Summary
One New Zealand has selected Nokia’s autonomous networks solutions to advance its move toward higher levels of network autonomy and AI-native operations. The decision bears on how the operator plans to improve network performance and the experience it delivers to customers.
The deployment is described as establishing a unified, trusted foundation that lets the operator anticipate network conditions, make faster decisions and act before issues affect customers. The work is also tied to progress toward TM Forum Level 3 and Level 4 autonomous network capabilities.
Nokia’s glass-box approach gives operations teams visibility into current activity, the reasons behind decisions and the governance applied to actions, while automation expands progressively. Open interfaces and on-premises deployment options allow the operator to develop new AI and automation use cases while keeping control of its data, models and operational environment.
Under the agreement, One New Zealand will deploy Nokia Assurance Center and Autonomous Networks Data Suite, and Nokia will supply R&D co-creation and consulting services. The agreement follows earlier investments in Unified Inventory and Nokia Orchestration Center made in 2025, bringing separate toolsets into an increasingly integrated framework.
“The ambition for autonomous networks is no longer simply to automate more tasks. It is to enable networks to sense changing conditions, make trusted decisions and act at machine speed,” said Shkumbin Hamiti, Head of Autonomous Networks at Nokia.
“Building greater autonomy into our network is a journey, and this agreement represents the next step in the transformation we have already started,” said Sharina Nisha, CTO at One New Zealand. The deployment is expected to move the operator toward a predictive, data-driven operating model.
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