Key Takeaways

• Autonomous networks use AI and analytics to monitor, secure, and optimize themselves with minimal human input.
• Traditional network management struggles with scalability, cost, and response time challenges.
• Communication service providers are leading adoption due to growing network complexity and data volumes.
• End-to-end automation requires deeper AI integration tied to specific operational use cases.
• Cognitive, agent-driven autonomy represents the next evolution of intelligent network infrastructure.

Melody Fallah Khair is a Silicon Valley technology executive with more than two decades of experience designing and scaling advanced networking and cloud platforms. Melody Fallah Khair currently leads research and standards initiatives for cloud and network services at Nokia, where her work focuses on autonomous edge networks, AI-native architectures, and next-generation 5G and 6G connectivity.…