Strategic collaboration to enable group-wide deployment of AI-generated rApps and intelligent agents aligned with legacy RAN, O-RAN, and TM Forum standards.
Aira Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in AI-defined networking, and Axiata, a leading operator of telecommunications companies across Southeast and South Asia, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating AI-native, autonomous network operations across Axiata’s operating companies.
Under the MOU, the parties will evaluate the use of Aira’s AppGen platform as a group-wide enabler for the rapid generation and deployment of AI-native applications and rApps, intelligent agents, and automation policies in support of Axiata’s A3 (Axiata AI & Autonomous) Network strategy. The collaboration is expected to align with O-RAN (including R1 SMO) specifications and TM Forum Open APIs, ensuring interoperability and vendor-agnostic deployment.
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Driving Intent-to-Outcome Automation
The proposed collaboration is designed to help Axiata translate business and network intents into autonomous actions, leveraging AI-generated applications to support the full network lifecycle, from provisioning and predictive operations to optimization and monetization.
Key objectives of the collaboration include:
- AI-Native Platforms & Organizations: Rapid generation and deployment of rApps, intelligent agents, and control policies to enable fully autonomous network operations.
- Repeatable rApp Lifecycle: Establishing a standardized and scalable process for rApp ideation, validation, deployment, and lifecycle management.
- Intent-to-Action Execution: Translating network and business intent into actionable, agentic applications.
- Platform Agnosticism: Maintaining OEM- and platform-neutrality aligned with Axiata’s A3 strategy.
“This MOU is an important step in our journey toward AI-native, autonomous networks,” said Thomas Hundt, Group Chief Business and Technology Officer. “This collaboration supports Axiata’s strategy to industrialize AI-enabled L4 automation across our OpCos. With AppGen as an enabler, our teams will generate and deploy rApps rapidly aligned to our architecture, data policies, and business priorities.”
“We are excited to collaborate with Axiata to explore how AppGen can enable rapid, scalable rApp generation across multiple operating companies,” said Aira CEO and Co-Founder Anand Chandrasekher. “By pairing Axiata’s operational scale with Aira’s GenAI‑native AppGen on the Aira Naavik platform, we’re establishing a modern blueprint for network automation that’s open, standards‑aligned, and designed to deliver measurable value in weeks, not years.
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