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Green intelligence: Cutting cost and carbon with AI-driven networks

November 18, 2026
16:00-17:30
Impact Stage
Autonomous Networks
Autonomous operations
Session overview: Discover how leading operators across Asia-Pacific are using Level 4 autonomy, AI-native operations and intelligent network optimization to reduce energy consumption, improve resource efficiency and accelerate progress towards ambitious net-zero commitments. 

Smarter networks, smaller footprint: Delivering measurable sustainability through autonomous operations 
  • How AI-powered operational intelligence is enabling continuous optimization of network resources, dynamically balancing energy consumption, capacity and customer experience across nationwide 5G networks 
  • Using AN to reduce power consumption, improving asset utilisation and supporting ambitious carbon reduction targets without compromising network performance 
  • How predictive traffic analysis, intelligent sleep modes and real-time workload orchestration help match network resources more closely to customer demand throughout the day  
  • Achieving reductions in energy consumption, operating costs and carbon emissions, while supporting long-term sustainability and business resilience 
Engineering autonomous networks for a lower-carbon future 
  • Optimizing energy consumption across multi-vendor network environments 
  • Co-ordinating energy efficiency across radio, transport, cloud and data centre infrastructure rather than optimising individual domains in isolation 
  • Using AN to balance energy efficiency, network resilience and service quality, adapting intelligently in real time to changing traffic patterns and operational conditions 
  • Making carbon efficiency a native outcome of autonomous operations rather than a separate optimization exercise 
Scaling green operations across a nationwide 5G network 
  • Improving energy efficiency across thousands of radio sites through intelligent power management and AI-enabled operational decision-making 
  • How cross-domain operational intelligence enables energy optimization across RAN, transport and core infrastructure  
  • Using digital twins and predictive analytics to reduce operational waste by validating network changes, improve resource utilization and support more efficient capacity planning 
  • Examining how sustainability has become a measurable business outcome within China Mobile's broader Level 4 AN strategy 
Balancing customer experience, network growth and sustainability 
  • How AI-powered traffic forecasting and autonomous optimization are improving energy efficiency  
  • Using intelligent network operations to balance performance, spectrum utilization and power consumption and reduce operating costs 
  • Enabling engineers to identify energy-saving opportunities before network performance is affected 
  • Strengthening long-term network resilience and supporting corporate ESG commitments 
Panel: Can autonomous networks accelerate the race to net zero? 
  • As energy demand continues to rise, how can operators reduce carbon emissions without compromising CX, service quality or network resilience?  
  • Which AI-enabled sustainability initiatives are already delivering OPEX returns, and where are operators seeing the fastest progress across APAC?  
  • How can CSPs move beyond isolated energy-saving initiatives towards network-wide resource optimization?  
  • Looking ahead to 6G and AI-native telecom operations, will carbon efficiency become a core KPI for autonomous networks alongside resilience, customer experience and operational performance? 
Please note: All topics and timings are provisional and may be subject to change. 
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