Itsuma Tanaka

CEO at DOCOMO Euro-Labs

Speaker

Itsuma Tanaka is the CEO of DOCOMO Euro-Labs, leading NTT DOCOMO's European R&D and strategic collaborations across the telecom ecosystem. DOCOMO Euro-Labs is home to leadership positions in global telecom standardization, including the Rapporteur and Penholder for the 3GPP SA2 6G Study, the Chair of ETSI NFV SOL, and Board representation in one6G. He focuses on AI-native networks, autonomous operations, resilient architectures, and 6G. Previously, he led DOCOMO's 4G and 5G core network standardisation in 3GPP and GSMA and chaired the GSMA IREG Packet Working Group. He is a frequent international speaker on AI-native networks and 6G.