Lightstorm has partnered with Nokia to create a Cognitive Network Operations Centre Digital Twin, leveraging Nokia’s network automation solutions to transform the way telcos and service providers manage and optimise their networks. The platform is set to launch in the coming months, enhancing network visibility, predictive analytics, and operational efficiency.
The companies partnered to integrate network services platform (NSP) and Nokia Digital Operations software including network assurance centre, unified inventory and provisioning capabilities to build a comprehensive real-time monitoring and automation framework. The Digital Twin utilises Meta’s Llama 3.X to power AI-driven insights, enabling automated fault detection, analysis and resolution and intelligent troubleshooting, ensuring seamless and highly responsive network operations.
Nokia NSP accelerates service fulfilment and simplifies network management, assurance and optimisation. These capabilities maximise the agility, efficiency and reliability of internet protocol (IP) and optical networks, ensuring a synchronised and holistic view of Lightstorm’s network operations. The Nokia Network Assurance Centre provides real-time service assurance with proactive alerts for rapid issue resolution. The unified inventory acts as a single source of truth, consolidating critical network data to enhance decision-making and resource optimisation. Together, these components create an intelligent, self-optimising system that reduces operational complexities, improves fault management, and enhances overall service reliability.
Commenting on the collaboration, Lalit Chowdhary, chief technology and information officer, Lightstorm, “By collaborating with Nokia and its data source from diverse deployed Nokia systems, we have developed a next-generation AI-powered platform that redefines network operations. This Digital Twin will significantly enhance the customer experience by enabling proactive service assurance, reducing downtime, and improving operational agility and reducing dependency on human knowledge.”
Meanwhile, Arvind Khurana, head of cloud and network services for India, Nokia. “We are excited to announce a major milestone in our partnership with Lightstorm. We have powered Lightstorm’s AI-driven network automation journey, and with the Nokia Digital Operations suite along with IP NMS, this Digital Twin sets a new benchmark for operational intelligence and efficiency in network management.”
