Unit (CU) design principles, including Layer 1 (L1) acceleration.

Centralizing radio cloud platform operations with multi-cluster support on Red Hat OpenShift.

Future support for low-latency applications, such as autonomous or remote-operated vehicles and predictive maintenance with edge AI.

Cloud-native telco with Elisa and Nokia's 5G Cloud RAN and Red Hat OpenShift

A panel discussion on how telcos are using and considering using AI in the Radio Access Network (RAN), featuring:
Ofir Zemer, VP, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Michael Irizarry, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Engineering and Information Technology, UScellular
Rob Hughes, Head of Wireless Marketing, Fujitsu
Guy Turgeon, Senior Principal Industry Specialist - Telco, Red Hat
Stefan Pongratz, Analyst, Dell'Oro Group

Telco AI Forum - Tracking the progress of AI in the RAN

AI is helping CSPs optimize networks, predict maintenance needs, and automate operations to reduce costs and enhance service reliability. With AI-driven customer experience management, CSPs can personalize interactions, anticipate churn and streamline support—boosting customer loyalty. By operationalizing AI with AIOps frameworks, CSPs can efficiently deploy, monitor and scale AI models

Yet, challenges remain:

How can CSPs avoid AI implementation pitfalls that lead to inefficiencies?
What strategies ensure AI models remain accurate and relevant over time?
How can operators balance automation with human oversight to maintain service quality?
Watch this on-demand webinar to hear from industry leaders on these questions and more.

Supporting AI, Using AI: Getting to pervasive intelligence in telecoms networks

An interview with Red Hat's David Kypuros, Principal AI Architect - Global Telco Partner Solutions, Telecommunications, by 
Catherine Sbeglia Nin, Managing Editor, RCR Wireless News.

Telco AI Forum - What is the optimal adoption pathway for Gen AI?

Red Hat North America Training Director Jensen Cook and Solution Architect Wes Urquhart offer a guide through the training, certification, consulting, and technical on-site resources available to Red Hat customers migrating their OpenStack platforms.

This webinar series is designed to help you plan and manage your OpenStack migration or upgrade, to prepare your move to this unified, modern cloud platform. Taught by some of Red Hat’s leading experts, based on their experiences with actual telecommunications companies, this series will prepare you to:

- Evaluate the benefits of Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift
- Migrate or upgrade to/from any version of Red Hat OpenStack Platform
- Enable your team with expert resources to support them throughout the journey.

OpenStack migration master class, episode 6: OpenStack platform migration training, support, and resources

Red Hat Senior Project Manager Farina Cocker takes a deep dive into OpenStack tenant planning, including Working in the LAB (Shift Left), Certification, and Availability Strategy for tenants.

This webinar series is designed to help you plan and manage your OpenStack migration or upgrade, to prepare your move to this unified, modern cloud platform. Taught by some of Red Hat’s leading experts, based on their experiences with actual telecommunications companies, this series will prepare you to:

- Evaluate the benefits of Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift
- Migrate or upgrade to/from any version of Red Hat OpenStack Platform
- Enable your team with expert resources to support them throughout the journey.

OpenStack migration master class, episode 5: From the lab, part 2 - OpenStack platform tenant planning

Red Hat Senior Architect Hardik (“Hardy”) Dalwadi reviews Networking / NFV (OVN/OVS), Storage, DCN, NUMA Pinning/Performance, and the Control Plane requirements in a more detailed look at OpenStack platform architecture planning.

This webinar series is designed to help you plan and manage your OpenStack migration or upgrade, to prepare your move to this unified, modern cloud platform. Taught by some of Red Hat’s leading experts, based on their experiences with actual telecommunications companies, this series will prepare you to:

- Evaluate the benefits of Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift
- Migrate or upgrade to/from any version of Red Hat OpenStack Platform
- Enable your team with expert resources to support them throughout the journey.

OpenStack migration master class, episode 4: From the lab, part 1 - OpenStack platform architecture planning

Chris Wright, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Engineering, shares themes and key topics from his conversations with service providers around the world.

Open Telco introduction from Red Hat CTO Chris Wright

Ericsson look ahead to the future of telecom networks—exploring emerging trends, challenges, and how the partner ecosystem is critical in driving success across the industry.

Building the future of telco with an open ecosystem

Learn how you can build a DR (disaster recovery) solution or augment capacity on demand for mobile voice using ng-voice IMS stack, lower the overall cost footprint for redundancy solutions, and add value by introducing new capabilities or use cases leveraging the public/hybrid cloud models.

Building disaster recovery and cloud bursting for mobile voice services

Kove explores the critical role of software-defined memory (SDM) in addressing the growing demands of AI workloads. Learn how integrating Kove™ with Red Hat® OpenShift® enhances performance, reduces energy consumption, and lowers costs, all while providing the flexibility needed for scalable AI infrastructure.

Revolutionizing AI infrastructure: The power of software-defined memory in scaling AI

Avanseus examines the importance of linking AI to observability, automation, and remediation strategies to ensure high-performing and resilient 5G networks for a seamless customer experience.

Ensuring high performance and reliability for mission-critical 5G networks

Samsung Networks discusses the crucial role the partner ecosystem plays in the future of Open RAN—and how collaboration can accelerate deployments and improve operational efficiency in this dynamic landscape.

Future-proofing Open RAN: The power of partnership

Nokia, Mavenir and Dell cover how they ensure successful RAN deployments on carrier-grade application platforms while delivering the lowest latency and highest performance.  They outline how the RAN is taken to the next level with automation and zero touch provisioning and operations to accelerate service delivery and mitigate risk through consistent and compliant configuration management.

Unlocking the value of open RAN with a unified platform

STL Partners discuss their latest research findings, cover the six tenets to a successful transition, and interview COLT Technologies to learn more about their transition to techco.

Telco to Techco with STL Partners

VodafoneZiggo shares their telco transformation journey including their latest 5G SA core deployment experiences and best practices.

VodafoneZiggo’s network transformation journey

TELUS and One New Zealand share their latest 5G SA core deployment experiences and best practices, and discuss the importance of observability, automation, and lifecycle/application management strategies.

Intelligent lifecycle and application management for cloud-native 5G networks

A dive into the DarkNOC catalyst project—a network operations center that operates solely on technology without human intervention—with IBM, AT&T México and Iquall Networks that explores other successful deployments using GenAI and/or open APIs for NetOps.

Using GenAI to propel insight-driven NetOps

This panel discussion with Intracom and Tech Mahindra details some use case examples like smart scaling for telco datacenters using predictive analytics, the migration of workloads to multicloud environments, cloud bursting and redundancies, and more.

Using AI in hybrid cloud for better business outcomes

In this session, Vodafone Oman, Intel and Cisco discuss open source patterns and architectures that can be used to start the evolution toward autonomous networks while maintaining the stability required by our current services.

Telco AI: Moving toward smart, autonomous networks with open source

Chris Penrose, Global VP of Business Development - Telco, NVIDIA, discusses three ways in which AI is transforming telcos.

3 ways AI is transforming telecommunications

Ayesha Temuri, Enterprise Data Advisor, Telenor, shares insights from her experiences planning and rolling out Telenor’s AI/ML and data transformation initiatives.

Customer keynote: Telenor's AI journey

Red Hat Open Telco On Demand

Fran Heeran, Vice President & Head of the Global Telco Business, Red Hat, and Honoré LaBourdette, Vice President, Global Telco EcoSystem Success Team, Red Hat, welcome you to the Open Telco experience.

Welcome to Open Telco!

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