Скачать или смотреть Gustavo Carvalho Domingos, Telefónica & Luq Niazi, IBM | MWC26 Barcelona

In this interview from MWC Barcelona 2026, Luq Niazi, global managing partner of industries at IBM, joins Gustavo Carvalho Domingos, director of customer operation and technology at Telefónica, to talk with theCUBE's Dave Vellante about the convergence of sovereign AI and quantum readiness across the enterprise. Niazi explains why organizations moving AI into the core of their business – beyond SG&A use cases like HR chatbots and ticket resolution – need sovereign hybrid cloud architectures that keep proprietary data and models within controlled environments. Carvalho Domingos details how Telefónica has built its own AI infrastructure with agents already operating alongside technicians in network operations, handling troubleshooting, vendor communication and pattern detection – with self-healing and self-optimization as the next milestone.

The panel also breaks down how quantum is beginning to converge with enterprise AI strategy. Niazi highlights IBM's 20-plus quantum installations worldwide and the emergence of quantum telco networks in Europe, while Carvalho Domingos underscores the urgency of post-quantum cryptography as a foundation before full quantum key distribution arrives at scale. The conversation turns to agent interoperability – the need for standardized protocols so AI agents across different networks and domains can communicate – and the role of governance and orchestration as essential capabilities for scaling AI purposefully. From training IBM's Granite model on telecom and banking standards to Telefónica's security-first approach to production deployments, the discussion outlines why architectural discipline will separate the leaders from the rest in the AI and quantum era.

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00:00 - Intro
00:07 - Exploring Synergies: From Welcomes to AI Innovations
03:01 - AI Sovereignty and Strategy: Quantum Innovations in Telefónica
05:23 - AI Transformations in Telecommunications: Operations and Customer Solutions
08:45 - AI Use Cases Across Industries
13:10 - Quantum and AI: Shaping the Future of Connectivity
18:55 - Governance and Security in AI
22:03 - Enterprise Data Governance with LLMs
24:54 - Scaling AI and Leveraging Data
28:28 - Takeaways from the Executive Roundtable
31:06 - Charting the Future: Autonomous AI Services and Final Insights

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