Tech Mahindra Partners with Microsoft for AI-Driven 5G Network Digital Twin
Tech Mahindra has partnered with Microsoft to launch an AI-driven 5G Network Digital Twin solution that aims to modernize telecom operations and enable autonomous decision-making.
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What Happened
Tech Mahindra announced a collaboration with Microsoft to showcase an advanced Network Digital Twin solution for telecom operators. The solution integrates Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Digital Twin services to unify network telemetry into a real-time, AI-ready data estate. It supports advanced simulation, predictive modeling, and autonomous decision-making, enabling operators to modernize network operations and accelerate monetization of 5G capabilities.
“Through our integration with Microsoft, we are combining digital twin technology, unified data intelligence, and agentic AI to help operators move toward autonomous network operations, improve service assurance, and create new opportunities for revenue growth through AI-driven network innovation.”
“By combining Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Foundry, and Microsoft Fabric with Tech Mahindra's deep telco expertise, operators can move from passive monitoring to active, intelligent decisioning, with agentic AI that reasons, simulates, and acts across live network environments in real time.”
Why this matters
This collaboration combines digital twin technology and AI to help telecom operators manage complex networks more efficiently, reduce costs, and unlock new revenue streams from 5G.
Terms in This Story
- Digital twin
- A virtual replica of a physical system that uses real-time data for simulation and analysis.
- Network slicing
- A technique that creates multiple virtual networks on a single physical 5G network to support different services.
- Agentic AI
- AI that can autonomously reason and take actions in an environment.
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