Telco AI

For years, voice services occupied a quiet corner of telecom strategy. While reliable and ubiquitous, they remained economically stagnant. Innovation gravitated toward apps and hyperscalers, leaving telcos to focus on the cold efficiency of network operations. That trajectory is now …

P.I. Works software intelligence sits above the hardware to automate network management and improve performance.  At MWC 2026 Barcelona, the industry’s premier event, Sushil Rawat, Director of RAN strategy at TELUS and Djakhongir Siradjev, CTO of P.I. Works, discussed how …

Gateways are increasingly being architected as integrated edge platforms that combine high-performance wireless connectivity with on-device compute and AI capabilities Wi-Fi networks are evolving to support more intelligent and latency-sensitive applications, and as a result, gateways are increasingly taking on …

The industry shifts focus toward agentic AI and sovereign infrastructure, according to the GSMA MWC 2026 was packed with AI messaging, which is no surprise. This time around however, things seem to be shifting a little — from concept to …

Telecom and enterprise AI systems are beginning to negotiate and provision network slices The telecommunications industry is rapidly moving toward a future where network connectivity is traded as dynamically as cloud computing. Instead of static contracts and manual provisioning, the …

Radisys CEO Arun Bhikshesvaran sat down with Rakuten Mobile’s Chief AI and Data Officer Sachin Verma  for a “Coffee, Chai & Chat” podcast at MWC Barcelona. They discussed how AI-enhanced digital services, and the ways in which Rakuten Mobile is …

The companies’ collaboration has yielded agentic AI blueprints, RAN digital twins and a strategy for moving customers toward autonomous networks and AI-native 6G wireless networks. VIAVI CTO Sameh Yamany and NVIDIA senior director of telecom marketing Kanika Atri spoke to …

Major carriers are using Nvidia’s “AI Grid” to repurpose their networks In sum – what we know: Nvidia GTC 2026 brought a wave of announcements from some of the biggest telecom operators on the planet, rallying around a concept Nvidia …

For Red Hat, the takeaway from this year’s MWC is clear: the telco to techco transformation is well underway At MWC Barcelona, the “telco to techco” transformation felt less like a buzzword and more like a reality.  For those of …

Wi-Fi 8 will support future networks as traffic shifts from human-initiated applications to machine-driven, agentic AI applications Wi-Fi 8 is designed to build directly on the performance gains introduced with Wi-Fi 7. Extending them by delivering higher and more consistent …

‘Frontier’ telcos like Vodafone, AT&T, and Telefónica are deploying hundreds of AI agents across their operations, says Microsoft – to automate processes, accelerate sales, and drive a new kind of operational agility. It has a weeks–to-minutes use-case with Vodafone. But …

The new Telco AI Cloud architecture integrates large-scale GPU data centers with edge AI-RAN In sum – what we know: SoftBank wants to play more of a role in telco-related AI, and at MWC 2026, it revealed what it calls the Telco …

New alliance including AT&T and AMD aims to fix the reliability gap in telecom AI In sum – what we know: The GSMA wants to make AI a little more telco-focused. The association took the wraps off of the Open Telco …

At the Autonomous Network Summit during MWC Barcelona 2026, Cyient outlined how autonomy is reshaping network operations for telcos On the opening day of MWC in Barcelona, Cyient brought together industry leaders, operators, and technology experts to tackle one of …

How can telcos use AI-generated synthetic data to fuel machine learning? Telecommunications companies are sitting on a huge volume of data. Call records, location pings, browsing sessions, and usage patterns can all paint a remarkably detailed picture of how millions …

These three foundational layers connect engineering, operations and business outcomes to deliver practical autonomous networks At MWC Barcelona 2026, discussions around artificial intelligence are shifting away from hype and toward practical implementation. For engineering and technology solutions company Cyient, that …

At MWC Barcelona, RCRTech principal analyst Sean Kinney spoke with Intel’s Eric McLaughlin, VP, Client Computing and GM, Connectivity Solutions about the evolution from 5G to 6G, and how the 6 GHz band (along with Wi-Fi 7 and 6E) will …

As AI workloads move from training to real-world inference, Arrcus CEO says, network fabrics must evolve to keep up with the demands At Mobile World Congress Barcelona, Arrcus outlined how the rise of AI inference at the edge is driving …

Carriers are using real-time audio fingerprinting to intercept synthetic voice scams and Wangiri before the phone rings It used to take actual skill to pull off a convincing phone scam. These days, however, convincing voice spoofing is a whole lot …

Without context, AI guesses — creating unreliable outcomes. Ontologies aim to solve the problem. During Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026, Totogi CEO Danielle Rios sat down with RCR Wireless News’ Sean Kinney to get to the bottom of what’s stopping …

Yang Chaobin, CEO of Huawei’s ICT Business Group, today called on the ICT industry to intensify efforts in ensuring everyone can access the fast track of AI at MWC Barcelona 2026. This call included recommendations on spectrum and network capabilities …

AI is driving innovation in Infovista’s VistAI agentic AI framework and VistaOne AI-enabled platform for network and CX intelligence Infovista CEO Rick Hamilton sat down with RCRTech principal analyst Sean Kinney to reflect on the company’s 30-year evolution and the …

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Barcelona, Spain, March 3, 2026 – ZTE Corporation (0763.HK/000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, officially unveiled the ZTE AIR MAX solution at MWC Barcelona 2026. Centering on maximizing energy efficiency, labor efficiency and investment …

T-Mobile’s announcements reflect a broader industry shift toward intelligent networks optimized for AI, sensing, and real-world applications At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, T-Mobile US reaffirmed its ambition to lead the evolution of wireless networks from advanced 5G toward AI-native …