Telco AI

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 …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): AT&T’s AI strategy suggests the real breakthrough is not bigger language models, but smarter orchestration. As inference becomes a network workload, …

AT&T is optimizing for upstream traffic, not download speeds In sum – what we know: AT&T is apparently prepared for the “agentic AI wave.” On AT&T’s Q2 2026 earnings call, …

Network sensing tracked an unconnected drone without radar In sum – what we know: AT&T and Ericsson have built a new drone-detection system that was shown off in a demo at AT&T …

Blue Planet’s new configuration management platform is puzzle-piece in the autonomous-networks jigsaw – which is also a part of the big telco story about reliability and trust. As telcos grow …

Operators must move beyond basic human-in-the-loop assistance to embed agentic AI across their digital core systems, build invisible self-healing networks, unlock billions in value, and define next-generation connectivity – writes …

SoftBank’s “Patching as a Service” targets 3,000 government-designated companies In sum – what we know: SoftBank Group and its telecom arm SoftBank Corp. are rolling out “Patching as a Service,” an AI-powered …

Nokia’s new deal leans on software, not just refreshed radios In sum – what we know: Nokia and Taiwan Mobile have signed a new agreement that extends their long-running 5G partnership — …

NestAI and Nokia fuse 5G, AI, and sensing for NATO forces In sum – what we know: Nokia Defense and Finnish AI lab NestAI have announced a set of new integrated operational …

One year after the reintroduction of the ANDREW brand to the market—now part of Amphenol—the company is sharpening its role in an industry facing a new set of realities. In …