Press Releases 2026
SoftBank Corp. Builds Multi-AI Agent Platform for
its Large Telecom Model, a Generative AI for Telecom,
and Commences Verification of Autonomous Operations
Platform advances automation from analysis and decision-making to execution
in communication network operations
March 12, 2026
SoftBank Corp.
SoftBank Corp. (President & CEO: Junichi Miyakawa, "SoftBank") announced it built a multi-AI agent platform within its Large Telecom Model (LTM)*1, a generative AI foundation model for the telecommunications industry, enabling multiple AI agents*2 to work in coordination to autonomously carry out processes ranging from analysis and decision-making to execution. SoftBank also commenced verification of the multi-AI agent platform in base station integration operations as part of its efforts to automate communication network operations.
SoftBank will continue to promote greater efficiency and sophistication in its communication network operations through the LTM while steadily advancing the transition to an AI-driven autonomous operational model.
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- *1For more details on the "Large Telecom Model" (LTM), please refer to the press release dated March 19, 2025, titled "SoftBank Corp. Develops a Foundational Large Telecom Model (LTM)."
- *2An AI agent is a system that plans the steps required to achieve a given objective and autonomously executes multiple processes while utilizing external tools and data as needed.
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Background
In recent years, communication network configurations have become increasingly advanced and complex amid growing telecommunications traffic and the diversification of services. As a result, the number of situations requiring real time and highly sophisticated decision-making in operational settings has increased, while challenges such as the personalization of operational tasks and labor shortages have also become more pronounced.
Conventional generative AI has primarily focused on functions such as analysis and response generation. However, actual network operations require responsible personnel to execute a series of processes, including making decisions based on analytical results, implementing configuration changes, and coordinating with relevant stakeholders. To address these challenges, SoftBank has built a multi-AI agent platform within its LTM, with the aim of gradually transitioning these operational tasks to AI.
Overview of the multi-AI agent platform
The newly developed multi-AI agent platform consists of multiple business-specific AI agents optimized for their respective roles that work in mutual coordination, and performs a series of operations ranging from analysis and decision-making to execution that were traditionally carried out separately by human operators. Each AI agent hands over the results of its detection and analysis to another AI agent, which then makes decisions and carries out appropriate responses. By exchanging information and collaborating with one another as necessary, the agents autonomously process the entire operation as a single continuous workflow.
Through coordination among AI agents specialized for individual tasks and roles, the platform aims not only to automate discrete tasks but also to achieve advanced automation across the entire network operations domain. This approach is expected to prevent the personalization of operational processes that previously required skilled personnel judgment and task handovers, and improve response speed through faster decision-making.
Automation of base station integration operations
As part of its initiatives to automate network operations, SoftBank has begun verification of the multi-AI agent platform in base station integration operations. Base station integration operations are conducted when establishing base stations or changing hardware configurations, and include analyzing, determining, and responding to anomalies at base stations when they occur.
Based on various logs and configuration data, as well as accumulated network design, management, and operational expertise, the multi-AI agent platform analyzes detected anomalies and autonomously performs processes ranging from identifying root causes to proposing solutions and response policies, reporting to relevant stakeholders as necessary, and executing appropriate actions. As a result, it automates tasks such as formulating response policies and coordinating with related departments that were previously handled individually by personnel, thereby enabling end-to-end automation of base station integration operations.
SoftBank will gradually advance the autonomy of operations across a wide range of areas beyond base station integration, including fault response, traffic optimization, quality improvement, and equipment maintenance, by proactively leveraging AI. Based on insights gained from real world operations, SoftBank will further enhance its LTM and AI agents to improve network stability and reliability, enabling faster and more flexible service delivery and contributing to the evolution of next generation networks.
Ryuji Wakikawa, Vice President, Head of the Research Institute of Advanced Technology at SoftBank Corp. said: "SoftBank has enhanced its LTM based on the expertise in network operations that it has cultivated over the years. With the establishment of the multi-AI agent platform, we will evolve network operations beyond analysis and recommendations to AI driven operations that carry out decision-making and execution. Going forward, we will continue to leverage cutting edge AI to pursue the provision of high quality and highly reliable network services."
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- About the SoftBank Research Institute of Advanced Technology
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Guided by its mission to implement new technologies into society, SoftBank Corp.'s Research Institute of Advanced Technology promotes R&D and business creation for advanced technologies that support next-generation social infrastructure, including AI-RAN and Beyond 5G/6G, as well as telecommunications, AI, computing, quantum technologies, and technologies in the space and energy sectors. Through industry-academia collaboration and joint research with universities, research institutions and partner companies in Japan and abroad, the SoftBank Research Institute of Advanced Technology is contributing to the creation of global businesses and a sustainable society. For more details, please visit the official website.