Trending Tags
Register for Free
See programme
Partner with us

Participants & Partners

Telcos are transforming themselves as the 2030s approach.
Can they transform how they create and capture value?

Telco Value Season is three months of public debate, private discussion and independent research into how operators will create and capture value in the 2030s, culminating in our original research report, “The 2030s Telco Value Engine.”

Timeline

Dec 1, 2026

Opening Webinar: “Debate: This House Believes the Network is No Longer the Product.”

Launch of The 2030s Telco Value Engine Survey​

See programme
Register

Dec - Jan 21, 2027

A series of discussions under Chatham House Rules with operators and end-users alike.

See programme
Learn more

Jan 26, 2027

Findings webinar: “Making money from the next generation – problems and solutions”.

See programme
Register

Feb 26, 2027

Report Publication: The 2030s Telco Value Engine. Including live launch webinar.

See programme
Learn more

“Enterprises are not like consumers. If telcos can’t give us what we need, when we need it, we’ll find other solutions.”

Enterprise speaker, 6G Forge conference 2025

What does a profitable operator business look like in the 2030s — and what engine needs to be built to power it?

  • Growth in crowded markets. Where can operators create defensible new revenue when enterprise and government customers already have specialists, integrators, hyperscalers and AI companies competing for their spend?

  • Creating value beyond connectivity. If consumers increasingly treat connectivity as interchangeable, what can operators offer that moves the relationship beyond coverage, speed and price?


  • Turning technology capabilities into products. A technology is not a product until somebody wants it and an operator can deliver it profitably. How do AI, automation, APIs, edge, sensing and eventually 6G become services customers will actually buy?


  • Building the operator capable of delivering them. Can organisations designed around predictable connectivity products support dynamic, real-time and highly customised services — while satisfying finance, risk and investors?

 

TelcoForge’s Value Season is designed to surface the state of the art and where questions remain. Combining public and private debates and research, public surveys and culminating in The 2030s Telco Value Engine, we will explore critical questions for transforming emerging standards into valuable commercial services.

Partnering TelcoForge Value Season

Join operators, end users, technology companies and industry leaders in exploring the emerging capabilities that can create real value — and who captures it. Partners gain visibility, early access to emerging insight and a direct role in the conversations helping shape the industry’s direction.

Don’t just follow the debate. Help define it.
See the packages

Register Now!

Close

Supporting Partner​

Limited Availability​
£ 2,500
  • Supporting Partner recognition across the Value Season
  • Logo on the programme hub
  • Selected promotional visibility in socials and newsletter
  • Advance access to research findings
  • Opportunity to contribute perspectives to the wider research programme
  • Invitations for relevant executives to selected private discussions where appropriate
  • Enhance your sponsorship with optional add-ons e.g. interview, article, report feature
Talk to us

Value Partner

Limited Availability
£ 7,500
  • A speaking role in one of the Value Season's public webinars
  • Topic input for one curated Chatham House Rule discussion with operators, end users and other relevant industry stakeholders
  • Early access to survey findings, research and themes emerging from the private discussions
  • Partner branding in the final research report, The 2030s Telco Value Engine
  • Visibility throughout TelcoForge web, email, newsletter and social activity
  • Reusable content from your public contribution for use across social media and your own marketing
  • Private partner briefing covering the findings and implications of the season
  • Enhance your sponsorship with optional add-ons e.g. interview, article, report feature
Talk to us
Recommended

Strategic Partner​

7 Available​
£ 12,750
  • Everything in Value Partner PLUS...
  • Prominent Strategic Partner recognition across the programme hub, webinars, research survey, campaign materials and final report
  • One additional public speaking role
  • Select one of the seven Value Season domains and work with TelcoForge to frame a priority commercial question and associated private discussion.
  • One dedicated survey question, developed with TelcoForge and subject to editorial approval
  • A dedicated sponsored perspective in The 2030s Telco Value Engine, giving readers a clear account of your expertise and its commercial relevance
  • Additional promotional content drawn from your contribution, for use across your own channels
  • Contact details for series registrants who opt in to hear from your organisation, shared after each public webinar to support timely follow-up
  • Enhance your sponsorship with optional add-ons e.g. interview, article, report feature
Talk to us
Close

Opening Debate: "This house believes the network is no longer the product”

CapEx spending on the network tends to be one of the biggest costs for many telcos. While this may have paid for itself in commercialisation opportunities in the past, is this still the case? 

  • If so, how are commercial leaders translating network capabilities into marketing for services and products? 
  • If not, what is being sold successfully and how should that alter what we think about investing into for the best returns? 

Attend and share your own views and opinions with the speakers and other audience members.

Launch of "the 2030s Telco Value Engine" Survey

Taking the temperature of the wider industry to understand broader perspectives 

Close

A series of discussions under Chatham House Rules to take the temperature of operators and end-users alike

Moderated group discussions of 10-15 people at a time will focus attention on critical questions for transforming emerging technologies and approaches into valuable commercial services. Topics will include:

  • 8 Dec, 3pm CET: What are end-user industries looking for that existing network technologies don’t currently deliver?

  • 15 Dec, 3pm CET: What lessons from the 5G era can improve 6G-era commercial propositions and go-to-market?

  • 12 Jan, 3pm CET: Does 6G depend on government and defence interests for its early adoption?

  • 14 Jan, 3pm CET: Evolving operational capabilities to enable new business approaches.

  • 17 Jan, 3pm CET: Building the security and trust basis for 2030s value creation.

If you would like to be involved and/or suggest other topics, message alex.lawrence@telcoforge.com 

Close

Findings webinar: “Making money from the next generation - problems and solutions”​

A selection of participants from the private discussions share highlights from the meetings while respecting the privacy of the participants. We will explore:

  • Recurrent themes appearing across multiple topics.
  • Areas of disagreement between different stakeholder groups.
  • Promising avenues worth further exploration.
  • Gaps that need addressing before effective 6G commercialisation. 
  • Priority actions for the coming 18 months.
Close

Report Publication: The 2030s Telco Value Engine

The culmination of the season’s work, this report will combine inputs from public and private conversations, independent research, and our industry survey. Chapters will include:

  • Commercial journeys from 5G to 6G.
  • Perspectives on B5G demand from end-user industries.
  • Building B5G services alongside AI; NTN; platform plays; and more. 
  • Reframing the commercial stack to leverage new technology: OSS, BSS, engagement, security and more. 
  • Gaps in readiness for commercialisation in the 2030s and how to address them.