Telecom news, 5G and AI infrastructure

From the newsletter (October 21; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Nvidia and Nokia are pushing telcos to turn their networks and sites into distributed AI infrastructure, but …

Autonomous networks must move beyond self-healing to coordinate decisions across RAN, transport, core and cloud, argues Droma’s Payal Kindiger, with trust, governance and verified service outcomes key to granting AI …

The answer starts in 2026: design adaptability into 6G so the system can rise to challenges we cannot yet foresee What you should know: AI experiences increasingly distribute intelligence across …

As mobile networks evolve toward 5G-Advanced and 6G, the Radio Access Network is undergoing a profound transformation. The Intelligent RAN paradigm marks a pivotal shift from traditional, hardware-centric architectures to …

Panelists favor integration over a single 6G architecture In sum – what we know: What does ubiquitous connectivity actually mean? That was the focus of a panel at the recent …

Deutsche Telekom has previously described MINDR as an evolution of RAN Guardian, extending agentic AI from domain-level optimization toward service-level intelligence across complex, multi-domain network environments In sum – what …

SpaceX outlined plans for a hybrid Starlink mobile network and claimed a path to hundreds of billions in annual connectivity revenue, as AI compute investment surged and Elon Musk forecast …

From the newsletter (October 20; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): A new 6G architecture is taking shape, but its business case remains elusive. This week: AI-RAN performance …

NTN roaming, spectrum and 6G gaps all land on the handset In sum – what we know: Seamless connectivity is the promise on every NTN marketing deck, and RCR Tech’s …

Ericsson forecasts surging uplink demand as AI shifts mobile traffic patterns, urging operators to avoid 5G’s costly standalone delays. Its 6G vision hinges on spectrum efficiency, reusable infrastructure, and services …

Stephen Douglas, head of strategic thought leadership at Keysight Technologies, said during the recent RCR’s 6G Forum that future 6G technology will be standalone from the beginning with its own …

From the newsletter (October 19; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone want a joint position on mobile satellite spectrum, but can Europe’s …

Spain, U.K. and U.S. regulators map different roads to WRC-27 In sum – what we know: Direct-to-device connectivity has run ahead of the international rulebook. Reusing spectrum allocated solely for terrestrial …

US telecom retail remains resilient, but Wave7 Research’s Jeff Moore questions whether Starlink can become a national mobile operator. SpaceX could bypass the traditional retail model, but building a competitive …

Speaking at the RCR Wireless News’s Telco AI Forum 2026, AT&T and Verizon executives described AI-based RAN deployments that are already producing measurable results In sum – what to know …

From the newsletter (October 16; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Starlink need not replace terrestrial networks to disrupt telecoms. Strand Consult and Dell’Oro examine SpaceX’s hybrid ambitions, …

Panel maps the 6G path from standalone 5G to agentic AI cores In sum – what we know: 6G has started moving from vision to engineering, and with it comes …

Speaking at RCR Wireless News’ 6G Forum 2026, Stéphane Téral, founder and chief analyst at Téral Research, said the standardization process was moving toward evaluation and consensus building In sum …

Ericsson chief Per Narvinger has defended the firm’s custom silicon strategy for AI RAN, quite robustly, citing immediate opportunities and 10% spectrum-efficiency gains, and future options for GPU adoption too. …

AI is shifting from training to inference, and two pressures now define the business: the end-user experience and the return on investment. RCR’s AI Infrastructure Forum returns to ask: can …