As networks evolve from static hardware to cloud-native environments, the complexity has reached a point where manual management is no longer sustainable. Deutsche Telekom’s Ahmed Hafez explains how AI must become the operating system of networks, not just an enhancement, to manage the scale of variables in software-defined fabrics. Ericsson’s Ibrahim Eldeftar details how AI models are being deployed across different network layers, from radio edge optimisation to centralised coordination, delivering measurable improvements, including 20% user throughput gains and 75% operational efficiency improvements in live deployments.