World’s First AI-Driven 5G Network Slicing Demo by Nokia, AWS, du & Orange

Nokia and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have unveiled what they call the industry’s first agentic AI-powered 5G-Advanced network slicing solution, showcased at MWC26 in Barcelona with operators du and Orange.

This breakthrough innovation inferences and leverages open Internet data, including traffic, events, locations, maps and operator data for network slicing business.

du and Orange first to explore this innovative slicing solution that adapts automatically to support customer demand.

Key Highlights

• Agentic AI integration: The system uses AI agents to continuously analyze real-world data such as traffic conditions, live events, weather, maps, and incidents.
• Adaptive slicing: This allows telecom operators to dynamically adjust network slices in real time, ensuring premium services that respond intelligently to changing conditions.
• Intent-based services: Enterprises can define service-level intents (like guaranteed latency or bandwidth), and the AI automatically tunes radio access network (RAN) policies to meet those requirements.
• Live deployment: du and Orange are the first operators to test this in their live 5G networks, demonstrating practical use cases for enterprise campuses and industry-specific applications.
• Business impact: The solution promises new revenue opportunities by enabling differentiated, premium connectivity services that adapt autonomously to customer demand.

This move positions Nokia and AWS at the forefront of AI-driven telecom innovation, competing with similar agentic AI initiatives from Ericsson and others.