Driving Industry Deployment of Autonomous Network Testing Standards: NIDA Releases First Batch of Evaluation Results for the Education Sector

[Haikou, Hainan, August 17–18, 2026] At TM Forum Accelerate Week 2026, during the Enterprise Autonomous Networks Summit themed "Autonomous Networks Unleashing Innovation, Empowering Enterprises with Practice," the Network Innovation and Development Alliance (NIDA) released the first batch of four technical evaluation results for the education sector in the Autonomous Networks (AN) domain. The evaluated institutions were China University of Mining and Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing Agricultural University, and Xi'an Jiaotong University. On-site at the conference, NIDA Secretary-General Joey Deng officially signed and issued the evaluation certificates to representatives from the four universities.

Throughout nearly three months of evaluation preparation, NIDA strictly adhered to the T/NIDA-012-2025 Test Method for Agent-Based Campus Network L4 Operation and Maintenance standard, entrusting its authorized laboratory—CTTL (China Telecommunication Technology Labs) under the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)—to conduct rigorous technical testing and evaluation on the campus autonomous network systems of the four universities. An expert panel then conducted an objective, professional, and meticulous comprehensive review of the results based on the testing standards, with all four universities achieving outstanding technical evaluation scores. This AN education sector evaluation activity stands as a testament to NIDA's continuous deep cultivation in the field of autonomous networks, representing a key focus area for NIDA's Testing and Certification Department. Moving forward, NIDA will continue to deepen its testing and certification operations within the AN education sector while expanding into other industries such as finance.

At this summit, to support the large-scale implementation and clarify the evolutionary path of high-level autonomous networks, industry organizations including TM Forum, NIDA, and CAICT—together with Huawei, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China University of Mining and Technology, and Shenyang Institute of Technology—jointly launched the "Autonomous Network Evaluation Initiative."