Spotlight on 5G

NGMN’s AI-driven approach to network simplification

By James Pearce

Mar 2, 2026

Bernard Bureau, NGMN Board Director, VP, Wireless Technology & Services, TELUS

As mobile networks grow increasingly complex with each generation, NGMN is providing new frameworks to help operators manage operational challenges while reducing costs and improving efficiency. Bernard Bureau, board director of NGMN and VP of wireless technology at Telus, outlines the organisation’s upcoming ‘Cloud Native Next Chapter’ paper on agentic AI-based operating models, and discusses its five essential AI adoption levels for transforming operator processes, the strategic importance of network simplification, and how AI can be used as the foundation for end-to-end automation across planning, deployment and daily operations.

Recorded February 2026

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