Ericsson and AWS collaborate on autonomous networks
By Ray Le Maistre
Jul 31, 2025
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Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (00:04):
So we're at DTW Ignite 2025. We're in Copenhagen. I'm here with Jean-Christophe Laneri from Ericsson. Jean-Christophe, thanks so much for joining us today.
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (00:13):
Thank you for having me.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (00:15):
So what kind of business challenges are driving the need for autonomous networks and how does your collaboration with AWS address this?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (00:24):
So the way we see it is that customers have really two big challenges, I would say in the industry right now. Some are driven by the need of business agility, right? Being able to launch new services much faster, going from months to few minutes or seconds. So most of us need to streamline operations, meaning how can they continuously optimize the network, reprogram the network without any human intervention. These are really the key drivers for us and we are working really hard to make sure that we can solve this problem. And of course, leveraging AWS capabilities to do just that.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (01:01):
Okay. And can you explain how Ericsson's Cognitive Network Solutions portfolio leverages AWS's AI capabilities?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (01:10):
So yeah, I mean we're very excited about the collaboration that we kicked off now around agentic AI. Maybe before I talk about agent and reasoning, I think we need to take a step back on what is it we're doing right? We are really solving use cases that allow us to step-by-step, take human out of the loop in terms of network operation and network optimization. Now, when you start having all these application that can run in parallel, the typical way of working would be to have a human in the loop to look at the different trade-off, right? Because networks are typically about trade-offs, capacity and coverage, different trade-offs in the network. So to be able to take the human out of the equation here, we need to introduce reasoning. And this is where I think the collaboration with AWS comes into the picture with agentic AI to see how can we resolve this reasoning layer to be able to resolve the trade-off based on what kind of SLA business objectives the CSPs have.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (02:12):
Okay. And what kind of specific benefits can CSPs expect from this collaboration in terms of distinct operational improvements?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (02:21):
So very clearly first, number one is being able to launch new services much faster. Second one is of course to have superior network performance improvement performance at a lower operational cost. These are to us the two big drivers why we are doing this in the first place.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (02:43):
Okay. And looking ahead, how do you see this collaboration shaping the way that telecom services and telecom networks evolve?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (02:53):
I mean, we're definitely shaping, I think the industry now because for these systems to be able to introduce reasoning and introduce full autonomy, we also need to, if the machines is supposed to be autonomous, then we need to be able to steer the machine. And for example, here at DTW, we're introducing a catalyst where we're showing how end-to-end intent would work across the stack, the telecom stack, where we would be able to give on a high layer a business objective. And that would trickle down all the way to how the network is configured and reprogram all the time. So this is definitely something that is, to me, a world first and that we're going to keep pushing now in the industry.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (03:41):
Okay. Well there's obviously a lot going on behind the scenes here, a lot underpinning all of this. Where can people find out more about this collaboration so they can learn what is really driving all of this?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (03:53):
Well, I really advise everyone to check the cognitive technology in our webpage we have on Ericsson.com. That would be a great starting point.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (04:00):
Okay, excellent. Jean-Christophe, thanks so much for joining us today. Thank you.
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (04:03):
Thank you.
So we're at DTW Ignite 2025. We're in Copenhagen. I'm here with Jean-Christophe Laneri from Ericsson. Jean-Christophe, thanks so much for joining us today.
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (00:13):
Thank you for having me.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (00:15):
So what kind of business challenges are driving the need for autonomous networks and how does your collaboration with AWS address this?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (00:24):
So the way we see it is that customers have really two big challenges, I would say in the industry right now. Some are driven by the need of business agility, right? Being able to launch new services much faster, going from months to few minutes or seconds. So most of us need to streamline operations, meaning how can they continuously optimize the network, reprogram the network without any human intervention. These are really the key drivers for us and we are working really hard to make sure that we can solve this problem. And of course, leveraging AWS capabilities to do just that.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (01:01):
Okay. And can you explain how Ericsson's Cognitive Network Solutions portfolio leverages AWS's AI capabilities?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (01:10):
So yeah, I mean we're very excited about the collaboration that we kicked off now around agentic AI. Maybe before I talk about agent and reasoning, I think we need to take a step back on what is it we're doing right? We are really solving use cases that allow us to step-by-step, take human out of the loop in terms of network operation and network optimization. Now, when you start having all these application that can run in parallel, the typical way of working would be to have a human in the loop to look at the different trade-off, right? Because networks are typically about trade-offs, capacity and coverage, different trade-offs in the network. So to be able to take the human out of the equation here, we need to introduce reasoning. And this is where I think the collaboration with AWS comes into the picture with agentic AI to see how can we resolve this reasoning layer to be able to resolve the trade-off based on what kind of SLA business objectives the CSPs have.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (02:12):
Okay. And what kind of specific benefits can CSPs expect from this collaboration in terms of distinct operational improvements?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (02:21):
So very clearly first, number one is being able to launch new services much faster. Second one is of course to have superior network performance improvement performance at a lower operational cost. These are to us the two big drivers why we are doing this in the first place.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (02:43):
Okay. And looking ahead, how do you see this collaboration shaping the way that telecom services and telecom networks evolve?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (02:53):
I mean, we're definitely shaping, I think the industry now because for these systems to be able to introduce reasoning and introduce full autonomy, we also need to, if the machines is supposed to be autonomous, then we need to be able to steer the machine. And for example, here at DTW, we're introducing a catalyst where we're showing how end-to-end intent would work across the stack, the telecom stack, where we would be able to give on a high layer a business objective. And that would trickle down all the way to how the network is configured and reprogram all the time. So this is definitely something that is, to me, a world first and that we're going to keep pushing now in the industry.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (03:41):
Okay. Well there's obviously a lot going on behind the scenes here, a lot underpinning all of this. Where can people find out more about this collaboration so they can learn what is really driving all of this?
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (03:53):
Well, I really advise everyone to check the cognitive technology in our webpage we have on Ericsson.com. That would be a great starting point.
Ray Le Maistre, TelecomTV (04:00):
Okay, excellent. Jean-Christophe, thanks so much for joining us today. Thank you.
Jean-Christophe Laneri, Ericsson (04:03):
Thank you.
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Jean-Christophe Laneri, Vice President and Head of Cognitive Network Solutions, Ericsson
Ericsson's Jean-Christophe Laneri discusses his company’s collaboration with AWS to address business challenges in the telecom industry through autonomous networks. The conversation covers how this partnership uses AWS’s AI capabilities within Ericsson’s Cognitive Network Solutions portfolio to improve operational efficiency and service delivery. Laneri highlights the importance of this collaboration in evolving telecom services and networks towards greater autonomy and efficiency.
Recorded June 2025
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