Agentic AI for telecom

Cognitive Core

The technology foundation of aOS. An open, telco-specific AI platform that accelerates creation of agentic experiences & business processes across telecom operations.

What is Cognitive Core?

Cognitive Core is a technology foundation for agentic capabilities, with pre-built telco-specific agent libraries and actionable insights.
Open by design and aligned with industry standards, it enables CSPs to accelerate any AI strategy while ensuring telco-grade security, compliance, and observability. Cognitive Core agents are based on composable architecture, continuous performance optimization, evaluation, and analysis benchmarks.

The Cognitive Core, supports multiple LLMs, allowing CSPs to safely use their model of choice. Designed to integrate with existing AI ecosystems and BSS/OSS environments, it enables intelligence to be applied across telecom operations while maintaining control, traceability, and policy enforcement.

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Congnitive Core

Cognitive Core

Governance | Security | Observability

Agent to Agent

MCP

SDK / API

Agentic Layer

BSS/OSS Domain Agents

Pre-Built Agent & Sub-Agents Libraries

Product &
Marketing

Sales &
Ordering

Care

Monetization

Service
Delivery

Network
Management

Telco Insights

ML-Driven
Insights
Predictive
Analytics
KPI-Based
Recommendations
Customer
Digital Twin
Network
Digital Twins

Telco Context

Telco Ontology

Telco Data

Real Results, Real Impact

135%+
Increase in Net Promoter Score (NPS)
97.75%
Customer interactions completed in GenAI chat
63%
Reduction in Average Handling Time (AHT)
50%
Improvement in First Call Resolution (FCR)
25%
Faster bill payments
22%
Increase in Customer Satisfaction (CSAT)

Key Benefits

  • Time to Value

    Libraries of pre-built telco-specific agents, sub-agents and insights,
    Completes and accelerates the creation of agentic experiences,
    Available on any cloud & on-prem and on top of any BSS/OSS.

  • Telco - Specialized

    Built with Amdocs telco expertise – ontology, context & reasoning,
    Supports complex business workflows with accuracy,
    Enables proactive, hyper-personalized interactions

  • Open & Modular

    Exposed through REST, MCP, and A2A protocols
    Seamlessly integrates with telco ecosystems, cloud, LLMs, and monitoring tools
    Flexible consumption-based model

  • Governance & Control

    Full traceability and observability to the system of record
    Operate at scale with optimized TCO
    Dashboards for technical and business KPIs

Featured Insight

Amdocs Cognitive Core

The open, telco-native AI foundation with proven agentic capabilities, built to scale

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Amdocs Cognitive Core: The brain powering the Agentic Operating System for telcos

The Cognitive Core’s telecom‑specific design is a meaningful differentiator reflecting the industry shift from prompt engineering to contextual engineering across multi‑state, multi‑actor telco environments.

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Personality Engineering

Partnerships with market-leading tech giants

Cognitive Core integrates with leading cloud, AI, and infrastructure providers to support secure, scalable deployment across telecom environments:

Awards

2026 GSMA GLOMO Award - AI-enabled Customer Experience

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2025 Juniper Research Platinum Award – AI Innovation in Telco

2024 World Communications Award – AI Excellence

Leading innovation for CSPs worldwide

For the 2nd consecutive year, Amdocs is recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant™ for AI in CSP Customer & Business Operations (August 2025) and this time, as a Leader across 12 vendors.

From AI-driven customer operations to telco-specific insights and powerful ecosystem partnerships, Amdocs continues shaping the future of telecom.

Amdocs is recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant™ for AI in CSP Customer & Business Operations
Frequently Asked Questions

What is Cognitive Core?

Cognitive Core is the technology foundation of aOS, providing rich libraries of telco-specific agents and insights that integrate with any BSS/OSS stack and AI ecosystem. Open by design, it enables CSPs to accelerate the adoption of agentic capabilitiesby leveraging any Cognitive Core asset, powering innovation at scale.

Can Cognitive Core run on my existing systems?

Yes. Cognitive Core is LLM-agnostic and supports integration through REST, MCP, and A2A protocols. It operates on top of existing Amdocs or third-party BSS/OSS environments, enabling CSPs to extend intelligence without replacing core systems while leveraging pre-built telco-specific agent libraries.

Which AI models does Cognitive Core support?

Cognitive Core is open by design and supports multiple LLMs. CSPs can use their preferred models and evolve their model strategy over time while retaining governance, observability, and control at the platform level.

How does Cognitive Core ensure governance and security?

Cognitive Core embeds telco-grade governance across agents, LLMs, and MCP integrations, providing traceability and visibility across decision flows. It enforces zero-trust and policy-driven controls aligned with OWASP Top 10 guidance for LLM applications. Native guardrails protect against prompt injection and PII exposure, while dashboards enable continuous monitoring and evaluation.

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