AI chats being publicly searchable. People falling in love with customer service bots. The risks of generative AI threaten the rewards — but trust might be a competitive edge.
As AI adoption escalates and enterprises weigh where to put their investment dollars, some of the risks...
Instead of simply carrying packets from one endpoint to another, a Neighborhood AI Factory is also running inference and training between humans and AI
You’ve probably driven past one without realizing it. A low, windowless brick building next to a cell tower or up on...
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The convergence of advanced wireless, AI, XR and computing technologies is transforming how we interact with the digital world, enabling more intuitive and immersive experiences and services.
6G is the wireless innovation platform for the next decade and beyond, and it's being...
The Gen AI Divide report from the MIT NANDA initiative reveals a major lack of ROI on gen AI projects
A recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Networked Agents and Decentralized AI (NANDA) put forward some numbers that threw cold water on...
SoftBank said that the demonstration results show that high-performance AI models and GPUs are indispensable for achieving 5G-Advanced and 6G performance
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30% boost in 5G throughput – Transformer-based AI improved real-world uplink performance compared to conventional methods, showing stronger results...
AI adoption in telecom is accelerating, with telcos moving from experimentation to real-world deployments. The focus is now on refining AI use cases, growing business strategies and unlocking real ROI.
RCR Wireless News' latest market pulse report explores the latest innovation in AI, from agentic AI...
Telcos face both a challenge and an opportunity in handling the unique traffic patterns and demands of AI-generated content, especially at the network edge.
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Traffic challenge – uncached, on-the-fly AI content strains networks and bypasses CDN efficiencies, requiring new edge...
Telcos are seizing the AI moment by transforming old infrastructure into edge assets and positioning themselves as critical players in the AI value chain.
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Edge opportunity – telco assets like metro hubs and co/lo sites can host lightweight AI workloads,...
The rise of smaller, cheaper AI models is pushing AI closer to the edge, but telcos must weigh placement and ROI carefully amid escalating infrastructure investments just to make AI networks capable.
Edge efficiency – smaller models and edge deployments reduce energy use and enable...
SK Telecom said AX 3.1 Lite offers Korean language capabilities on par with its larger sibling, AX 4.0 Lite, which has 72 billion parameters
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SKT goes open source – SK Telecom released AX 3.1 Lite, a mobile-friendly Korean LLM, to...
The mobile communication industry stands at the threshold of profound transformation, driven by the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). The widespread adoption of open-source AI large models, such as DeepSeek, is making powerful capabilities accessible to more people, while the rise of AI...
Agentic AI success in telecom depends on the availability of meticulously curated, multi-domain data derived from network transactions and interactions
Agentic AI tops many telecom providers’ strategic objectives for 2025. Recognizing its potential, some providers are already investing in AI agents to enhance customer care....
Agentic AI gets closer to proper autonomy, but its success depends on the combination of large-scale centralized intelligence and highly-tuned small-scale models in distributed edge environments.
Dynamic reasoning – current agentic AI models lack proper dynamic reasoning and rely on hard-coded logic and domain-specific scripts.
Hybrid...
As 5G and AI continue to transform the telecommunications landscape, ZTE has rolled out solutions to build an L4 autonomous network powered by AI. With a focus on four key areas and six innovative projects, this collaboration is set to revolutionize broadband operations by...
Human-in-the-loop control is urgent as AI is unleashed on ever-more critical systems – and as it becomes more sophisticated with multi-modal generative AI and distributed agentic AI.
Human oversight – remains critical in AI telecom infrastructure, ensuring ethical compliance, reducing risk, and refining AI models...
From call centres to back-office systems, telcos are navigating the shift from predictive machine learning to generative AI, balancing innovation with caution in critical environments.
Model adoption – there are three phases of model adoption: from third-party tools, to on-prem solutions, to hybrid models with...
AI is transforming telecom operations – from slashing customer resolution times to orchestrating real-time energy savings, reshaping both service delivery and network management.
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Auto systems – ML efficiency tools are evolving into semi-autonomous systems to resolve service issues and automate...
AI isn’t just reshaping data centers — it’s transforming the very networks we rely on at home and work. Amidst the massive investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, it’s becoming increasingly clear how important this technology will be for delivering new services, optimizing processes,...
For telcos, the surest AI wins come in their operational heartlands – streamlining customer care, enhancing enterprise services, and turning network data into actionable insights.
System support – AI in telecom has primarily advanced in low-risk OSS/BSS, focusing on customer care and network optimization.
Operator models...
Dell Technologies World 2025 underscored a defining theme of the AI era: the infrastructure challenge is of course about scale, but it's also about access. With the Dell AI Factory solution set now in the hands of 3,000 customers, Dell’s next move is to...
Leveraging UBR and M-MIMO pioneer solutions, ZTE helps operators cover more bands with fewer radio units, boosting capacity while reducing space and costs
ZTE offers diversified solutions to enhance user experiences by delivering ultra-fast uplink speeds, high-capacity indoor coverage, and extended signal reach in challenging areas...
Ericsson said that the combined offering would integrate its enterprise wireless solutions, including 5G and SD-WAN technologies
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Ericsson and Supermicro team up – The two firms plan to offer integrated 5G and edge AI systems to help enterprises deploy AI...
From cloud migration to AI integration, five forces are reshaping global enterprise telecom strategies
It’s nothing new that with strong communications comes business success. However, the nature of strong communications in the post pandemic workplace has changed dramatically, with technologies and tools almost unrecognizable compared...
Motorola, once a telecom giant, nearly collapsed in 2011 — instead, it split into Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility
The Motorola story is one we can all learn from. It has had its highs and lows, and once again, it is reinventing itself. That calls...
