Vodafone breaks out of PoC jail with autonomous networks ‘killer app’

Neal Doran2026-06-29T10:03:00

Source: Vodafone

DTW Ignite: Vodafone and Google Cloud are pushing beyond proof-of-concept theatre, setting out a ‘pragmatic’ blueprint for closed-loop operations where digital twins help build the trust required for real-world network autonomy.

This article includes:

Themes: Agentic artificial intelligence (AI); Autonomous networks; Closed-loop automation; Digital twins; Network optimisation; Proof of concept (PoC); Self-optimising networks; Telecommunications transformation.
Events: DTW Ignite 2026.
People: Brian Naughton; Simon Norton.
Geographic: Copenhagen; Europe.
Organisations: Google Cloud; TM Forum; Vodafone.

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