Bringing two worlds together: Peter Arbitter and Maziar Zolghadr explain how Germany's leading mobile network and the most widely used collaboration solution are uniting to offer Mobile für Microsoft Teams. The vision: In a world where more and more people are "mobile only", a platform is required that can provide both efficient collaboration and seamless communication. The integration of Deutsche Telekom's mobile network into Teams is a milestone on this path.

Mobile für Microsoft Teams - Revolutionary mobile and fixed line integration in Teams  

Peter Arbitter has been working in the IT industry since 1991 in various positions and companies (e.g. Siemens, T-Systems, Microsoft Germany). Since September 2016, he has been Head of Portfolio and Product Management for the B2B business at Telekom Deutschland GmbH and was also responsible for the "Enterprise Networks" tribe for three years. From January 2021 he has also been Head of the SD-x global business unit.

Peter Arbitter 2023

Peter Arbitter

Senior Vice President B2B Portfolio, Telekom Deutschland AG

Maziar Zolghadr is the Senior Director of Global Telecom partners in the Worldwide Global Partner Solution organization in Microsoft. He works with Strategic Operators to help grow profitable businesses based on Microsoft Cloud Services. In his role, Maziar sets strategy and assists these strategic partnerships accelerate their growth in the Cloud though driving GTM strategies, programs and execution, through sales and marketing activities for small to medium-sized businesses and Enterprise accounts.

Most recently, Maziar was the Director of Global Services Partner from the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East & Africa). Prio to this, he held a range variety of roles in Microsoft including Business and Strategy Development for the Mass Market, Sales Management, Channel Management, Product marketing  and Business operations. Maziar holds a Business degree from HEC Paris, a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Bristol University, England and an Engineering degree from EFREI, France.


Maziar Zolghadr  2023

Maziar Zolghadr 

Senior Director, Global Telecom Partners, Microsoft

Mobile für Microsoft Teams

The connectivity needs of international enterprises are changing. The volume of WAN traffic is rapidly increasing. Cloud adoption has become common practice, driving many CIOs to re-design their WAN backbone for improved performance. The MPLS technology for long has been said to be the gold standard in terms of reliable and secure networks. But, as they grow, enterprises seek more flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient solutions to connect their branch offices. With internet connectivity solutions on the rise, Deutsche Telekom offers premium internet solutions with performance SLAs that are on par with MPLS. Together with their partners from Teridion, Intel and Zscaler, a new innovative ecosystem has been built, which aims at disrupting the enterprise networking arena.

Yaron Ravkaie, an experienced CEO, prior to CEO of Teridion, Yaron was the CEO of RADCOM a pubic NASDAQ traded technology company in the network space, prior to that Yaron was the Chief Business Officer of RRMEDIA and prior to that Yaron was President of a north american division in Amdocs managing > $1B P&L. Yaron holds a BSC in Industrial Engineering and IT and an MBA in buisness.

Yaron Ravkaie

Werner is a visionary executive who melds broad experience gained in companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 corporations with technical expertise to devise strategies that maximize global revenue and profitability. A tenacious leader who excels in connecting people and ideas to achieve innovative solutions. He translates ‘tech-talk’ into customer benefits and a language that resonates with diverse stakeholder groups.

Werner Schäfer

Werner Schaefer

VP Sales & Director Networking & Telecommunications Center of Excellence, Intel Corporation

Raj Krishna currently leads New Initiatives at Zscaler. He started his career at Meraki prior to its acquisition by Cisco, leading product management and strategy; in his time there, the Meraki business grew by 100x to become the leader in cloud-managed switching, wireless and SD-WAN. Before joining Meraki, Raj was Founder of Fatte Telecom, a calling and SMS routing startup built on Asterisk.

Raj Krishna

Senior Vice President New Initiatives at Zscaler

Disruption in Enterprise Networking

As DT and Microsoft Azure announce their cooperation in the Private 5G Campus area, independent market analyst Leo Gergs from ABI Research interviews Peter Arbitter, DT's B2B Portfolio Lead and Jaione Pagazaurtundua Microsoft's Product Solutions Director to explore their views on the Private 5G market, their product strategies and the roles both parties are expected to play in this partnership.

With over 20 years of experience in Telco and Enterprise Product development, Jaione leads product development and GTM strategy for 5G private networks in EMEA. Working closely with Enterprises and Service Providers to leverage the scalability, simplicity and security of the cloud to build Enterprise solutions that integrate 5G to deliver real value. 

Jaione Pagazaurtundua 2023

Jaione Pagazaurtundua

Product Solutions Director Azure Private 5G, Microsoft

Leo Gergs leads the enterprise connectivity work at ABI Research. His research focusses on Private Networks, the importance of hyperscalers, Service Providers and System Integrators as well as the role of Open RAN for enterprise connectivity. 

Peter Arbitter

Sessions where Peter Arbitter takes part

Mobile für Microsoft Teams

Disruption in Enterprise Networking

Campus Cooperation with Microsoft