MasOrange, Telefónica, DIGI and Vodafone: the major operators conquer the 5G Forum with their most innovative proposals

• The four main telephone operators with a presence in Spain will be among the 60 or so organisations taking part in the eighth edition of the 5G Forum.
• The Cartuja Auditorium – managed by Yventu – will host the three face-to-face sessions on Monday 12, Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 May. Subsequently, the final two days will be held in online format on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 May.

Seville will become the epicentre of 5G and 6G technology from 12 to 16 May with the celebration of the eighth edition of the 5G Forum, an event already consolidated as a benchmark for 5G and 6G in Spain and Europe. The Cartuja Auditorium -managed by Yventu-, located in the Cartuja Science and Technology Park, will host the three face-to-face sessions (Monday 12, Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14), while on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 the two virtual sessions will be held in online format.

Among the extensive list of participants from the nearly 60 entities that will meet in Seville is Meinrad Spenger, CEO of MasOrange, who will be the ‘Speaker of Honour’ at the eighth edition of the 5G Forum.

During the opening day, Meinrad Spenger will share his thoughts on the potential of 5G technology and his company’s innovations, among other issues of interest, such as artificial intelligence. “We are the Spanish operator with the greatest capacity to extract the potential of AI thanks to the largest customer database in Spain and our advanced analytics,” says the CEO of MasOrange, who will also talk about new trends in his sector.

The new company, the result of the merger of Orange and MásMóvil, was launched just over a year ago and is currently the telecommunications operator with the largest number of customers in the Spanish market, with some 39 million broadband and mobile lines. In addition, it offers TV, insurance, energy, alarms, consumer finance, health, cybersecurity and cloud services for private and business customers.

MasOrange, committed to cybersecurity

In addition, MasOrange now has 90% coverage in Spain, which reinforces its commitment to extend access to this network throughout the country, regardless of location. The multinational generates an impact of 18,770 million euros and 100% of the energy used in its facilities is renewable.

Javier Olveira, Director of B2B Customer Engineering at MasOrange, will also participate during the opening day of the event and will talk about 5G in the enterprise in terms of operational efficiency and quality of service. Meanwhile, Gonzalo Temes, Director of Digital Solutions at MasOrange, will participate in the ‘Cyber Day’, a day dedicated to cybersecurity.

Angélica Sánchez, Portfolio Brand Director at MasOrange, will talk about cybersecurity and explain how 5G allows us to offer the most advanced solutions and protect our clients and their operations. “At MasOrange we have a dedicated team that detects more than 20 million suspicious events every week. Of these, we automatically block 96%”, says Angélica Sánchez about one of the biggest concerns of experts and customers today.

Meanwhile, Myriam Leal, KAM in the AAPP department of MasOrange, will be interviewed on the fifth and final day, in online format, dedicated to female talent in the technology industry. She and 30 other women leaders in the sector will deliver inspiring messages to the new generations so that they are not afraid to study STEM careers.

Telefónica and its life-saving innovation

Spanish operator Telefónica will also be well represented at the eighth edition of the 5G Forum. Joaquín Segovia, General Manager of Telefónica’s Southern Territory, will be interviewed on the opening day, where he will talk about the company’s progress in 5G technology.

Among the many innovations Telefónica is working on is 5G Slicing, an innovative emergency service based on 5G technology and Network Slicing. Alejandro Alonso, Network Innovation and Evolution Expert at Telefónica, together with Serafín Doblado, Technical Manager of 112 Extremadura, will explain what this project consists of, which aims to improve the reliability and agility of emergency interventions, provide coordinated, real-time communication enriched with video, location and other visual data, and guarantee the availability of dedicated network resources even in times of congestion.

For her part, Leonor Ostos, Manager of Innovation and Strategic Projects at Telefónica, will be one of those women of reference in the sector who will send an inspiring message to girls and young women during the day dedicated to female talent. Today, she is an example, as have been other women throughout her career. She has a very clear message for the new generations: “Dare to dream of working in big companies, or in whatever you want. And, when the time comes, dare to do it, even if you are not entirely sure”.

DIGI, continuously reinventing itself

DIGI, an operator headquartered in Bucharest (Romania), will participate for the first time in the 5G Forum in Seville, thus joining the important list of participating operators. Ismael Serrano, CTO of DIGI Spain, will present on the opening day the progress, evolution and innovation of this operator, which has made a strong entrance into the Spanish market in recent years.

With extensive professional experience in the sector and more than a decade as a DIGI executive, Ismael Serrano maintains that “not everything has been invented” around 5G technology and that the market is constantly reinventing itself, which requires continuous attention to new market needs.

Among his major achievements during his tenure was the launch of the Pro-DIGI service, which offers speeds of up to 10 Gbps symmetrical using XGS-PON technology and WiFi 6 routers. This service has positioned DIGI as the first operator in Spain to offer such high-speed residential fibre.

Vodafone bets on private networks

Vodafone, headquartered in Berkshire (UK), is celebrating a quarter of a century in the enterprise sector in 2025. Nerea Míguez, 5G/IOT Business Development Manager at Vodafone Spain, will speak in depth about this area. During the fourth day, the first virtual one, she will discuss key trends in the sector such as the increase in spending on cybersecurity, automation and the use of artificial intelligence, the expansion of the cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT). Not only that, but he will talk about private networks, a topic of great relevance within 5G. “The advantages of private networks are clear: greater security, guaranteed bandwidth, low latency and wireless mobility,” says Nerea Míguez.

For her part, Fini Irles, Director of Engineering for Spain at Vodafone, will participate in the fifth and final day of the 5G Forum, the second virtual one, on the day dedicated to female talent. In this session, she will talk about how women are increasingly present in the technology sector, although “it is still a long way to go”. In addition to launching her particular message of inspiration, she recognises that “everything starts with education”. And the fact is that “if there are no young people in high schools and universities, it is difficult to improve the percentages”.

All the conferences will be available for on-demand viewing through ‘El Observatorio’, the digital platform of Medina Media Events, where each conference will be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, free of charge.

The eighth edition of the 5G Forum is organised by Medina Media Events and is supported by Orange, Telefónica, DIGI, Netmetrix, Huawei, ZTE, GMV, NTT DATA, HPE – Aruba Networking, Vicomtech, Gradiant, i2CAT, OpenNebula, Ayscom, Keysight, Teltronic, Datatronics, Oracle, Universidad de Málaga, Axión, Wavecontrol, Nokia, Rohde & Schwarz, Hispasat, Circet, Iplus|F, Dihbu, SAPEC, Gsertel, Kenmei, Ingenalia, AIFunded, Opossum, AEVAC and Secmotic, among others.