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InfraVerse: Breaking boundaries for XR sustainability

Telecom infrastructure deployment—especially for rooftop, in-building, and dense urban environments—remains slow, costly, and error-prone. Existing planning methods rely on static blueprints, fragmented site data, and repeated site visits, leading to rework, delays, and missed revenue opportunities. The InfraVerse Catalyst addresses this bottleneck by applying telecom-specific building information modelling (BIM) to digitize the physical deployment process. It integrates drone imagery, AI-driven insight extraction, and genAI automation to transform how CSPs plan, validate, and deploy high-performance infrastructure—particularly in hard-to-serve, high-value areas. The Catalyst combines drone-based data collection, AI, and generative AI (genAI) with a telecom-specific BIM platform. Drones capture detailed visual data. AI then processes this data to extract structural, spatial, and environmental insights. Next, genAI generates critical documents—like EMF assessments, technical drawings, and permit applications—reducing manual work and speeding up compliance. This solution allows virtual site inspections, improves design accuracy, and reduces unnecessary travel. Teams collaborate more effectively using a unified digital model, streamlining deployment and cutting costs. CSPs can plan with greater precision, optimize equipment placement, and deliver stronger indoor and outdoor coverage. The system is scalable and sustainable - it enables energy-efficient design, lowers emissions, and helps meet green building standards. With fewer design errors and faster approvals, CSPs can deploy infrastructure faster, at lower cost, and with better quality control. The InfraVerse Catalyst helps CSPs break free from slow, reactive builds—replacing outdated planning with intelligent, digital-first workflows. The shift brings sharper accuracy, faster deployments, lower costs, and sustainability gains that can’t be ignored. It’s not just better planning—it’s a smarter path to market and a stronger, greener foundation for the networks of tomorrow.

URN: C25.0.802

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Beyond Chatbots: Hybrid AI for fully automated proactive customer care - Phase II

Only 1 in 25 Unhappy Customers Will Complain The other 96% remain silent—leaving service providers with a costly blind spot. This silence leads to unresolved issues, missed opportunities for intervention, and ultimately, silent churn. For telecom operators, this means not just lost revenue but a failure to meet customer expectations. The Problem with Traditional Care Legacy care systems are reactive. They rely on customers to initiate the support journey—by calling, clicking, or complaining. Even with chatbots, dashboards, and predictive models in place, most tools operate in silos. They detect technical issues but rarely connect those issues to the specific customers affected, leaving care teams without the clarity or speed needed to respond effectively. The Shift to Proactive, Autonomous Care Phase One: Assisted Care In the beginning, AI played a supporting role in reactive care. Once a customer initiated contact—through a call, chat, or complaint—AI stepped in to predict intent, route queries, and prioritize responses. It helped optimize workflows, but only after the problem had surfaced. Phase Two: Autonomous, Proactive Engagement Now, we’ve flipped the model. When a service issue is detected in real time, the system identifies which customers have been affected. It then predicts how those customers are likely to respond—whether by calling support, submitting a complaint, or silently churning. Based on this prediction, the system proactively engages with each customer to address the issue before they take action. This Catalyst transforms telecom care from reactive support to proactive, intelligent engagement—delivered through a robust Hybrid AI approach built to scale across millions of interactions. AI at the Core of the Solution Built for telco, Designed for scale. * AI at the core – The operational engine, not a bolt-on * Closed-loop automation – From detection to resolution, no handoffs * Silo-breaking integration * ODA-aligned – Modular, open, and fast to deploy Business Impact Even in pilots delivered : * 30%+ improvement in service quality * 80%+ satisfaction in AI-led interactions * Reduced call volumes and churn * Increased upsell/cross-sell * Lower operational costs through automation The Result: Productivity at the core. Scale at the edge. Satisfaction across the journey.

URN: C25.0.767

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AN L4 Digital Twin ensures maximum service reliability

Service is revenue. Better service is better revenue. Reliable service is reliable revenue. High service reliability has always been the key to success for CSPs and the telco industry as a whole, yet even minor configuration errors can trigger network-wide failures, causing severe revenue losses. IP network failures often escalate to core service outages, while massive-scale device connections exacerbate operational complexity. Statistics reveal that 70% of global IP incidents stem from human configuration errors, exemplified by an operator making 6,000 annual manual changes with 10+ human-induced errors and outages yearly. Exponential growth in CSP network complexity drives hundreds of annual configuration changes, with single IP devices handling ~600K configuration lines. Manual analysis remains prevalent, causing inefficiency, human dependency, and most importantly it simply cannot fully mitigate the risks. Therefore, relying on human intervention is destined to become obsolete. With our solution, CSPs can pre-emptively identify misconfigurations and service impacts, eliminate human-induced network failures, have a much faster network change process, reduce reliance on 5+ year-experienced O&M staff. This alleviates executive concerns about network change accidents which has been a long-standing issue. Zero-Accident Guarantee: Pre-emptive identification of misconfigurations and service impacts, reducing network change risks. Intelligent Verification: Automated network-wide analysis of routing and traffic changes, replacing error-prone manual checks. Real-Time Emulation: A digital twin mirroring live networks to test changes virtually, eliminating the need for multi-day physical monitoring. Operational Efficiency: Accelerated testing/troubleshooting and reduced resource costs via lightweight, high-precision simulation. By shifting from reactive to proactive operations, this solution empowers CSPs to execute network changes confidently while safeguarding service continuity.

URN: C25.0.828

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Agentic & autonomous AI for business excellence

The traditional market for telecom operators is nearing saturation. However, with the rapid rise of AI technology, new opportunities in intelligent applications across industries are emerging. According to reports, the global smart applications market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 31.7% from 2025 to 2033, reaching $488.54 billion by 2033. To harness this opportunity, telecom operators should offer integrated computing and network services to support industrial AI applications, lowering the barriers and costs of these foundational resources and fostering their own “second growth curve.” However, operators face several issues when providing computing-network services. * First, the complexity of industry intelligent services requires operators to understand industry business characteristics, diverse resource characteristics, and integration of heterogeneous products / resources to meet customized B2B needs, leading to difficult business analysis and long configuration time. * Second, high AI resource costs—smart computing resources and networks for AI-driven applications are costly, and inefficient allocation prevents operators from achieving economies of scale. Additionally, the intensive computing nature of AI-driven applications greatly increases resource energy consumption and power costs. * Third, complex operation and maintenance (O&M) of heterogeneous resources across computing-network domains raises O&M difficulties and weakens service guarantee. In conclusion, ineffective operation means may cause operator margins to fall short of expectations. To address these challenges, this Catalyst project aims to build an intelligent infrastructure that integrates network and computing resources, enabling efficient deployment of vertical AI applications. By leveraging Agentic AI and autonomous operations, the project will enable intelligent understanding of industrial AI workloads, precise resource matching, dynamic scheduling, cross-domain operational assurance, and holistic energy-saving strategies. The project will focus on AI medical imaging in healthcare as the initial application scenario, lowering costs and barriers for hospitals and offering strong replicability for other AI healthcare use cases and cross-industry adoption, empowering telecom operators to explore new markets.

URN: C25.0.816

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AN agent for 5G bearer networks

The 5G bearer network, which connects the 5G radio access network and the core network and supports high quality private line services, plays an extremely important role. But troubleshooting on the bearer network can be difficult. On one hand, alarms and faults frequently occur. For example, a broken optical cable broken may trigger hundreds of device alarms. On the other hand, it typically takes several hours for experts to complete a fault diagnosis and the on-site engineer often needs to contact the network operations center to obtain support. Yet during typhoons and other disasters, emergency relief and communication recovery must be completed quickly. This Catalyst is creating an intelligent fault management framework, encompassing network devices, the network management system (NMS) and the operations support system (OSS). The framework employs AI agents to automate the monitoring and diagnosis of root alarms, in place of manual operations, in common fault scenarios. In a scenario where a fault needs to be manually diagnosed, an AI copilot will provide support to the engineers via a natural language interface. A major step towards the development of a level four autonomous network, the end-to-end solution is based on a three-layer architecture that associates digital twins with AI foundation models. Drawing on embedded AI, the intelligent network element (NE) layer provides real-time awareness of the network status. The intelligent NMS layer enables self-closed-loop fault diagnosis in a single domain. Integrated with the NMS, the intelligent OSS layer can address fault scenarios across domains and vendors end-to-end. Having completed technical pre-research, the solution is being piloted by China Mobile Guangdong. After it is integrated into production, operations and maintenance in the province, the solution should greatly improve network stability and reliability, by reducing the time it takes to resolve faults. Improved data query efficiency and a more robust emergency response capability for natural disasters are also expected.

URN: C25.0.848

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CX optimization via AI-driven SOC over autonomous networks

This Catalyst – championed by Claro Colombia, Claro Brasil, and Libyana Mobile – showcases how an AI-powered SOC can predict issues before customers notice, automatically resolve incidents, and align network performance with customer expectations. Built on TM Forum Open APIs, the architecture enables seamless interoperability, fast integration in brownfield environments, and real-time automation. It delivers a replicable framework – a modular, standards-based blueprint adaptable across operations, domains, and technologies. Designed for scalability, it accelerates autonomy through proven patterns and automation models. Why It Matters Telecom networks are more complex than ever, yet customers demand flawless connectivity and fast resolutions. Traditional NOCs fall short of managing customer experience. Frameworks like TM Forum’s Open APIs, Closed-Loop Automation, and MAMA highlight the need for integrated, real-time, customer-focused operations. A customer-centric SOC is key to resolving issues before they impact users, improving satisfaction, and reducing costs and churn. How It Works The SOC collects data from all layers of the network — access, transport, and core — and consolidates it through a cross-domain Data Mediation Layer capable of handling diverse protocols and systems. This enables a unified operational picture built from alarms, KPIs, logs, and real-time performance. But observability alone is not enough. The SOC enhances this picture with customer-centric signals — such as QoE, crowdsourced metrics, complaints, and churn risk — to understand not just what’s broken, but how it impacts the customer experience and the business. An AI/ML engine detects anomalies and predicts service degradations. When issues arise, an intent-based automation engine maps them to appropriate actions using TM Forum Open APIs, closing the loop with continuous validation. Key Benefits * Proactive Customer Assurance: Identify and resolve service issues before users experience them. By focusing on QoE and customer context, the SOC elevates satisfaction and reduces inbound complaints. * Faster Time to Resolution: Intent-based automation enables rapid remediation, decreasing MTTR and ensuring consistent service availability. * Reduced Churn Risk: With real-time insight into customer impact and contextual business signals, high-value accounts are protected from persistent quality issues. * Operational Efficiency: Automation handles routine tasks, allowing SOC teams to focus on strategy and innovation. The unified view improves collaboration across digital operations, network, and customer-facing teams. * Scalable, Reusable Architecture: Built on TM Forum Open APIs and aligned with the ODA and MAMA frameworks, the solution provides a blueprint for autonomous operations that can be replicated across CSPs. Expected Outcomes * Decrease in customer-initiated trouble tickets and care center interactions. * Improved perceived reliability, especially in high-ARPU segments. * Increased Net Promoter Scores as customer disruptions become rare and short-lived. * Lower operational costs through intelligent automation. * Industry-aligned reference architecture, validated by TM Forum's Value Operations Framework (VOF), and designed to accelerate autonomy adoption across telecom environments.

URN: C25.0.806

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Messy data in, treasure out: boosting Autonomous Networks

To build an autonomous network that will increase customer satisfaction and reduce costs, CSPs need to be able to accurately manage the network status. One important requirement is network configuration information. However, many CSPs track network configurations using multiple methods, and the data is siloed and not standardized. These issues, which also impact IT systems, are particularly prevalent in legacy networks. To solve this problem, this Catalyst is using AI to collect a wide variety of configuration information and process it into data formats which will enable CSPs to visualize and manage network configurations. The standardized data is also provided to the network inventory management function, which can then optimize network configurations. The ultimate goals are to enable the network to heal itself, in the event of a fault, and allow CSPs to make intent-based changes to the network configuration management. By employing AI to process and format data, CSPs don’t need to conduct manual data analysis, processing, and formatting – thereby paving the way for more autonomous networks. Furthermore, end-to-end network configuration management will improve customer satisfaction, reduce support costs, streamline operations and improve CSPs’ return on investment.

URN: C25.0.830

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AI-driven sustainable connectivity: Cutting emissions for higher impact

CSPs are expanding their digital infrastructure—and as they do, energy consumption continues to rise. This increases both operational costs and carbon emissions. This Catalyst addresses the urgent need to optimize energy use across network operations using AI, machine learning, and data analytics. The solution integrates an AI-driven analytics engine into the network management layer. It ingests telemetry data from power systems, equipment performance logs, and traffic patterns across both access and core domains. Using machine learning models, it detects anomalous energy use, forecasts load requirements, and dynamically adjusts network parameters—such as power modes, cooling profiles, and traffic routing—to minimize unnecessary consumption. These adjustments occur in near-real time, reducing operational overhead and extending the usable life of hardware. The solution follows TM Forum Open Digital Architecture (ODA) and Open APIs for modularity and interoperability. As a result, it supports modular deployment and seamless integration with existing OSS/BSS systems. Unlike traditional methods, this solution combines predictive analytics with intent-based automation. It supports smarter energy provisioning for both access and transport networks—reducing over-provisioning and unnecessary energy draw. CSPs gain a clearer view of their carbon footprint and can align energy-saving initiatives with broader sustainability targets. The business value is twofold: reduced energy and maintenance costs, and improved brand reputation through demonstrable sustainability leadership. In a market where environmental accountability increasingly influences customer and investor decisions, this Catalyst enables CSPs to lead by example. By embedding intelligent energy optimisation directly into operational workflows, CSPs can cut emissions, boost uptime, and reduce costs. Crucially, this Catalyst will demonstrate that they can do this without compromising performance. The aim is to show that sustainability isn’t just good governance—it’s a core driver of resilience and long-term growth.

URN: C25.0.770

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Accelerating dynamic network marketplaces

As CSPs expand into hyperscaler, B2B and third-party markets, they are increasingly offering flexible network-as-a-service (NaaS) products and bundles. This Catalyst accelerates development of such network marketplaces by using CAMARA, TM Forum, and MEF APIs to streamline Multipoint VPN provisioning across multiple operators. This helps CSPs and hyperscalers rapidly launch multi-vendor services, cutting time-to-market and reducing costs through automated planning. In contrast to traditional manual methods, the APIs enable users to create and configure multi-site, multi-cloud network connections dynamically through a one-click marketplace interface. CSPs can thereby streamline the ordering and provisioning of network services. By orchestrating IP VPN connections across metropolitan and backbone networks, operators can easily deliver virtual private network services tailored to customer requirements. The integration of CAMARA, TMF and MEF APIs will facilitate end-to-end provisioning of VPN services across multiple operators, fostering seamless third-party marketplace integration. This capability empowers CSPs and hyperscalers to rapidly launch innovative multi-vendor services, dramatically reducing lead times from months to weeks. By enabling seamless marketplace integration, and abstracting network complexity through automated deployment processes powered by generative AI, CSPs can therefore efficiently manage and monetize their network assets. Key benefits include: 1. Projecting around 80% reduction in Quote to Deployment time. 2. Significant cost savings due to automated Order to Deployment, projecting up to 25% reductions in capital and operational expenses over five years 3. Upto 15% new revenue streams with the dynamic marketplaces. By adopting these APIs and secure integration frameworks, CSPs can significantly enhance competitiveness, driving customer acquisition as well as innovation and profitability. Industries benefiting from the enhanced network service automation made possible include finance, education, healthcare, IoT, cloud services, virtual conferencing, and more. Contributions to standards by TM Forum and the Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) through defining and orchestrating these APIs will then support wider adoption across the industry.

URN: C25.0.836

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B2Sea: Converged access - Phase IV

Market Opportunity and CSP Challenges Many port and terminal operators are investing in private 5G networks to enable high-speed, low-latency wireless connectivity for applications such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs), remote-controlled cranes, smart cargo handling, and predictive maintenance. In the maritime transport segment, onboard private cellular networks—supported by satellite backhaul links—are increasingly used to provide voice, data, messaging, and IoT connectivity services for both passenger and cargo vessels at sea. With the global market for smart ports projected to reach US$15.3 billion by 2030, communications service providers (CSPs) have a significant opportunity to harness 5G and private networks to deliver tailored enterprise services for maritime and port operations. Solution Needs Maritime vessels and port operations require multiple network slices to optimize performance, including ultra-low latency for control commands and high bandwidth for video feeds. Dynamic network slicing ensures continuous service quality and fail-safe operations by adapting in real time and switching to alternate slices during congestion or outages. Whether vessels are docked, in harbors, or navigating open waters, a mix of access technologies—including 5G, FTTx, IoT, and satellite—must be supported. Global transit adds further complexity, with connectivity often switching between multiple operators, creating unique challenges in maintaining consistent service intent. 2025 Catalyst Solution (Converged Access – Phase IV) Our catalyst solution, which delivers dynamic network slicing, builds on the momentum of our multi-year converged access project. The 2025 phase introduces new network vendor partners and leverages CAMARA APIs to address data sharing, inventory, and location needs across multi-operator environments—ensuring a seamless maritime connectivity experience. Business Value to CSPs CSPs will gain from reduced IT costs and accelerated time-to-market for intent-driven B2B2X services, all while meeting critical SLA and security requirements. The catalyst also enhances a telco's partner ecosystem through a centralized infrastructure that supports multiple stakeholders and additional verticals in logistics, supply chain, and transportation. What’s Next Looking to differentiate your enterprise services in a competitive market by ensuring business continuity across any access type? Join us at DTW in Copenhagen and tap into the multi-billion-dollar smart port opportunity.

URN: C25.0.807

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Agentic ODA for proactive customer experiences

Imagine a world where telecom services don’t wait for problems—they anticipate them. Where AI-powered agents within ODA components communicate not just with customers, but with each other—across systems, channels, and business domains, autonomously. No more call centers stuck in reactive loops. No more fragmented support journeys. This is our moonshot: a proactive, modular, AI-driven telecom experience built on TM Forum’s Open Digital Architecture (ODA), powered by Agentic AI. The Problem We’re Solving Today’s telecom support is passive and reactive. Whether it’s a billing error, service disruption, or plan query, the customer must initiate contact—typically navigating complex IVRs, chatbots, or long wait times. Issues are ticketed and routed through siloed departments. Even with current AI tools, agents remain standalone—confined to narrow domains and unable to collaborate across systems. The result? Slow resolutions, frustrated customers, high operational costs, and limited scalability. Every new product or service often requires staff retraining, custom integrations, and lengthy setup cycles—driving up both cost and time to market. Our Vision We envision a telecom experience led by a Concierge AI Agent—a proactive, intelligent assistant that continuously monitors the customer journey and engages before problems arise. And it doesn’t work alone. It’s supported by an AI ecosystem in which ODA components communicate via open APIs and natural language protocols. This is Agentic AI: autonomous, collaborative, and interoperable. Building on the ODA-in-a-Box concept, our architecture enables AI agents to discover each other, orchestrate actions, and respond to customer needs instantly—without manual handoffs or redundant data collection. How It Works When a service issue or anomaly occurs, the Concierge AI is alerted. It gathers context from billing, network, and service systems, consulting with other AI agents in real time. It then reaches out to the customer with personalized insights and solutions—before they even ask for help. But it doesn’t stop at problem-solving. The agent offers concierge-style services: tailored plan suggestions, proactive updates, and loyalty offers—drawing on cross-domain intelligence. The result is a seamless, responsive, and deeply personalized customer experience. Our Goals Our goal is to enhance ODA standards to support AI-to-AI interoperability. We’re introducing intelligent orchestrator components that enable proactive service management—shifting telecom operations from reactive containment to predictive care. We're also proposing API enhancements to support natural language discovery and communication between agents embedded within ODA components. The Impact This architecture will accelerate operational delivery while transforming both support costs and customer experience. By eliminating complex integrations, businesses can launch new operational services over 40% faster. Repetitive tasks vanish. Manual triage disappears. AI agents scale instantly, and operations become leaner. Customers benefit from faster resolutions, proactive engagement, and hyper-personalized experiences. Businesses benefit from improved Net Promoter Scores, reduced churn, and stronger brand loyalty. The Future We’re not just reimagining telecom support—we’re redefining how digital services interact with people. Our Agentic AI-powered ODA framework enables a future where building new anticipatory operational services—like this concierge agent—is cost-efficient, seamless, and swift.

URN: M25.0.793

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INFINITY: Unlocking revenue with APIs & dynamic pricing

What if your network could price itself, adapting to demand and opportunity in real time? The need for dynamic pricing and billing is driven by the diverse demands and evolving consumption patterns across our customer base. The main challenge of the existing pricing process is that it’s static in nature. CSPs have the opportunity to convert significant network spend into measurable, monetizable outcomes. We have a viable solution that can transform a deficit of dynamic pricing capability into a potential gain. The future is now. Telecom customers today expect personalized, high-quality service on demand, where CSPs have no suitable pricing model to satisfy the demand. Adding to this pressure, the swift evolution of cloud computing and AI is driving rapid innovation, forcing the telecom sector to adapt quickly achieving pricing agility. As a result, even after accounting for economic variations, yearly revenue growth has remained low, typically between 1-3%, highlighting the critical need for transformation. To stay competitive and unlock new revenue, CSPs must adopt dynamic pricing that aligns with real-time customer needs and network value. Customers are able to request Quality on Demand, and only pay for what they use, when they use it. Built on a foundation of proven TMForum APIs industry standards and with a customer-centric approach in mind, our innovative dynamic pricing capability highlights a potential for new revenue generation. Here’s how we’re making it happen: Our model runs through eligibility and technical viability checks, followed by collecting the real-time network telemetry, service location, time and other relevant attributes. By leveraging TM Forum ODA framework, CSPs are able to shift from fixed to dynamic pricing. This real-time adaptability provides a platform for ongoing growth within the telecom industry.Now CSPs can optimize their network capacity while delivering premium user experiences with TMF APIs. Our Dynamic APIs, available through CSP portals and marketplaces like ADUNA, are unlocked by a GenAI-driven chatbot, accelerating discovery and API adoption. This solution not only allows telecom to monetize but will transform pricing strategies across industries, from Satellite, IT, Smart Cities and NTN - reshaping how enterprises create and capture value. Key Benefits Unlocking primary benefits and innovative capabilities for CSPs result in 1. Enabling Dynamic Pricing 2. Generating New Revenue Streams 3. Optimizing Costs 4. Accelerating Dynamic Pricing Model Adoption via AI Conclusion CSPs hold untapped potential, variable demand, and avenues for revenue generation. Conventional pricing models often fail to adapt to these dynamics. To effectively leverage short-lived value, a novel, real-time adaptive strategy—dynamic pricing—is crucial. This isn't just an idea; it's a monetization model built for agility, speed, and scale. It transforms your network from a cost-center into a responsive intelligent profit engine. No more dormant bandwidth. No more lost revenues. Static is over. Dynamic pricing isn’t just a new model, it’s a new mission! Infinity starts here.

URN: C25.0.829

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