1、Unlocking AI potential through a modern data architectureAuthors:Dawn Bushaus,Contributing Analyst Michelle Donegan,Contributing AnalystEditor:Ian Kemp,Managing EditorAugust 2025 inform.tmforum.org3 The big picture9 Section 1:Whats driving data architecture transformation?16 Section 2:What needs to

2、change in telco data architecture?22 Section 3:What is a modern data architecture?28 Section 4:The importance of data governance 36 Section 5:The role of standards in improving access to data 41 Section 6:CSPs start to modernize their data architectures 44 Section 7:Key findings and recommendations

3、47 Additional sponsor feature:Redefining telco data strategy for AI amid growing network demands50 Additional resourcesWe hope you enjoy the report and,most importantly,fjnd ways to use the ideas,concepts and recommendations detailed within.You can send your feedback to the editorial team at TM Foru

4、m via editortmforum.orgThe big picture3inform.tmforum.orgEarlier TM Forum research drew similar conclusions.In 2024,we polled AI decision-makers within CSP organizations and fed the results into our Generative AI Maturity Interactive Tool,or GAMIT.Analysis of responses from more than 200 decision-ma

5、kers globally found that CSPs need much better access to data to take full advantage of AI applications.While the initial survey and findings were carried out between June and the end of August 2024,garnering 203 quality responses,GAMIT remained open from August 2024 to March 2025.In that period mor

6、e than 1,000 individuals logged onto the tool,resulting in 408 quality responses in total.Of those,only 7%rated their ability to use high-quality unstructured data as excellent,and only 13%when it comes to structured data.“There is an extremely close correlation between those CSPs which scored highe