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Vodafone’s Nadia Benabdallah: ‘the real leap lies in autonomous networks’

2025-08-11T12:43:00

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Source: Vodafone

Having seen the Group’s networks evolve from 3G to 5G SA over a 30-year career, Milan-based network strategy chief says the real benefits will come with deployment of autonomous networking…

This article includes:

  • Events: DTW Ignite.
  • Geographic: Africa; Europe; Germany; Italy; Milan.
  • Organisations: Amazon; AST SpaceMobile; Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA); IBM; Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN); ORCA Computing; Project Kuiper; Vodafone; Vodafone Group; Vodafone Italy.
  • People: Alberto Ripepi; Fabrizio Rocchio; Mabel Pous-Fenollar; Nadia Benabdallah; Scott Petty.
  • Themes: 5G Advanced; 5G standalone (SA); AI-augmented operations; Artificial intelligence (AI); Autonomous networks; Cloud; Cybersecurity; Direct-to-device (DTD) satellite connectivity; Fault management; Generative AI (GenAI); Incident management; Industrial connectivity; LEO satellite; Mobile networks; Network architecture; Network automation; Network engineering; Network optimisation; Network planning; Network slicing; Network strategy; Open RAN; Quantum; RAN Reduced Capability (RedCap); Self-driving networks; Self-healing networks; Subsea cables; Technology strategy; Zero-touch operations.

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