BARCELONA, February 26 (Portal) – Microsoft has unveiled previews of two AI-powered services designed to manage telecom networks and leverage the same capabilities used to manage the tech giant’s Azure cloud platform.
Operators can benefit from advanced artificial intelligence that helps unlock new business opportunities from data and insights into their operations — including the rollout of high-speed 5G networks — the company said in a blog post.
Microsoft first entered the 5G arena after acquiring cloud networking companies Affirmed Networks and Metaswitch in 2020.
The company has had a heavy focus on AI and has invested heavily in OpenAI’s ChatGPT bot, which has contributed to the widespread attention artificial intelligence has gained in Silicon Valley and beyond. Microsoft said last month it aims to bring such AI into all of its products as OpenAI continues to pursue the creation of human-like intelligence for machines.
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“We’re taking our native cloud work and making it specific to this telecom operator network space. I think a really great example of this is all of the AI Ops work that we’re rolling out into the system,” said Jason Zander, executive vice president of strategic missions and technologies at Microsoft.
“We’re bringing the same technology to this space,” he added. “Every operator I’ve shown this to has been extremely excited.”
Telecom partners like AT&T Inc (TN), Ericsson (ERNT.ZA) and Nokia Oyj (NOKIA.HE) can benefit from Microsoft’s new Nexus service, an all-in-one platform that allows operators to manage their networks on the cloud and two different “AIOps” services.
Monica Zethzon, vice president at Ericsson, said the developments would allow operators to “transform their core networks while enhancing the customer experience.”
Reporting by Martin Coulter; Editing by Jonathan Oatis
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