At CES NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang proposes a three-computer solution to the figurative three-body problem of physical AI—using a digital twin to connect and refine physical AI training and deployment Whether it’s an autonomous vehicle (AV), highly-digitized, lights-out manufacturing environments …
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang sees agentic AI and AI-enabled robotics as a “multi-trillion dollar opportunity” LAS VEGAS—Not unexpected but, in many ways, NVIDIA pretty well stole the show at CES this week. CEO Jensen Huang, following an introduction wherein Consumer …
Deere CTO: “Labor is a common challenge…We believe autonomy can be part of that solution.” LAS VEGAS—The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a weird one. The media days in the run-up to the show officially opening are also weird—a mashup …
An edge AI “easy button” for enterprise digital transformation In their own effort to better (and more profitably) serve enterprise customers, CSPs are going through a number of network overhauls designed to deliver customizable compute, connectivity and services directly to …
BT talks monetizing edge AI, creating a global connectivity fabric and the future of conversational networks Back in June at a telecoms industry show, BT CTO Colin Bannon referred to the edge as the “Goldilocks location for AI.” He expanded …
As Turkcell adopts AI, initial use cases include energy savings, customer complaint forecasting and radio link failure prediction Looking back at the technological jump from 4G to 5G, marked by the move to cloud-native architecture and virtualized network functions—essentially a …
Google Cloud sees telco AI “absorption rate” as an “incredible phenomenon” Communications service providers (CSPs) are all-in on AI; makes sense given macro issues around a lack of effective network monetization despite a massive capital outlay which is putting pressure …
Telefonica: “I think one of the killer apps of network programmability can be ML” Before diving into the role of a programmable data plane in supporting telco AI applications, Telefonica Research’s Senior Research Scientist Eduard Marin Fabregas provided a bit …
Nokia sees gen AI enabling conversational networks in three to five years Nokia recently laid out its vision for a future network architecture that’s all about creating a network-cloud continuum that spans devices, edge and regional infrastructure, and the network …
To understand the commercial reality of cellular connectivity, in this case 5G, it’s important to understand the standardization work that set the stage for real-world deployments. So before we look into what’s coming from 3GPP in Releases 18, 19 and …
Appledore Research sees private 5G pulling $232 billion in annual enterprise spend by 2027 There was maybe always a disconnect between what the telecoms set wanted out of private 5G (and how quickly they wanted it) versus what the industrial …
Did Open RAN deliver on the technological and market-based promises it was meant to bring to? Tough question. And what were those initial promises again? We went back through the O-RAN Alliance archives to a white paper published in October …
End-to-end fronthaul testing, as well as isolation testing, provide the big picture and granular data needed to drive Open RAN adoption Given one of the primary goals of Open RAN—providing architectural flexibility by breaking up the centralized unit (CU), distributed …
The RIC can support quick wins but further standardization, and a more coherent approach to AI/ML integration, is needed to foster trust Back to this idea referenced in the introduction—how to leverage Open RAN interfaces for real-world innovation—it all comes …
Open RAN technology is proven and operators are committed, but the lingering questions around integration costs and lifecycle management in a multi-vendor network remain A panel comprising a leading Open RAN vendor, a leading Open RAN test firm, and a …
CommScope sees market opportunity, TCO, ecosystem support and convergence all making the case for in-building Open RAN Reflecting on the typical 10-year cellular generation cycle, as well as the roughly 20-year lifecycle of a G, CommScope’s Luigi Tarlazzi, vice president …
Demand forecasting and anomaly detection are AI capabilities that Google sees as accelerating numerous additional use cases. A very material amount of all internet traffic, around 60% to 70%, runs through the Google Global Network. In reaching that scale, the …
Telco AI solution for energy efficiency delivers 20% reduction in power consumption A recurring theme in telco AI discussions is around acknowledging the grandiose transformational potential of the technology while embracing the practical reality that AI success is likely to …
Blue Planet sees AI as a spectrum of technologies collectively driving network automation forward In a wide-ranging discussion with RCR Wireless News, Gabriele di Piazza, vice president of products, alliances and architectures with Blue Planet by Ciena, immediately made the …
Mainstreaming spatial compute, and giving AI the context it needs for hyper-personalization, is a “Qualcomm-sized problem” MAUI—Qualcomm is the leader in on-device gen AI; the company effectively defined the concept, brought it to life from a hardware, software and ecosystem …
The great decoupling continues—Qualcomm sees the construct of applications evolving as AI instantiates intent beyond the constraints of apps Editor’s note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with Snapdragon Summit. MAUI—Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon opened Snapdragon Summit with …
What do Qualcomm’s 4s Gen 2, footballer Asisat Oshoala and the usage gap have in common? It’s been a busy few weeks for me, but two particular things stand out that I’d like to (try to) link together. First, at …
A pragmatic approach to telco AI can drive short-term operational benefits and customer experience enhancements As it looks to leverage AI across its business, Verizon Vice President of AI and Data Michael Raj emphasized that underlying any successful AI strategy …
Nevada System of Higher Education is exploring private cellular to connect remote environmental sensors used in a range of research initiatives LAS VEGAS—Ahead of the kick-off of Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, T-Mobile US sponsored a CIO Summit that brought …
Ericsson and SoftBank are also both working with NVIDIA on embedding AI into the RAN The topic du jour in telecoms seems to be bringing artificial intelligence (AI) into the radio access network (RAN). The big idea is that operators …
