Huawei unveils blueprint for fully autonomous network operations

Huawei unveils blueprint for fully autonomous network operations


Huawei’s Lucas Lu

At OTF Africa 2025, Lucas Lu, director of Huawei ICT assurance and managed services department, delivered a keynote speech titled “Accelerate service-centric intelligent operations transformation”. He emphasised that the transition to intelligent O&M is a gradual process, driven by solid operations and management (O&M) expertise and emerging technologies.

Key drivers: solid expertise and emerging technologies

There is wide recognition in the industry of the transformative potential of large artificial intelligence models in enhancing O&M efficiency. However, the ultimate success of this intelligent transformation hinges on the in-depth integration of O&M experience and emerging technologies. The former serves as the cornerstone for business understanding, while the latter acts as the engine for efficiency gains.

Huawei solution: three-in-one technical architecture and model upgrade

At the forum, Lu presented Huawei’s integrated intelligent O&M solution, built upon its leading technological framework and manifested in three core aspects:

  1. Technical foundation: The solution deeply integrates three key technologies – digital twin network, large language model and agentic AI.
  2. Application achievements: Leveraging these technologies, Huawei has developed a range of innovative application scenarios that significantly improve the O&M processes and models.
  3. Model transformation: The solution’s core value lies in driving a historic shift in the O&M paradigm, from “tools assisting humans” to “humans assisting intelligent agents”, paving the way for fully autonomous O&M systems.

This solution significantly enhances O&M efficiency and business outcomes for carriers.

Co-creating an open intelligent O&M ecosystem

Huawei remains committed to three key initiatives in intelligent O&M: leading industry innovation, contributing to standards and establishing thought leadership. Looking ahead, Huawei recognises that digital transformation is a continual journey, and embraces open collaboration with industry standards organisations and carriers to jointly advance toward a new era of intelligent, digital O&M.