Jio Platforms (JPL) on Monday partnered with US chipmaker AMD and telecom gear makers Cisco and Nokia to launch a ‘Telecom AI Platform’ for driving efficiency, security, and new revenue opportunities for telecom carriers.

The companies said in a joint statement at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 that the Telecom AI Platform will create a new central intelligence layer for telecom and digital services. This multi-domain intelligence framework will integrate AI and automation into every layer of network operations.

The platform will be large language model (LLM)-agnostic and utilise open APIs to optimise functionality and capabilities. It will harness agentic AI, LLMs, domain-specific small language models (SLMs), and non-GenAI machine learning techniques to enable intelligence for network management and operations.

The platform will be built with Jio as the first customer, creating a replicable reference architecture and deployable solution for the broader telecom carrier industry, as per the statement.

The joint effort will also foster the development and commercialisation of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven telecom solutions.

"In collaboration with AMD, Cisco, and Nokia, Jio is advancing the Open Telecom AI Platform to transform networks into self-optimising, customer-aware ecosystems. This initiative goes beyond automation—it’s about enabling AI-driven, autonomous networks that adapt in real time, enhance user experiences, and create new service and revenue opportunities across the digital ecosystem,” said Mathew Oommen, group chief executive officer (CEO), Reliance Jio.

By leveraging AMD’s portfolio of high-performance CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive computing solutions, telcos will be able to create more secure, efficient, and scalable networks, said Lisa Su, chair and CEO, AMD. “Together we can bring the transformational benefits of AI to both operators and users and enable innovative services that will shape the future of communications and connectivity.”

“This collaboration with Jio Platforms Limited, AMD and Nokia harnesses the expertise of industry leaders to revolutionize networks with AI,” said Chuck Robbins, chair and CEO, Cisco. “We look forward to seeing how the Telecom AI Platform will boost efficiency, enhance security, and unlock new revenue streams for service provider customers.”

“The Telecom AI Platform will help Jio to optimise and monetise their network investments through enhanced performance, security, operational efficiency, automation and greatly improved customer experience, all via the immense power of artificial intelligence. I am proud that Nokia is contributing to this work,” said Pekka Lundmark, president and CEO at Nokia.

Notably, all the companies have been bullish about AI, and this announcement marks the first time that they have come together to develop AI solutions relating to network operations.

Jio plans to offer affordable and personalised AI-as-a-service or AI agent applications on top of these models through Jio Brain, which is a ffull-stack enterprise suite, ET reported in its March 4, 2025 edition. Jio Brain, which offers ML-as-a-service for enterprises, doesn’t need users to have costly infrastructure to build AI applications.

Meanwhile, Nokia and Cisco have been gradually integrating AI into their networking and data center equipment portfolios. The Finnish vendor recently said it is establishing an AI-RAN Center at its offices in Dallas, US, to enable its partners to create innovative use cases, prototypes and to validate AI-RAN reference architecture.