Tech Mahindra Partners with Nvidia and AWS on Advanced AI Model for Telecom
Tech Mahindra has expanded its collaboration with Nvidia and AWS, unveiling a new multimodal AI model tailored to enhance network operations. This announcement, made at MWC this week, signifies a significant step towards AI-driven automation in the telecom industry.
The model is a customized version of Meta’s Llama 3.1-8 instruct, specifically designed to manage data related to network functions. It aims to provide network operators with AI-driven insights, analyzing data from various sources, including events, alarms, logs, images, and marketing materials.
Tech Mahindra, Nvidia, and AWS have worked together previously on AI projects, including the creation of an AI center of excellence and an AI-powered platform. This latest collaboration combines Tech Mahindra’s network automation platform, netOps.ai, and its TENO framework with Nvidia’s NeMo and Nim microservices, plus AWS’s Elastic Compute Cloud and Container Registry services. The goal is to create a model that can boost operational efficiency in telecom networks.
Manish Mangal, chief technology officer for telecom and global business head of network services at Tech Mahindra, explained the potential of the new model: “Our collaboration with Nvidia and AWS is pioneering a ‘Multi-Modal Network Operations Large Model’ designed to enhance security, automate network management, and improve operational efficiency. Through this work, we will empower telcos to reduce operational costs and pave the way for a more agile and resilient network environment.”
The initial uses for the model will be focused on “intelligent observability”—providing AI and operations teams, as well as C-suite executives, with insights into network performance. It will also act as a “Proactive Network Anomaly Resolution Hub,” an AI-powered system designed to detect and resolve network issues automatically, without human intervention.
Chris Penrose, VP of telco business development at Nvidia, highlighted the transformative impact: “The introduction of large telco models that understand the network language is a transformational moment for the telecom industry, helping to deliver AI-accelerated operations. Large telco models like Tech Mahindra’s new Multi-Modal Network Operations Large Model — based on Nvidia AI Enterprise — offer the foundation for creating multiple AI agents that will help enable fully autonomous networks.”
