India Mobile Congress 2026

Andrés Vicente is Head of Market Area South East Asia, Oceania & India at Ericsson. Prior to his current position, he served as President of Ericsson Iberia (Spain and Portugal) and Global Head of the Telefónica account, where he strengthened partnerships with service providers and industry stakeholders and led business growth across Ericsson’s mobile and enterprise business.

Andrés joined Ericsson in October 2021 from Vodafone Spain where he spent over 25 years. He held key leadership positions at Vodafone across consumer and enterprise segments and played a pivotal role in driving the operator’s growth and contributing to the group's global commercial strategy. His international experience includes serving as General Manager of Vodafone’s B2B segment in Romania.

Andrés holds a degree in Law, an MBA from EOI and Manchester Business School, and completed the Commercial Excellence program at MDI.

As Group CTO, Erik Ekudden is responsible for setting the direction of technology leadership for the Ericsson Group. In 2017 he was re-located to Kista, Sweden, after nearly seven-year at Ericsson in Santa Clara, California.

His experience from working with technology leadership globally will influence the strategic decisions and investments in mobility, distributed cloud, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things. This builds on his decades-long career in technology strategies and industry activities.

Ekudden first joined Ericsson in 1993 working on mobile systems research. He has served as research area director and vice president of standardization. During his career, his team created technology and multimedia functionality that are now used in today’s smartphones worldwide. This team also conducted some of the first work on virtual and augmented reality for mobile systems. He has worked to create global mobile systems for 3G, 4G and 5G in close collaboration with customers.

He holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

Nitin Bansal is the Head of Network Solutions in the Market Area Southeast Asia, Oceania and India (MOAI) and is the Managing Director for Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd. In his current role, he drives the Network Solutions function for the Company across key markets like India, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand amongst others.  

Prior to this, Nitin was Vice President & Head of Network Products for Ericsson in India; a position he held for almost 2 years. He has spent more than 25 years at Ericsson and has held leadership positions in sales and business development across different markets.

Nitin has a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from University of Pune and an MBA in Strategy, Finance, Marketing & General Management from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.  

Thiaw Seng has more than 19 years of experience in Radio Access Technology working in both operator and vendor environment. He is currently the Regional Head of Network Solutions – Strategic Network Evolution in Ericsson Market Area South East Asia, Oceania and India (MOAI). He specializes in spectrum and network evolution strategy. His main scope of work is mainly dealing with analyzing operators’ network and suggests the best network evolution approach in achieving best network performance in fulfilling upcoming service requirements while ensuring the lower total cost of ownership in network evolution strategy. He is also the current Ericsson RAN Specialist Point of Contact (SPOC) in the Ericsson User Group Asia Pacific (EUGAP), driving operators’ requirement into Ericsson Solution. Thiaw Seng received his Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Multimedia University in 2013 and published several international peer reviewed journals. 

Elena Fersman is Vice President, Head of AI Innovation and Incubation and Head of Ericsson Silicon Valley Site. Elena is a docent and an adjunct professor in Cyber-Physical Systems specialized in Automation at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, holds a PhD in Computer Science from Uppsala University, and did a postdoc at the University Paris-Saclay. At Ericsson, she had various positions ranging from product management to research leadership. Elena is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Elena has co-authored over 50 patent families.

Associate Professor Gao Yujia is the Assistant Group Chief Technology Officer at the National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore, and a Consultant in Liver Transplant, Hepatobiliary, and Pancreatic Surgery at the National University Hospital.

A/Prof Gao is the founding Centre Director of NXAC, the NUHS 6G Artificial Intelligence Centre, which he established around three pillars: spatial and embodied artificial intelligence, advanced 5G/6G connectivity, and unified quantum networks. The centre serves as the operational engine for NUHS's work in next-generation connectivity, quantum-safe networking, unified platforms, XR technology, autonomous robots, and global surgery.

He is also responsible for the integration and implementation of 5G wireless technology for hospital infrastructure development and building of secured high-speed integrated data networks. As part of his work, A/Prof Gao is heavily involved in leveraging on MR and wireless communication technology to help advance global surgery initiatives including remote surgical assistance and education. A/Prof Gao also serves as the Vice Chairman of the HIMSS APAC Advisory Board and is a member of the Southeast Asia Public Policy Committee of HIMSS APAC.

He speaks internationally on the convergence of healthcare, advanced connectivity, and artificial intelligence.

Pankaj is responsible for product strategy, management and engineering execution of Cradlepoint products as well as Ericsson Private 5G solutions. He has been with Cradlepoint for the past 6 years and during this tenure he has successfully led new product introductions with 5G, Networking and Security and Private Cellular Networks. In his Career spanning 30+ years he has built many high-performance teams across multi-disciplined engineering programs that include complex and scaled SaaS Products, Unified Communications, WLAN, Network Management, Ethernet Switching and Routing platforms with Twilio, Shoretel, Juniper and Cisco. Pankaj holds many Patents in the areas of networking and network security.

Pankaj holds a master's in computer applications and a bachelor's in mathematics from Delhi university.

Farjola Peco has nearly 20 years of experience in the ICT industry. She holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Uppsala University, Sweden, and a B.Sc (Hons) in Information Technology and Communications Systems Engineering from the University of Malta and is a co-author of more than 30 patents.

In her current role as Head of Strategy for a Market Area at Ericsson, Farjola is responsible for shaping the company’s products and services strategy. She began her career as a software developer in the start-up community before joining Ericsson as a researcher. Over the years, she has held multiple leadership roles across Research & Development and technology strategy, including serving in the CTO organization where she drove Ericsson’s 3–5 year technology strategy for AI, automation, and data monetization. Prior to her current role, she was Head of Strategy for Business Area Digital Services.

Jagdeep Walia is Head of Network Security at Ericsson, a world leader in 
providing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to telecom service 
providers. He is passionate about cybersecurity and has been for last 12 years 
working in Network Security Domain, with focus on managing client 
engagements, contracts and fostering vendor relationships in the Market Area 
South East Asia Oceania India. 

He is an experienced telecom professional and has over 30 yrs of telecom 
industry experience in various roles & capacities stretching across Consulting, 
Business Development and Presales having worked across different 
geographies. He is member of TSDSI (Telecommunications Standards 
Development Society, India) a Standards Development Organisation (SDO) and 
GSMA T-ISAC Group actively contributing on topics around network security. He 
has delivered various presentations and talks on telecom network security in 
various internation events and forums. He has contributed towards the TSDSI 
technical requirements on study of Post-Quantum-Cryptography in 5G Networks 
and Reducing Threats to the National Critical Infrastructure Using DNS etc. 

Jagdeep holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and a long list of 
specialist training in cybersecurity. 

Håkan Olofsson joined Ericsson in 1994 and has led a broad range of strategic technology development activities contributing to the evolution from 2G to 6G. His background also includes board member positions at innovation centers at Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and at the Swedish Innovation Agency. Olofsson is currently Director of Advanced Technology at Ericsson’s CTO office for Asia-Pacific, based in Delhi, India.

Kunal is a senior technology and business executive with more than 20 years of experience building and scaling businesses across AI, 5G, cloud, SaaS, networking, and enterprise technology. He operates at the intersection of product, engineering, technology strategy, go-to-market execution, and revenue growth turning emerging technologies into differentiated solutions and profitable businesses.

As General Manager and Head of Network Powered Solutions at Vonage, Kunal leads global strategy, product, engineering, go-to-market, and commercial performance for its Network-Powered Solutions business, enabling secure, intelligent, mobile-first experiences for enterprises and developers.

Previously, as Chief Technology Officer at Digital Barriers, he led the company’s technology and product transformation, launching an Edge AI SaaS platform through a global partner ecosystem. He has also held senior leadership roles at Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Ericsson, and Aricent.

Kunal holds a Master’s in Computer Engineering and has served on the governing boards of the Linux Foundation Edge, Akraino, and 5G Americas, contributing to the advancement of next-generation network and edge ecosystems.

As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Asia-Pacific, Magnus Ewerbring is 
responsible for driving technology alignment as well as long term technology 
strategies for Ericsson in Asia-Pacific.

Magnus has been with Ericsson for more than 30 years and has held several senior 
executive positions within Ericsson Research, Development, Business Units, as well  
as in customer accounts.

Magnus holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers 
University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) and a Ph.D. in Electrical 
Engineering from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y., USA). 
Magnus is based in Singapore.

Neeraj Vyas is with Ericsson since 2012, and currently heading Digital Business Solutions domain for South East Asia, Oceania and India, which includes Pre-sales for OSS/BSS solutions across Revenue Management, Customer Experience and Analytics, Network management, Cloud and Orchestration.

He is an accomplished Practice Leader with over two and a half decades of experience across IT & Telecom industry. He brings deep expertise in strategy and solutions for Digital Transformation of Telco’s Operations management and monetization capabilities with 5G.  

Prior to joining Ericsson, he was the global head of Business Systems & Managed Services at Aricent Technologies. He has also worked at Siemens Information Systems Ltd and CMC Ltd. across India, US and Europe in various roles.

Neeraj is an alumini of IIT Roorkee & IIT Delhi from where he did his B.Tech and Management Studies.

Adriana Garrido is Vice President & Head of Cloud Software & Services South-East Asia, Oceania & India. Adriana has more than two decades of international leadership experience spanning Research and Development (R&D), Sales, and Service Delivery across Europe and Asia. Most recently, she led Ericsson’s core and cloud unit in Japan and Korea, overseeing large-scale ICT transformations and 5G deployments. 

Erol is Head of AI Innovation, BCSS MSN at Ericsson and leads the team responsible for identifying, shaping and executing growth opportunities across the Managed Services portfolio. His role combines strategic planning with hands-on engagement, from analysing market, technology and AI trends and aligning these with customer needs, to developing real-world solutions that accelerate the transformation towards Autonomous Network Operations for CSPs worldwide. At the same time, he drives the development of concrete offerings that enable sustainable, profitable growth for the Managed Services business. 

As Director of Advanced Technology Group, CTO Office at APAC for Ericsson, Rowan Högman is responsible for ensuring long-term technology plans and strategy for Ericsson in APAC with emphasis on India. In this capacity Mr Högman is deeply involved in managing Ericsson’s commitment in research forums and programs like Bharat 6G Alliance, and industry and academy collaborations across topics like AI, Quantum, XR etc. He was between 2021 and 2024, Director of Ericsson Research Partnerships and Ecosystems and part of the Leadership team at Ericsson Research and has previously been the Chairman of the Ericsson Whitepaper Board and the editor-in-chief of Ericsson Business Review.

Mr Högman has held various leadership roles within Ericsson and in the communications industry the past 29 years and obtained a Master of Science in Industrial Economics and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden 1996.