Building the foundations for autonomous network operations

In an interview with TM Forum’s Mark Newman at DTW Ignite 2026, Ron Porter, Head of Product Marketing at Amdocs Networks, highlighted the industry’s focus on autonomous network operations and the challenges of reaching higher autonomy levels. Porter emphasized the importance of data readiness, network operations digital twins, explainable AI, and agent collaboration frameworks to enable trusted, scalable deployment of agentic AI in telecom networks.