AI and Data Innovation
Join the Mission to accelerate AI and data adoption at scale
Telcos are hungry to accelerate their journey towards becoming AI-native; streamlining operations, generating value, meeting customer needs and driving innovation. But the path is unclear.
Got it in 5
Streamline innovation
Dramatically accelerate the industry’s path to becoming AI-native by defining stages of innovation and removing barriers.
Unlock value
Provide both the harmonized foundations and the real-world, production-ready solutions to unlock value.
Empower leaders
Describe and benchmark the stages of AI-native transformation to enable critical discussions and decisions.
Accelerate maturity
Establish the definitive industry “AI for X” path to production playbook to overcome barriers, save time and slash costs.
Create the blueprint
Curate and validate an industry-wide baseline AI-native blueprint, enabling CTOs and architects to create RFPs, reference architecture and have discussions.
Follow the rapid path to becoming AI-native
The telecoms industry is transforming fast — and AI is at the heart of it. From boosting efficiency to improving customer experiences, AI and data are shaping the future. TM Forum, as the industry's global alliance, is now guiding this next big leap, through three core pillars:
AI for Leadership
Leaders want to understand the opportunities AI presents, as well as the risks and responsibilities that come with it. Then they can make the right decisions. The AI for Leadership pillar will empower executives to benchmark their organization’s AI maturity, set clear roadmaps, manage risk and drive change.
AI for Everyone (AI4X)
AI shouldn’t just be for data scientists or IT teams. TM Forum’s AI4X playbooks will help every department—from HR to network ops—kick off AI projects faster, using proven templates and best practices, helping to build skills and culture and align innovation to create a scalable approach to AI.
AI-first Technology Enablers
As we implement AI, we must be careful not to create technical and data debt or data silos. The best way ahead is to build a blueprint; an enterprise architecture function, driven by a set of robust principles and capabilities.
We are building on TM Forum’s already internationally recognized ODA standards to create the first and only harmonized AI-native blueprint which will:
- Democratize data access: Enabling federated learning and interoperability through standardized APIs.
- Ensure trustworthy agents: Providing lifecycle management and ethical guardrails for AI systems.
- Provide adaptive security: Embedding privacy, explain-ability, and compliance into the architecture.
- Enable native AI operations: Supporting continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) for AI models and automated monitoring.
Ignite your AI and Data journey
Explore the latest trends and insights
Dig into industry trends to uncover how AI and Data is providing the biggest opportunities, and the biggest challenges, to the connectivity industry's future.
Check out our on-demand webinar Maximizing Revenue Growth and Operational Efficiency in Telecom with Agentic AI, or our recent report How does your GenAI strategy measure up? Key findings from our Generative AI Maturity Interactive Tool as well as case studies, C-level interviews, insights from industry figures and more.
Accelerate innovation
Join the brightest and best minds from across the connectivity ecosystem to ideate and experiment on solutions that build our AI-enabled future together. You can join a range of Innovation projects within our Hackathon, Catalyst and Innovation Hub environments. You'll develop your skill sets, connect with experts, and gain hands-on experience, all while driving real-world innovation.
Check out our recent AI-focused Catalysts redefining what's possible in connectivity.
Find out more about our recent Hackathon: The Google Cloud AI Autonomous Networking Challenge
Explore live projects in the Innovation Hub like GenAI/LLM - TM Forum AIVA
Build the standards
Our Member projects bring together experts from across the connectivity ecosystem to collaborate and patternize solutions, creating an AI-enabled ODA body of knowledge, and bringing to life practical toolkits for real-world implementation.
Teams from multiple organizations work together on projects covering topics such as AI and Data governance or AI close loop automation.
Uplift your skills and capabilities
The key element in any successful transformation is people. With TM Forum, you'll get the education and certification needed to elevate standards across your organization.
Our AI and Data Skills Paths and skills development programs will help you build the workforce needed to drive our AI-enabled future.
Meet up and join in at our industry events
Our Global Events are a platform to innovate, collaborate, and showcase real-world solutions to industry challenges. We have a range of inspiring events such as DTW Ignite where you'll connect with other highly-engaged experts from the connectivity ecosystem.
Don't miss our upcoming event Innovate Americas, AI & Automation: Powering The Future Telco
Leading the Mission
Meet the industry leaders who are driving our AI and Data Innovation Mission.