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LATEST: TM Forum Autonomous Networks Level 4 Industry Blueprint 🟥 Autonomous networks (ANs) represent a transformative shift for communications service providers (#CSPs), enabling them to operate more efficiently, deliver better customer experience & innovate rapidly. TM Forum is at the forefront of industry-wide collaboration to drive the deployment and evolution of AN technology, processes & business models. 🟥 During the past year, CSPs have taken significant steps forward in laying the foundation for autonomous networks by upgrading ICT infrastructure including wireless & fiber-optic networks. Some mobile operators are beginning to roll out 3GPP’s 5G-Advanced standards, while optical backbone networks are entering the 400-Gbps era, enabling ubiquitous, high-quality 10-Gbps access for end users. 🟥 At the same time, AI technology is evolving rapidly, with CSPs beginning to use GenAI and launch projects to develop telecom-specific language models. Telco operations are evolving, too, as operators adopt platform business models such as network-as-a-service (NaaS) to abstract the complexity of the underlying network using APIs such as the TM Forum Open APIs. 🟥 Ultimately, CSPs need to be able to scale orchestration of zero-touch, zero-wait & zero-trouble services end to end across network domains (for example, radio access, fixed access, core, IP, optical transport, data center/cloud networks). This requires automation of the entire service lifecycle, from ordering to fulfillment, activation, orchestration, management, assurance, optimization, billing. 🟥 Telcos have been working on this kind of automation for years & have made progress. In fact, TM Forum’s Open API program resulted from these efforts. But end-to-end automation has remained elusive because of interoperability issues, architectural fragmentation, heavy customization. TM Forum’s Autonomous Networks Project aims to change this. 🟥The project was formed in 2019 to define what it means for networks to be “autonomous”, to explain how to get there. Unlike automation, which relies on predefined rules, autonomy involves intelligent systems making independent decisions. Transitioning from automation to autonomy is a significant business & technology challenge, requiring straightforward implementation & integration patterns. 🟥TMForum goal is to build consensus around how to evaluate, design, implement and manage autonomous networks. 💟 To gain monthly insights on #technology & #innovations, subscribe to #global5gevolution newsletter (https://lnkd.in/ge9gsyjE) & tune in for the latest edition on “5G Monetisation” 💟 Or subscribe to #global5gevolution YouTube channel (https://lnkd.in/g8M7YvKq) & tune in for the latest episode “Cyber Space Robotic 5G”; click comment box 💟 Follow us on Kaneshwaran Govindasamy & Global 5G Evolution