This document discusses the unprecedented period of technology innovation that telecom companies now find themselves in. It notes the transition from traditional to future telecom, which will be fully digital and involve technologies like 5G, cloud/MEC, IoT, machine learning, and cloud native solutions. This transformation will allow telecom operators to expand into new domains and provide new use cases across industries like automotive, manufacturing, healthcare, and media/entertainment. Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is described as involving computing capabilities and content being placed closer to endpoints and users to reduce latency. The document also briefly discusses opportunities for telecom companies in healthcare and public safety through technologies like augmented reality and 5G enabling better surgical precision.