Vodafone Idea partners with HCL Software to automate 4G and 5G networks

Telecom major Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Tuesday announced that it has partnered with HCLSoftware, the software business unit of HCL Tech, to make its 4G and 5G networks smarter and more efficient. Vi is now using HCL Augmented Network Automation (HCL ANA), a multivendor self-optimizing network (MV-SON) platform, to manage its Ericsson and Samsung networks. This technology will help Vi improve network performance, save energy, and offer better services to its customers, it said in an exchange filing.