We’re proud to partner with FutureNet World, the premier event where telecom network automation, AI-driven operations, and autonomous networks take centre stage. Join 1,000+ telco professionals, CSP leaders, and technology innovators as we explore the future of intelligent networks.

🔍See the full agenda here.

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The agenda features NGMN Board Member and Chunghwa Telecom’s Chiung-Jang Chen who will deliver a keynote on ‘A vision towards 6G’.

Secure your spot today: https://futurenetworld.net/events/futurenet-asia-2025/event-register/

Find the agenda here featuring some of our NGMN Partners.

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“BRINGING TELCO EXECS TOGETHER TO SHAPE FUTURE NETWORKS WITH AI & AUTOMATION.”

The global event will focus on the strategic & commercial priorities in today’s digital world and the considerations for the future of the network, & dedicated to driving the agenda around ‘Network Automation and AI’, key foundational pillar for the next wave of growth in telecoms.

Register here.

Find the agenda here featuring contributions from our NGMN membership.

Access our latest publications here.

We invite interested industry players to become part of our endeavour. 

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Our Senior Programme Manager Sparsh Singhal will share NGMN’s view and recommendations and discuss the opportunities and challenges of 5G SA, the development of 6G, and the growing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation.

Join him on 19 March (time to be confirmed) for an insightful session on “6G – AN OPERATOR VIEW”.

Register now and find all the details on the agenda and speakers.

Access our latest publications here.

We invite interested industry players to become part of our endeavour. 

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Accelerating the future of open and disaggregated technologies.

Our CEO Anita Döhler will share NGMN’s view and recommendations on the panel “How Cloud & AI will accelerate Open RAN”.

Join her and other industry leaders on 12 Nov 10:00 – 10:20 to dive into how cloud native Open RAN, combined with #AI, offers operators a scalable, flexible platform to boost network performance and drive innovative services.

Register now and find all the details on the agenda and speakers here featuring some of our NGMN Partners.

Access our latest publications here.

We invite interested industry players to become part of our endeavour. 

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NGMN outlines framework for autonomous networks
based on AI 

The mobile communications industry has been provided with new guidance on the building blocks needed for autonomous networks that encompass Artificial Intelligence (AI) thanks to the publication of NGMN’s ‘Automation and Autonomous system Architecture Framework – Phase 2’, released today.  

The latest updates provide guidance and direction on the use cases, requirements, and architectural principles to embrace interoperable, multi-vendor and standards-based autonomous networks that will help to manage the increasing complexity of the evolving 5G Advanced ecosystem.  

“AI has huge potential to revolutionise the way we plan, build, operate and maintain networks, the services we offer and our ability to respond rapidly to customer needs,” said Arash Ashouriha, Chairman of the NGMN Alliance Board and SVP Group Technology at Deutsche Telekom. “This publication provides a further foundation for the mobile industry to move forward together by developing and embracing a standards-based approach to autonomous networks.”  

This framework outlines architectural considerations for enhancing operational capabilities through AI and Machine Learning (ML), enabling operational capabilities beyond typical human response times amid growing networking complexities, while guiding standards development organisations in delivering a more customised, user-centric experience. 

“With the ever-increasing complexity of networks and the move towards disaggregated and cloud-based architectures, it is more fundamental than ever that we manage that complexity by introducing AI at all levels of our networks and operations,” said Michael Irizarry, Member of the NGMN Alliance Board and Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, UScellular. “UScellular is proud to have led this activity working alongside our partners at NGMN. We strongly encourage the industry to adopt this guidance when developing the industry standards that are necessary to ensure autonomous networks can be delivered through open and interoperable standards.”  

The autonomous system architecture framework is intended to serve as guidance in the development of inter-operable and market enabling specifications, for the continuing advancement of an automated and self-adaptive 5G ecosystem of heterogeneous access, virtualisation, forward-looking service enablers and emerging usage scenarios.  

Topics covered in the publication include: 

• Management of complexity 
• Network, service and device evolution 
• Autonomous System Management and Orchestration and the role of Large Language Models (LLMs) 
• Co-operative technologies and processes 
• Use cases 
• Security and privacy 
• Role of industry standards 

The publication can be downloaded from here

The publication was developed with input from across the industry, with NGMN’s membership comprising operators, vendors, and research institutions. This collaboration enables NGMN to offer strong guidance on key industry issues, driving progress on today’s most important topics, including NGMN’s Strategic Focus Topics: Mastering the Route to Disaggregation, Green Future Networks, and 6G. NGMN encourages all stakeholders across the value chain to join the Alliance in this endeavour. 

Further information and all NGMN publications can be found on the website at ngmn.org. 

About NGMN Alliance 

The NGMN Alliance (NGMN) is a forum founded by world-leading Mobile Network Operators and open to all Partners in the mobile industry. Its goal is to ensure that next generation network infrastructure, service platforms and devices will meet the requirements of operators and ultimately will satisfy end user demand and expectations. The vision of NGMN is to provide impactful industry guidance to achieve innovative, sustainable and affordable mobile telecommunication services for the end user with a particular focus on Mastering the Route to Disaggregation / Operating Disaggregated Networks, Green Future Networks and 6G, whilst continuing to support 5G’s full implementation. 

NGMN seeks to incorporate the views of all interested stakeholders in the telecommunications industry and is open to three categories of participants/NGMN Partners: Mobile Network Operators (Members), vendors, software companies and other industry players (Contributors), as well as research institutes (Advisors). NGMN invites all parties across the entire value chain to join the Alliance in these important endeavours. 

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Find the agenda here featuring some of our NGMN Partners.

Access our latest publications here.

We invite interested industry players to become part of our endeavour. 

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