Today’s telecom news includes announcements on Orange, Nokia, Databricks, Amazon Web Services (AWS), among others.
Orange Accelerates AI Vision with New Chief AI Officer and €600 mn Value Target
Orange has appointed Usman Javaid as Group Chief AI Officer, effective September 1, 2026, as the telecom operator intensifies its focus on artificial intelligence as a key growth and transformation driver. Reporting directly to Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Bruno Zerbib, Javaid will oversee the expansion of AI initiatives across the Group, helping integrate AI and agentic AI into networks, customer service, operations, and enterprise offerings. The move supports Orange’s Trust the Future strategy, launched in February 2026, which positions AI at the center of operational excellence, service quality, customer experience, and innovation. Through large-scale AI deployment, Orange aims to generate more than €600 million in value by 2028 while advancing responsible and trusted AI adoption.
Nokia and Databricks Unlock the Future of Autonomous Networks with AI-Powered Data Platform
Nokia and Databricks have successfully completed a joint proof of concept (PoC) demonstrating a unified, substrate-agnostic data platform that can help telecom operators accelerate the deployment of AI-driven autonomous networks. The initiative addresses the industry’s long-standing challenge of fragmented data environments, where hundreds of siloed operational and business support systems hinder the effective use of AI. The platform enables seamless operation across cloud and on-premise infrastructure without requiring code modifications, simplifying data management and improving scalability. The PoC also validated the architecture’s ability to ingest and process vast amounts of network data in real time, enabling AI agents to support automated cross-domain decision-making, enhance network performance, and drive greater operational efficiency.
Nokia and AWS Supercharge the Future of Telecom with AI-Driven Autonomous Networks
Nokia and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have expanded their collaboration to help telecommunications providers accelerate the adoption of autonomous, AI-powered networks by running Nokia’s Autonomous Networks Fabric on AWS cloud infrastructure. Expected to be available later this year, the platform will give operators access to advanced AI and cloud capabilities required for Level 4 network autonomy. The initiative builds on Nokia’s existing digital operations applications for orchestration, assurance, and unified inventory already deployed on AWS. Nokia’s Autonomous Networks Fabric combines intent-based service orchestration, AI-powered observability, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and closed-loop automation, enabling telecom operators to improve network performance, efficiency, and operational agility across complex multi-vendor environments.
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