Nvidia and Nokia have expanded their partnership to develop a sovereign agentic AI platform that will help telecom operators automate network operations while maintaining control over their data and infrastructure.
As a result, the platform use Nvidia AI Enterprise software, Nemotron models and libraries alongside the telecom giant’s network technology to help operators build and manage AI agents across radio, core, transport and cloud networks.
These AI agents will be able to monitor network conditions, identify problems and take action to improve performance, reducing the need for manual intervention.
According to Nokia, the system will include safeguards that allow operators to oversee how AI agents make decisions and carry out tasks.
Meanwhile, the platform will also support on-premises, cloud and hybrid deployments, giving operators control over where their operational data, models and policies are stored.
Telecom operators including etisalat UAE (formerly e&), MEO and Airtel are already working with Nokia to explore potential applications for the technology.
Nokia Chief Technology and AI Officer, Pallavi Mahajan, said: “The next era of connectivity will be defined by networks that do far more than connect: They will distribute intelligence, continuously optimize performance and enable entirely new AI-powered services, including the emerging world of physical AI.
“Together with Nvidia and leading operators, Nokia is turning this vision into reality by bringing AI into the radio network and across network operations. This creates a trusted, software-defined foundation that helps operators get more from their spectrum today while enabling new Physical AI use cases and opening a practical path toward increasingly autonomous, AI-native 6G networks.”
Nvidia Senior Vice President of Telecom, Ronnie Vasishta, added: “The next generation of telecommunications infrastructure will be built on a software-defined architecture.
“Nvidia and Nokia are combining CUDA accelerated computing and AI with Nokia’s network software and expertise to improve radio performance and deploy trusted AI agents. Together, we are advancing software-defined, AI-native 5G and laying the foundation for 6G.”
The announcement builds on the companies’ wider AI-RAN partnership, which is already being tested by operators including Elisa, Deutsche Telekom, BT and Orange.
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