Telco AI

AI-RAN pilots begin in shipyards and petrochemical plants Samsung Electronics has signed contracts with both KT and SK Telecom to participate in South Korea’s government-backed Hyper AI Network program, a two-year …

The 5G correction is over, but growth is confined to AI RAN In sum – what we know: The radio access network market will stay essentially flat through 2030, but …

How MIMO continues to evolve for mobile connectivity in the AI era What you should know: Mobile data demand is entering a new phase. Video, XR and cloud services continue …

Ask an engineer why an AI project stalled, and the answer is rarely the AI model. It’s the rift between the model and network. The model has no operational context, …

Rebellions’ ATOM-Max chips move from pilot to production in SK Telecom’s consumer services In sum – what we know: South Korean AI-chip company Rebellions says its neural processing unit infrastructure is now …

Verizon’s ISAC crowd-sensing test ran on ordinary commercial 5G hardware In sum – what we know: Samsung and Verizon are working hard on the next generation of cellular connectivity, and …

From tokenmaxxing to token discipline: Orange considers how to measure the efficacy of agentic AI in network operations Orange Fellow and VP of Cloud and Software Engineering Philippe Ensarguet recently …

Wireless communications are being stretched to new limits across a host of uses and technologies: From preparation for 6G cellular networks and implementation of AI in the RAN, to current …

Multicloud interconnect is free in preview, built for distributed AI workloads In sum – what we know: Microsoft and AWS have jointly launched a managed multicloud interconnect designed to create …

Meeting the demands of the AI and autonomous networks era Executive SummaryThis solution profile of Ericsson Adaptive Inventory (EAI) updates Appledore’s 2023 profile. Over the past three years, the role …

Dell and AMD supply the hardware behind OTel 2.0’s live deployment In sum – what we know: AT&T has taken OTel 2.0, the open-source telecom AI model developed under the …

Enterprise-wide overhaul puts Gemini agents on Google Cloud in live network operations In sum – what we know: Verizon and Google Cloud have announced a new partnership, and it’s a significant escalation …

Dispatch deploys AI agents to handle quoting and implementation work In sum – what we know: Lightyear has launched Dispatch, an AI platform the company bills as the first “agentic” system …

Korean chip, model, and platform in one box, with no cloud access needed In sum – what we know: KT has officially unveiled the “KT NPU LLM Station” — a …

Only a quarter of operators are ready to scale telecom AI In sum – what we know: HCLTech and Mobile World Live have released their “Telecom Pulse Survey Report” for 2026, …

NetSense demo in Miami tracked drones with unmodified 5G radios In sum – what we know: Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and Nvidia — along with Keysight Technologies, ODC, and Astris AI …

From contact centers to network ops, U Mobile bets on frontier models In sum – what we know: U Mobile has announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI, with AWS providing the cloud …

As CSPs modernize operations, Ericsson’s OSS/BSS Business Value Pathways target monetization, experience and efficiency As communications service providers (CSPs) work toward increasingly autonomous networks, the OSS/BSS conversation is shifting. As …

The operator treats AI as a native network capability rather than an app layer add-on In sum – what we know: Telefónica is embedding generative AI directly into its business voice services …

Ericsson set to deploy AI-RAN at KG Mobility under South Korea’s AI Highway plan In sum – what we know: Ericsson has been named the sole global technology partner in an SK …

Blue Planet’s configuration management platform is only the starting point. As telcos pursue autonomous networks, the challenge is not simply deploying AI agents, but giving them the data, context and …

A.X K2 packs 688 billion parameters and open weights In sum – what we know: SK Telecom has unveiled A.X K2, a 688-billion-parameter large language model that the company is positioning …

The telecom industry says AI devices will overwhelm mobile uplinks and justify new spectrum and 6G investment. But beneath the forecasts, ratios and rhetoric, the evidence for an AI-driven radio …

Agentic AI is moving from research to implementation, with growing industry consensus that future mobile networks must become AI-native. The question now is whether operators will embrace the architectural changes …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Strong quarterly results from Verizon reinforce a broader shift across US telecoms: after years of heavy investment, mobile telcos are growing …