The Report Minimum Technical Performance Requirements for IMT-2030 (6G) was formally finalized at the 51st meeting of ITU-R Working Party 5D (WP 5D), which concluded on 12 February 2026. It marks the official transition of 6G from vision and concept to the implementation phase,...
From air-interface foundations to AI-native services, Qualcomm's MWC technology demonstrations show how they are engineering 6G for intelligence and efficiency
What you should know:
As 3GPP’s 6G study activities define requirements, KPIs and evaluation approaches, 6G systems are moving from concept to prototype through early, multi-vendor...
According to Telefónica's Alex Harmand, agentic AI changes how network APIs generate revenue by shifting pricing away from individual API calls
Telefónica and Nokia have recently collaborated to test how AI software agents could support the use of network APIs, as part of the GSMA Open...
Could AI dramatically change how DSS works?
Radio spectrum is pricey. Operators drop billions at auction to lock down licensed frequency bands, and every single frequency counts. Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) was built to address exactly this, enabling new technological improvements to launch on the...
Ericsson and Mistral AI will jointly research and develop AI agents for use in telecom networks
In sum – what to know:
Practical use cases - The partnership focuses on practical operational and research, including legacy code migration, AI-assisted 6G research, and AI agents to automate...
Telcos are embracing AI whole-heartedly, according to Nvidia
In sum - what we know:
State of AI in Telecommunications - 90% of survey respondents state AI is helping to increase annual revenue and drive down costs.
Investment surge - 89% of telecom operators plan to increase AI spending in...
Nokia also estimates that AI could represent 30% of all global traffic
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A new traffic wave - Unlike video or SaaS, AI generates compounding demand through user interactions, API calls, agent-to-agent workflows, and constant data replication across clouds and regions.
Inference...
Imagine a network engineer typing "prioritize video traffic in downtown Seattle" into a console and having the system automatically translate that single sentence into thousands of command-line configuration changes across routers, switches, and firewalls. No memorizing vendor-specific syntax or manually SSH-ing into dozens of...
Can machine learning solve the challenges of non-terrestrial networks?
Satellite-to-phone connectivity is becoming a whole lot more popular. Services are now delivering direct satellite connections to regular smartphones, extending coverage into places where traditional cell infrastructure simply doesn't exist. Sure, most of those services are...
Collaboration focuses on Gemini AI deployment, customer service automation, and hardware expansion
In sum - what we know:
Five-year deal - Google Cloud and Liberty Global announced a partnership covering AI deployment, customer service automation, and more.
Gemini AI - Liberty Global will integrate Google's Gemini AI models into...
AI-native air interfaces could play a major role in 6G
When people talk about AI in telecommunications, the conversation usually gravitates toward network management, whether it AI handling traffic flows, making routing decisions, or allocating resources more intelligently. These are cases of AI bolted onto...
The 6G air interface is being purposefully designed to unlock more value from spectrum for all
What you should know
Giga-MIMO unlocks wideband channels in upper-midband spectrum for wide-area coverage with high throughput.
Subband full duplex (SBFD) increases uplink duty cycles, reduces uplink and downlink communication latency and improves...
Major ecosystem overhaul replaces Gold status with new tiers and unified incentives to drive AI readiness.
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The new program - Cisco 360 Partner Program has officially launched, replacing a 25-year-old framework to consolidate programs and drive profitability.
New tier structure - Eliminates Gold...
The humble chatbot is an easy first step for telco AI integration
The era of clunky, script-bound chatbots that leave customers more frustrated than helped is arguably winding down. Telecom companies have spent years relying on decision-tree systems that fail at understanding what customers actually...
Strategic collaboration targets regulatory complexity using IBM's watsonx Orchestrate
In sum - what we know:
AI for governance - e& and IBM announced a collaboration at the World Economic Forum to deploy enterprise-grade agentic AI for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC).
The tech stack - The solution utilizes IBM...
The new Mixture-of-Experts series runs on the open-source Huawei MindSpore framework
In sum - what we know:
TeleChat3 series - China Telecom's TeleAI released the first large-scale Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models trained entirely on domestically designed semiconductors.
Domestic hardware stack - Training was conducted exclusively on Huawei's Ascend 910B AI...
Telcos are known for their heavy energy use, but so is AI. Could one, ironically, help the other?
Telecom operators rank among the most power-hungry companies on the planet, consuming roughly 1-2% of global electricity demand. As 5G networks expand and mobile data traffic continues its...
The car could be the best place for telcos to deliver AI features
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A. auto launch - SK Telecom announced its in-vehicle AI agent on Jan 14, 2026, debuting in Renault Korea's Filante model.
Broad capabilities - The system controls infotainment and vehicle hardware...
KPMG report highlights strong investment in agentic AI and education
In sum - what we know:
ROI expectations – 84% of leaders expect positive AI ROI within 3 years; 22% anticipate it in 12 months or less.
Agentic AI – 62% believe agentic AI will have a "transformational" or "significant"...
Roughly 80% of operators already use AI for analytics; however, these deployments are largely limited to decision-support use cases
In partnership with Radcom, GSMA Intelligence has launched a new report, Service Assurance Trends in the AI Era, which revealed key focus areas for telcos in...
Render Networks CEO Stephen Rose argues that true network intelligence starts in the trench
Telcos have poured significant time, money, and energy into AI for network operations and customer-facing chatbots, but there's a phase of the business that remains much more analog -- actually building...
AI could reshape digital twins, but we have a way to go before it might be reliable enough
Digital twins in telecommunications are exactly what they sound like -- virtual replicas of network infrastructure that mirror both the physical hardware and the logic running through...
There are plenty of exciting new startups to keep an eye on
The telco AI sector is going through massive growth. According to a Presedence Research report, while representing a $2.66 billion market today, the telco AI market is projected to reach $50.21 billion by 2034. That transition...
HCLTech moves toward a future of AI-driven growth
In sum - what we know:
The deal - HCLTech acquires HPE's Telco Solutions business for up to $160 million, absorbing 1,500 specialists across 39 countries and IP serving over 1 billion devices.
An AI strategy - The acquisition centers on...
