Nokia has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to introduce the first agentic AI-powered 5G-Advanced network slicing solution in a live 5G network. The innovation combines Nokia’s advanced network slicing technology with AWS AI capabilities to enable telecommunications providers to deliver premium, intent-based services precisely where and when they are needed.
Operators including du and Orange are among the first to explore the new solution within their live networks.
Agentic AI Enables Adaptive 5G Network Slicing
The new AI-driven slicing solution leverages agentic AI to analyze real-world data such as locations, live events, traffic conditions, incidents, weather, maps, and timetables. By continuously monitoring network key performance indicators including bitrate and latency, the system dynamically adjusts radio access network policies to maintain service-level agreements.
Unlike traditional static network slicing configurations, this intent-based 5G-Advanced solution autonomously adapts to unpredictable conditions such as traffic surges, emergencies, and mass gatherings. This ensures optimal network performance, efficient resource utilization, and improved customer experience across geographical regions.
Pallavi Mahajan, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Nokia, said the innovation represents a major milestone in AI-native network evolution, enabling operators to unlock new revenue streams and deliver differentiated premium services for enterprises, industries, and consumers.
Amir Rao, Global Director, GTM and Telco Solutions at AWS, noted that manual configuration and static policies have limited on-demand provisioning. By integrating agentic AI through Amazon Bedrock with Nokia’s application, operators can now provide intelligent, context-aware slicing that responds dynamically to real-world conditions, transforming network slicing into a business enabler.
Use Cases for Agentic AI-Powered 5G Slicing
Enterprise and Industrial Applications
The solution supports intent-based slicing for enterprises by autonomously optimizing network KPIs across campuses, business parks, and city zones. This enhances premium connectivity for manufacturing, IoT deployments, drones, smart cities, hospitals, energy utilities, transportation systems, and ports.
Emergency and On-Demand Network Slicing
When triggered by external data sources, agentic AI can boost performance at selected 5G base stations, delivering enhanced connectivity for first responders and public safety agencies during emergencies. It also preserves quality of service for premium 5G and fixed wireless access customers using gaming, streaming, extended reality, and AI applications during peak demand or adverse weather conditions.
Mass Events and High-Demand Scenarios
For concerts, sporting events, and conferences, AI agents analyze network patterns and automatically configure slicing policies to ensure high-capacity connectivity. This benefits VIP spectators, payment systems, fan engagement platforms, live broadcasting, and operational teams in arenas and large venues.
Saleem Alblooshi, Chief Technology Officer at du, said the operator is excited to pilot the solution on a live network to deliver responsive premium services for enterprise and consumer use cases.
Atoosa Hatefi, Director of Innovation in Radio and Environment at Orange, highlighted that AI-driven intent-based slicing enables operators to anticipate customer needs and deliver tailored services ranging from mission-critical applications to immersive entertainment.
Integrated 5G-Advanced Technology Stack
The end-to-end slicing solution spans radio, transport, and core networks. It integrates Nokia’s 5G AirScale base station and MantaRay SMO with agentic AI modules deployed on AWS infrastructure.
Through APIs, AI agents interact with Amazon Bedrock to coordinate data analytics, inferencing, and network policy management. These agents operate in chatbot, on-demand, scheduled, and autonomous modes, enabling flexible service provisioning.
The system is further enhanced by Nokia’s Edge Slicing solution, which brings cloud applications and workloads closer to users over secure, high-capacity, and low-latency 5G networks.
AWS infrastructure, including Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes, allows telecommunications providers to deploy AI agents and network workloads across existing infrastructure while unifying Kubernetes management across cloud and edge environments.
Unlocking New Revenue Streams for 5G Operators
With the launch of agentic AI-powered 5G-Advanced network slicing, Nokia and AWS aim to help telecommunications providers monetize their 5G investments through differentiated, premium, and context-aware services. By enabling real-time, intent-based service provisioning, the collaboration marks a significant step toward fully autonomous, AI-native mobile networks.
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