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Network Digital Twin for Planning, Resilience & Optimization

Creating a living representation of the communications environment to support capacity planning, resilience analysis, change impact assessment and scenario testing.
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Network planning and change decisions are often based on fragmented inventory and static diagrams. A live digital representation can improve resilience analysis, capacity planning and change confidence while reducing the risks associated with changes to production infrastructure.
WHY THIS “NETWORK DIGITAL TWIN” CHALLENGE?
A network digital twin combines topology, inventory, performance and dependency information to create a living representation of the communications environment.

As utilities adopt private networks, edge platforms and multi-technology connectivity, the enabling infrastructure becomes a service estate with thousands of devices, software versions, identities, dependencies and performance indicators. Traditional device-by-device monitoring is increasingly insufficient when operational services depend on several network and compute domains at the same time.

Key benefits
Improving planning, resilience and operational confidence through a current, data-driven representation of the network environment.
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Improved resilience analysis and change confidence

Simulates changes and failures before modifications are applied to production infrastructure, helping teams assess impact and reduce operational risk.

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Better capacity planning and optimization

Connects topology, performance and capacity data to support more informed planning and identify where infrastructure changes may be required.

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Stronger topology and dependency awareness

Creates a current representation of network assets and dependencies, improving visibility across multiple connectivity and compute domains.

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Faster scenario testing and operational decisions

Uses the twin to test capacity, failure and change scenarios and support planning, resilience and day-to-day operational decisions.

How NTT DATA helps

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Current topology and inventory representation

Builds a living model of network topology, inventory and dependencies as the foundation for digital-twin-driven planning and operations.

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Performance, capacity and fault data integration

Connects operational data to the model so the twin reflects current network health, capacity and service dependencies.

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Change, failure and capacity simulation

Enables scenario testing before changes are applied to production infrastructure, supporting resilience analysis and change impact assessment.

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Cross-domain observability and service assurance

Combines trustworthy inventory and telemetry with service-level visibility to relate technical events to real utility services and dependencies.

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Automation and operational integration

Progressively links the twin with workflows, policies and automation as data quality, operational responsibilities and governance mature.

Utility operations specialists applying AI-driven analytics to outage planning, asset performance and maintenance priorities, helping teams turn operational data into faster, more informed infrastructure decisions
Proven impact
From fragmented inventory and static diagrams to a living network representation

A network digital twin gives utility teams a current view of topology, inventory, performance and dependencies. By connecting operational data with scenario simulation, organizations can improve resilience analysis, capacity planning and change confidence before modifications reach production infrastructure.

Results that matter
Turning network visibility into stronger operational resilience, clearer service assurance and more confident planning and change decisions.
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Faster detection, more effective response and clearer service insight

Combining topology, dependency, performance and fault data helps teams identify root causes faster, improve response times and gain clearer service-level insight.

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More resilient planning and change decisions

Simulation of changes, failures and capacity scenarios improves resilience analysis and change confidence before actions are applied to production infrastructure.

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Better capacity and operational decisions

Current topology, inventory and capacity information supports planning and operational decisions across a heterogeneous communications estate.

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Foundation for autonomous network operations

Trustworthy inventory, telemetry and cross-domain observability create the basis for more advanced workflow automation, closed-loop and agentic capabilities.

Plan and operate utility networks with greater confidence

Create a living network representation to simulate scenarios, improve resilience and support better operational decisions.

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