Three foundational projects under TM Forum's AI-Native Blueprint just dropped, giving telecom operators a shared playbook for scaling AI beyond isolated pilot programs.
AI-Native Blueprint launches
AI-Native Blueprint launches
- TM Forum kicked off MODaaS, DPLM, and Agentic Interactions Security.
- All three tackle fragmented data, inconsistent model ops, and missing governance.
- The blueprint debuted conceptually at DTW Ignite 2025.
- Long-term industry-wide value could hit hundreds of billions of dollars.
- AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Telstra are all contributing members.
- Google, Huawei, Dell, and Salesforce represent the tech side.
- China Telecom, China Unicom, and Telenor add global carrier weight.
- Accenture, PwC, and SAS bring consulting and analytics muscle.
- It standardizes how carriers source, run, and scale AI models.
- Cloud, edge, and on-premises environments all get covered.
- Lock-in avoidance and a common control plane are central goals.
- The World Economic Forum flagged it as an actionable industry foundation.
- DPLM turns messy data initiatives into governed, discoverable products.
- AI agents can tap those products without human intervention.
- Agentic Interactions Security sets guardrails for machine-to-machine AI behavior.
- DTW Ignite 2026 in Copenhagen will showcase all three projects live.