Recap TM Forum DTW 2026 :: Copenhagen
Xyna Bulletin #32
Dear friends, partners, and customers of Xyna,
Copenhagen is now behind us; and we can say with confidence: DTW Ignite 2026 was our most successful TM Forum event to date.
Sure, everyone says that (always), but in reality: with the "Trusted Agentic AI for Access Management" Catalyst project, the industry showcase session with Telekom Technik, and our booth featuring numerous live demonstrations, we experienced more activity and visibility than ever before. That is no small feat, given how the Forum’s event continues to grow in scale and spectacle.
To any readers who were there in person: a huge thank you to all the visitors, the people we spoke with, and the TM Forum team for a fantastic event.
Read more about it in this bulletin; enjoy!
P.S.: The next newsletter will be released after the summer break, just in time for the upcoming launch of Xyna 11 this autumn. Until then, we wish you a wonderful holiday season! ☀️
Best regards from Mainz,
Philipp
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Catalyst: Trusted gentic AI for Access Management
Artificial intelligence is evolving at tremendous speed. Yet the more responsibility intelligent systems assume, the more important a single question becomes:
When and how can AI actually be trusted?
In the operation of critical networks, speed and automation alone are not enough. Every change to an infrastructure must remain traceable, explainable, and auditable. Our Catalyst project, "Trusted Agentic AI for Access Management," addressed precisely this issue.
Together with champions Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, as well as our partners Celfocus and Tallence, we developed a solution that combines agentic AI—in the context of identity and access management—with governance, compliance, and traceable decision-making processes.
If you would like to know more—we are very proud of the solution we have developed and welcome any inquiries. We would be happy to provide a brief private demo and brainstorm whether this kind of approach is essential for many AI applications in network-adjacent environments.
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Showcase: Intent-based Service Activation @ DT Technik
Another highlight was our joint industry showcase with Deutsche Telekom Technik:
One Net to Bind Them All – Intent-based Service Activation
Together with Eric Dorr from Deutsche Telekom Technik, our colleague Dr. Kai Schorstein presented the results of a pilot project demonstrating how modern carrier networks can be activated in a fully model-driven manner in the future. The focus was on our intent-based approach within the Xyna Factory.
Instead of manually defining technical configuration steps, the user simply describes the desired target state of a service. Xyna then automatically handles the rest:
- Intent interpretation
- Validation against service models
- Decomposition into executable domain processes
- Orchestration across various network technologies
- Continuous status monitoring
- Rollback in case of errors Full traceability of all process steps
Particularly in the environment of major carriers with multi-vendor networks, it is becoming evident that traditional scripting landscapes are reaching their limits in the long run. Model-driven automation forms the foundation for autonomous production processes in this context.
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Xyna Booth: Meet & Greet the future
Naturally, our own platform also took center stage. At our booth, we showcased numerous recent developments related to the Xyna Factory:
- TM Forum Open API support via OAS and TMF apps
- NETCONF and YANG integration
- Git-based CI/CD processes
- Shared resource management for cloud-native deployments
- Intent-based service orchestration
We were particularly pleased by the keen interest shown not only by existing customers but also by many new visitors who were able to experience Xyna live for the first time. Many conversations focused less on individual features and more on the question:
How can we evolve our OSS landscape toward autonomous networks (higher levels, targeting Level 4)?
This is precisely the question that consistently guides our product development. And if you—the interested reader—are also losing sleep over this issue, simply get in touch; perhaps we can find a solution together. 😊