IndiaTechnology and telecom2026 – ongoingVodafone Idea
AI-first software engineering with IBM Consulting Advantage
Vodafone Idea raised engineering productivity by 25% to 30% with AI assistants across software delivery
Problem
Vodafone Idea manages more than 150 applications. It wanted to speed up software delivery and shorten the time to bring changes to market.
Approach
With IBM Consulting, it built an AI-first engineering model on IBM Consulting Advantage. More than 120 role-based assistants support design, code generation, testing, deployment validation and production issue analysis. Sensitive code and documents are handled by an India-based LLM service to meet data sovereignty rules.
Results
Takeaway
The assistants were tied to specific roles in the delivery process rather than offered as one general tool.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Technology and telecom
- Business function
- IT and R&D
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AI
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Vendor case study
Sources
Source summaries
IBM describes an AI-first engineering model at Vodafone Idea built on IBM Consulting Advantage with over 120 role-based assistants. It reports 25% to 30% gains in productivity and go-to-market time, and about 55% of IT process steps using generative AI.
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