Ericsson has introduced Agentic rApp as a Service (rApp aaS) on Amazon Web Services to help communications service providers (CSPs advance network autonomy. Available through the AWS Marketplace, this offering brings Ericsson’s agentic AI capabilities to operators seeking more automated, intelligent network management.
The service uses agentic AI to oversee optimization workflows, reasoning about live network conditions and selecting appropriate actions. A natural-language interface allows network teams to issue plain-language instructions that the system translates into executable management commands, simplifying interaction and reducing the need for specialized scripting.
rApp aaS integrates with the Non-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller via the R1 interface specified by the O-RAN Alliance. Because the R1 interface is standardized to enable third-party applications to interact with operator networks, Ericsson’s rApp aaS can operate in networks that follow open RAN principles and in multi-vendor, standards-compliant ecosystems.
Field trials of rApp aaS are already underway with several operators, including Vivo in Brazil. Elmo Matos, director of mobile network core and deployment at Vivo, said the collaboration with Ericsson “allows us to test different applications of artificial intelligence. We will explore the rApp aaS model and expand AI-driven functionalities, focusing on improving network capacity and automation on a national scale.”
Ericsson notes that its portfolio of AI solutions for network optimization currently processes more than 100 million AI inferences each day across approximately 11 million cells serving over two billion subscribers. These figures reflect Ericsson’s deployed AI systems overall and are not limited to rApp aaS deployments.
The new rApp aaS supports Ericsson’s drive toward Level 4 network autonomy—defined as the ability to perform closed-loop optimizations with limited human intervention under specified conditions. Jean-Christophe Laneri, head of cognitive network solutions at Ericsson, described the launch as “a significant milestone in our vision for autonomous networks.”
Ericsson will present the rApp aaS platform at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, demonstrating the service running embedded agentic AI on AWS infrastructure. While the demo will showcase capabilities, further technical details and independent performance data will be important for assessing practical impact and readiness for commercial-scale deployments.
James Crawshaw, practice leader at Omdia, commented that although many vendors claim to offer rApps, few have proven production-level deployments with O-RAN–compliant interfaces. He added that “no other vendor offers a comparable rApp-as-a-Service solution,” highlighting how the combination of standards compliance and a managed service model distinguishes this offering.
The Agentic rApp as a Service represents a step toward more autonomous mobile networks by combining agentic reasoning, natural-language control, and open RAN interoperability. Operators evaluating AI-driven network automation should consider field results, interoperability with existing management systems, and measurable performance outcomes when assessing the solution.
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