REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Telenor recruits Chief Tech Officer from Google CloudAmol Phadke to implement AI strategyTelecom sector's AI adoption is going slowly, Phadke saysAlso appoints Petter-Boerre Furberg as head of Asia unitOSLO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor (TEL.OL) has recruited Google Cloud's Amol Phadke as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to strengthen its AI activities, Telenor said on Tuesday.
Phadke most recently headed Google Cloud's (GOOGL.O) telecom business and has previously worked for British Telecom, Alcatel-Lucent and Accenture's network services unit.
He said he wanted Telenor "to use AI in all of our operations to make operations more efficient, develop new products, increase energy efficiency."
Phadke said Telenor would use AI will to make business operations more efficient, for example to predict traffic demand and allocate more bandwidth to areas with more users, and to improve interactions with customers.
"We do not believe that AI will directly result in job reductions," Phadke said, adding he envisaged using AI to augment and enhance, not substitute, humans in processes.
Persons:
Dado Ruvic, Phadke, Petter, Boerre Furberg, Sigve Brekke, Brekke, Arentz, Rostrup, Furberg, Victoria Klesty, David Evans
Organizations:
Telenor, REUTERS, Google, Telecom, Technology, British Telecom, Alcatel, Lucent, Reuters, Telenor Nordics, Thomson
Locations:
Asia, OSLO, Norwegian, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Southeast Asia