AI is reshaping network-as-a-service (NaaS), both in terms of how NaaS is used and what it is used for

Analysys Mason attended the Mplify Member Summit – EMEA, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal in June 2026. Mplify used the event to explain its strategic direction, with the industry alliance placing an increasingly strong emphasis on the potential of network-as-a-service (NaaS) to underpin connectivity for AI workloads and infrastructure. The application of AI agents and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to NaaS platforms, as well as the federation of the NaaS ecosystem, also featured as prominent topics at the event.