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Communications Service Providers

Agentic Operations for Communications Service Providers

CSPs face one unavoidable challenge, activate higher-margin enterprise services while driving OPEX down. Missed SLAs erode margin and drive enterprise churn. Itential is the agentic operations platform that orchestrates multi-domain networks end-to-end, so you can deliver NaaS, managed connectivity, and enterprise services at the speed your customers demand.

The Challenge

Legacy OSS & Manual Processes Slow Services & Inflate Costs

Current Challenges
With Itential
New enterprise service activation takes days or weeks across manual handoff queues
End-to-end NaaS orchestration activates enterprise services in minutes, order to activation, fully automated
Enterprise service delivery spans fragmented OSS, BSS, & network teams with no unified execution layer
Single orchestration platform ties every domain, system, and team into a governed service delivery engine
AI insights from AIOps tools sit disconnected from network action
FlowAgents reason, act, and adapt against live infrastructure state, every action governed, auditable, and reversible
Configuration drift across distributed infrastructure creates hidden risk & compliance gaps
Golden configuration enforced across every device, every vendor, every domain
OPEX grows as network complexity increases
OPEX reduced by up to 80% through orchestrated, policy-driven operations
Missed customer SLAs erode margin & drive churn at enterprise accounts
Meet SLAs reliably with governed automation, faster MTTR, & fewer customer-impacting incidents
Current Challenges
With Itential
New enterprise service activation takes days or weeks across manual handoff queues
End-to-end NaaS orchestration activates enterprise services in minutes, order to activation, fully automated
Enterprise service delivery spans fragmented OSS, BSS, & network teams with no unified execution layer
Single orchestration platform ties every domain, system, and team into a governed service delivery engine
AI insights from AIOps tools sit disconnected from network action
FlowAgents reason, act, and adapt against live infrastructure state, every action governed, auditable, and reversible
Configuration drift across distributed infrastructure creates hidden risk & compliance gaps
Golden configuration enforced across every device, every vendor, every domain
OPEX grows as network complexity increases
OPEX reduced by up to 80% through orchestrated, policy-driven operations
Missed customer SLAs erode margin & drive churn at enterprise accounts
Meet SLAs reliably with governed automation, faster MTTR, & fewer customer-impacting incidents
Why Itential

Proven at Telco Scale

Over 10 billion processes automated. Production-grade outcomes at some of the world’s largest and most complex service provider networks.

NaaS at Enterprise Scale

Activate MPLS, SD-WAN, and managed connectivity services end-to-end, order to activation in minutes, not weeks.

Icon with three different nodes connected by lines, symbolizing multi-domain connectivity.
Multi-Domain Service Delivery

Compose and activate enterprise services across WAN, transport, cloud, and data center, with full TMF alignment.

AI That Acts Safely in Production

FlowAgents detect, decide, and remediate through governed, auditable workflows, connected via FlowMCP Gateway to any AIOps platform.

Your Existing Code, Governed as Services

Onboard Ansible, Python, and OpenTofu into enterprise orchestration. No rip-and-replace, just results, at scale.

When you’re operating infrastructure at Lumen’s scale, the question was never whether AI could help – it was whether we could trust it in production. FlowAI answered that. Our teams were building production-ready agents in minutes, within the same governance and access controls we already rely on. As we build the next digital backbone for AI, this is the next evolution in our journey with Itential – and it’s redefining how we operate networks at scale.
Greg Freeman
VP Network & Customer Transformation
350+
Live Workflows
57,000+
Actionable Alerts (from 1B+)
80%
Machine-to-Machine Goal
Itential definitely is one of the products that has helped us massively in delivering innovation quickly. The support, the technical features, the level of innovation Itential is bringing in this space – that’s what’s accelerated us.
Shirish Basant Rai
Network Platforms & Systems Architect
Weeks
For New Service Rollout vs Months
3
Continents Standardized Operations on Itential
Zero
Lag on New Services
The speed at which my team was able to build this – and how much they learned in the process – was a shock. This was one of the best POCs we have ever run.
Enterprise Connectivity Architecture Lead
5
FlowAgents Built
4 Days
From Kickoff to Working POC
3 Domains
Orchestrated in a Single Flow
300+
Lines of Manual Config Automated per Device
Faster Rollouts & Accelerated DOCSIS Provisioning
The coupling of Cisco NSO + Itential offers great flexibility in building our automated services and at the same time transforming Telecom Italia’s department’s interaction, enforcing a business-oriented view.
Francesco Burgio
DevOps Engineer
100+
Step Software Upgrade Process Automated
1
Orchestration Platform
100M +
Customers Server
Enterprise activation went from 45 days to less than one – but the bigger shift is that it now runs the same way every time, no matter who’s executing it.
VP, Global Enterprise Services
25x
Network Change Productivity
98%
Fewer Manual-Error Faults
100k+
Days of Accelerated Revenue
We deploy and implement about 500-600 devices in a customer environment a month and before Itential, it took each of those implementations at least an hour to do. With automation, we’ve now shaved that process down to minutes per install, including the time of upfront data gathering.
Norm Sullivan
Communications Enterprise Architect
5 Min
Time to Provision New SD-WAN Service
600+
New Customers Onboarded Per Month
20K+
Devices Under Automated Management
When you’re operating infrastructure at Lumen’s scale, the question was never whether AI could help – it was whether we could trust it in production. FlowAI answered that. Our teams were building production-ready agents in minutes, within the same governance and access controls we already rely on. As we build the next digital backbone for AI, this is the next evolution in our journey with Itential – and it’s redefining how we operate networks at scale.
Greg Freeman
VP Network & Customer Transformation
350+
Live Workflows
57,000+
Actionable Alerts (from 1B+)
80%
Machine-to-Machine Goal
Itential definitely is one of the products that has helped us massively in delivering innovation quickly. The support, the technical features, the level of innovation Itential is bringing in this space – that’s what’s accelerated us.
Shirish Basant Rai
Network Platforms & Systems Architect
Weeks
For New Service Rollout vs Months
3
Continents Standardized Operations on Itential
Zero
Lag on New Services
The speed at which my team was able to build this – and how much they learned in the process – was a shock. This was one of the best POCs we have ever run.
Enterprise Connectivity Architecture Lead
5
FlowAgents Built
4 Days
From Kickoff to Working POC
3 Domains
Orchestrated in a Single Flow
300+
Lines of Manual Config Automated per Device
Faster Rollouts & Accelerated DOCSIS Provisioning
The coupling of Cisco NSO + Itential offers great flexibility in building our automated services and at the same time transforming Telecom Italia’s department’s interaction, enforcing a business-oriented view.
Francesco Burgio
DevOps Engineer
100+
Step Software Upgrade Process Automated
1
Orchestration Platform
100M +
Customers Server
Enterprise activation went from 45 days to less than one – but the bigger shift is that it now runs the same way every time, no matter who’s executing it.
VP, Global Enterprise Services
25x
Network Change Productivity
98%
Fewer Manual-Error Faults
100k+
Days of Accelerated Revenue
We deploy and implement about 500-600 devices in a customer environment a month and before Itential, it took each of those implementations at least an hour to do. With automation, we’ve now shaved that process down to minutes per install, including the time of upfront data gathering.
Norm Sullivan
Communications Enterprise Architect
5 Min
Time to Provision New SD-WAN Service
600+
New Customers Onboarded Per Month
20K+
Devices Under Automated Management
The Itential Platform

The Agentic Operations Platform for Service Providers

Itential is how service providers operate at NaaS speed without giving up control. End-to-end enterprise service activation, managed services at scale, governed AI execution, and configuration compliance across every domain and vendor.

Deliver Services Fast

Enterprise Service Delivery at NaaS Speed

Replace manual handoffs across OSS, BSS, and network teams with end-to-end service lifecycle orchestration. Activate MPLS, SD-WAN, NaaS, and managed connectivity services from order to activation – TMF-aligned, OSS-integrated, and built to work alongside the systems you already run.

Explore Workflow Orchestration
Operate Efficiently

Managed Services Operations at Scale

Publish orchestration as a managed services delivery engine – so your teams operate customer environments consistently, without growing headcount. Less time on repetitive configuration. More time on billable work.

Explore Self-Serve Operations
Deploy AI Safely

AI Operations with Full Guardrails

Deploy FlowAgents that query live network state and execute governed remediation workflows, with rollback, approval gates, and full audit trail at every step. Connect Selector, Kentik, or any AIOps platform via FlowMCP Gateway, under the same policy controls as every other change.

Explore FlowAI
Consistent Configuration

Compliance Across Every Domain & Vendor

Enforce golden configurations and validate every change before it activates – across CLI and API resources, across all your vendors. Pre/post checks and immutable audit logs built into every workflow by default.

Explore Configuration & Compliance
Real Stories

Real Outcomes from the World’s Largest Service Providers

21% fewer customer-impacting incidents. Service rollouts measured in weeks instead of quarters. Provisioning that scales without growing headcount.

Use Cases

Where Service Providers Put Itential to Work

From NaaS activation to multi-domain orchestration to AI-driven operations, service provider teams use Itential to govern every change across every domain, vendor, and OSS. Real production patterns running today.

SD-WAN & MPLS Service Provisioning

Turn enterprise service orders into governed activation workflows across underlay and overlay. From order intake through OSS/BSS to last-mile activation, every step orchestrated, validated, and audit-logged. TPX Communications automated SD-WAN provisioning end-to-end with no specialist required at activation.

OSS Modernization Without Rip & Replace

Connect to existing OSS/BSS environments through 1,000+ open source integrations. Itential sits alongside, not in place of, the systems you already run, acting as the orchestration layer that ties them together. Lumen runs this across 50+ unique systems coordinating order management, service provisioning, and assurance.

Closed-Loop Network Operations

Connect Selector, Kentik, or any AIOps platform through FlowMCP Gateway to drive remediation workflows automatically. Telemetry signals an issue, Itential executes the governed response, every action logged. Lumen’s path to safe autonomous operations is built on this pattern.

Multi-Vendor Configuration Compliance

Enforce golden configurations and validate every change against policy before activation, across CLI and API resources, across every vendor. Pre/post checks, drift detection, and immutable audit logs built into every workflow. Configuration compliance as a continuous operating condition, not a quarterly fire drill.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Itential orchestrates the full service lifecycle, from order intake through OSS/BSS, across multi-domain network changes, to activation confirmation and ongoing Day 2 operations. Every handoff that used to be manual becomes a governed workflow step. The platform integrates with ServiceNow OMT via TMF641 for service order fulfillment, supports TMF633 for dynamic service catalog publishing, and connects to every system in your network stack. The result is enterprise service activation in minutes, not weeks, with full audit trail and rollback at every stage.

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Itential is the orchestration platform that makes NaaS operationally real. Any workflow, MPLS provisioning, SD-WAN activation, managed connectivity setup, can be published as a governed catalog item that enterprise customers or internal teams consume on demand through ServiceNow or any portal. The platform handles orchestration across every domain and vendor underneath. Colt used this model to move from 6-month service rollouts to delivery in weeks. TPX Communications automated SD-WAN provisioning end-to-end with no specialist required at activation.

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Itential gives managed services teams a governed platform for operating customer environments, without growing headcount as the portfolio scales. Approved runbooks become governed self-service workflows. Operations teams run them on demand with full logging and rollback. Blackfoot Communications boosted engineer productivity and accelerated time to billing by automating provisioning workflows across their managed services portfolio, without adding staff or rewriting existing tooling.

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FlowAgents reason about operational goals, query live infrastructure state, and execute governed workflows, with RBAC, approval gates, and rollback at every step. External LLMs and AI clients connect into the platform through the Itential MCP Server. Itential reaches outbound to AIOps platforms like Selector and Kentik through FlowMCP Gateway for context and signal. Either direction, every AI action runs through the same governed execution as every human action. Lumen’s journey to safe autonomous operations is built on exactly this model: AI reasons, orchestration governs what runs.

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Itential connects to existing OSS/BSS environments through 1,000+ open source integrations and an open API framework. It sits alongside, not in place of, the systems you already use, acting as the orchestration platform that ties them together. Native ServiceNow OMT integration enables end-to-end service order fulfillment. Lumen runs Itential as the orchestration platform across 50+ unique systems and network technologies, order management, service provisioning, and service assurance all coordinated through a single governed platform.

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Missed SLAs cost CSPs in two ways: service credits that erode margin and customer churn at enterprise accounts where alternatives exist. Itential addresses both. Governed automation collapses activation timelines so service-level targets for time-to-deliver are met every time. FlowAgents detect issues against live infrastructure state and execute remediation workflows through governed paths, reducing MTTR on the incidents that drive churn. Lumen achieved 21% fewer customer-impacting incidents using exactly this pattern. The platform also enables proactive Day 2 operations, configuration compliance enforced continuously, drift detected before it impacts service, every change pre and post-validated, so the issues that historically cause SLA breaches never reach the customer.