Nokia today announced the world’s first deployment of multiple AI use cases delivered via the public cloud, in collaboration with Microsoft. By integrating Nokia’s security framework with the Microsoft Azure digital architecture, communications service providers (CSPs) can securely incorporate AI into their networks nine times faster than using a private cloud and scale rapidly across their entire network. AI use cases are essential for CSPs to manage the business complexity of 5G and cloud networks and will help accelerate digital transformation.

Nokia AVA AI as a Service enables CSPs to deploy AI use cases quickly and securely, completing data setup in four weeks. By integrating Nokia’s security framework with the Microsoft Azure digital architecture, deployment is significantly faster, while eliminating concerns about data sovereignty and security and ensuring compliance with global regulations. The Azure platform enables Nokia's AI deployments to be delivered quickly and allows CSPs to scale rapidly across multiple clusters.

After initial data setup, CSPs can deploy additional AVA AI use cases within a week and scale resources up or down as needed within a day across multiple network clusters. Nokia's security framework on Azure ensures data segregation and isolation to provide the same level of security as a private cloud.