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Shifting cellular traffic trends will prompt investment in improved uplink antenna capabilities (Analyst Angle)

5G has continued to expand its presence across markets and drive adoption. 5G adoption in the top 30 cellular markets is accelerating, from 1.52 billion to a forecast 4.20 billion by 2029. As 5G coverage and bandwidth have increased, we have also seen a...

How does AI fit into the 6G vision?

While merely an add-on in 5G, AI functionality takes center stage in 6G While the opening session at the recent 6G Forum wasn’t specifically about artificial intelligence (AI), the conversation — which centered on the overall 6G vision — came back to this technology again...

AT&T to use NVIDIA software for AI app development

In addition to AT&T, Lowe’s and the University of Florida are also using NVIDIA NeMo NVIDIA announced that AT&T is among the first large-scale organizations to use NVIDIA NeMo, the chip company’s end-to-end platform for developing custom generative AI (gen AI) applications. Other major customers...

Forget performance — the only three goals for AI-native 6G systems that matter

For Rakuten Mobile’s SVP of Next Generation Advanced Research, the key is to decouple 6G workloads from the cloud-native platform In a recent article, RCR Wireless News laid out the definition of AI-native as it pertains to 6G; however, in an even more recent conversation...

Dell Technologies is curating a telco AI ecosystem

With the launch of Dell AI for Telecom, the goal is to make it easier for CSPs to consume and benefit from new AI-enabled solutions As 5G continues to evolve and communications service providers (CSPs) work to become digital platform companies more akin to hyperscalers,...

For CSPs, AI success takes technology and people

Dell AI for Telecom solution combines data, infrastructure, software, services and use cases, along with Dell Technologies’ partner ecosystem The technology problems communications service providers (CSPs) are currently navigating are complex and significant; decisions made today around cloud strategy, radio access network (RAN) disaggregation, modernization...

Equinix signs $15 billion JV to build AI data centers in US

The investment will be used entirely on U.S.-based xScale buildouts, ultimately adding more than 1.5 gigawatts of new capacity Global data center infrastructure company Equinix has announced a joint venture with Singaporean wealth fund GIC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) to invest $15 billion...

Editorial Webinar: Tying telco AI investments to opex reduction and network monetization

As AI use cases crystallize and general technology is adapted for domain specificity, in this case, telecoms, the song remains the same—aligning investment with opex reduction and monetizable service delivery. AI has a clear role to play but in the context of networks that...

Editorial Report: How is AI being applied in network testing and assurance?

Artificial intelligence and machine learning has been moving into many aspects of network testing, from the field to service assurance, to fuel automation and increased efficiency. So where exactly is AI/ML being applied in network testing and assurance today, how is it proving its...

How can MVNOs access data and use gen AI to their advantage? (Reader Forum)

Data doesn’t just support decisions; it drives them. For mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), access to data is the one key differentiator upon which all other differentiators depend. MVNOs are typically faster and more agile than their traditional MNO counterparts, “renting” network access and avoiding...

‘Much more than chatbots’ — T-Mo US, OpenAI to ‘revolutionize’ customer experience with AI

T-Mobile US said it hopes to eventually create an AI blueprint that will applicable across industries T-Mobile US has given ChatGPT creator OpenAI access to its customer data as part of a collaboration aimed at the development of an “intent-driven AI-decisioning platform.” The platform, called...

The killer AI app for network operators? It’s OSS (Reader Forum)

New Generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI) use cases seem to emerge each day across geographies and verticals. Everyone is on the hunt for more and it’s easy to see why. A recent Deloitte GenAI Pulse survey found that 79% of respondents, all business and technology...

What is the AI-RAN Alliance?

The main mission of the AI-RAN Alliance is to 'weave AI right into the fabric of the radio access network' Officially launched in February 2024, the AI-RAN Alliance is a group of technology and telecom leaders focused on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into...

AT&T sees $100 million in telco AI ‘opportunities’ 

AI-enabled data analysis firm Unsupervised announces an expanded collaboration with AT&T AT&T is continuing its telco AI ambitions after working with Unsupervised to identify more than $100 million “worth of opportunities which could be deployed across a variety of business units at AT&T,” according to...

What is AI-native 6G?

In an AI-native architecture, AI is not a feature — it's fundamental While the standardization of 6G is still years away, the next-generation of cellular technology is often described as AI-native, and as telcos and their partners look to the future, they are rallying...

Where innovation needs to happen in telecom: A call to action

In 2001, the telecom industry faced a crisis that left deep scars. Dubbed the telecom crash, it was a period marked by massive overinvestment, unrealistic expectations and eventual financial collapse after the dot-com burst. Companies that had once promised to usher in a new...

Red Hat updates OpenStack with an eye on telco AI

Red Hat envisions "a singular, modernized network fabric" connecting and automating distributed, mass-scale infrastructure Red Hat today announced that the latest release of its OpenStack Platform, called Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift, is now generally available. The company, which was acquired by IBM in...

Three large language models (LLMs)—and how they’re being used for telco AI use cases

Whether telco AI applications are delivered by leveraging hyperscaler clouds or run on-premises, many are support by the multi-billion parameter large language models (LLMs) provided by the likes of Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI and a handful of other well-funded specialists in model development and training....

For telco AI LLMs, is bigger necessarily better?

The pros and cons of building an LLM from scratch or tuning an existing LLM for telco AI use cases Whether for automated quality assurance on a manufacturing line, providing a conversational user interface for retail shoppers, or in support of a variety of of...

Dell Technologies, SK Telecom bring gen AI to telecom BSS

Using a gen AI overlay for legacy BSS allows operators to unlock value from data without a holistic upgrade Last month at the TM Forum’s DTW—Ignite event in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dell Technologies, SK Telecom, Matrixx and Compax showcased a “Moonshot Catalyst” project that lets operators...

Telco AI for network automation and 5G monetization

Five years in and 5G hasn’t delivered. Can telco AI enable opex reduction and service differentiation? Communications service providers (CSPs) are increasingly investing in telco-specific artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to drive network automation and enhance the efficiency of their operations. The adoption of telco AI...

Telco AI Forum 2024 – Key Findings Report

In an era marked by the democratization of GenAI, the telecoms sector has reached a pivotal moment where the potential of AI to revolutionize network performance, elevate customer services and redefine experiences is evident. How can legacy telcos adapt and implement AI to foster dynamic, high-performing, energy-efficient...

Will 5G Change the World? Telco AI strategies with ABI, Orange, Red Hat and VIAVI (Ep. 66)

In this special episode of Will 5G Change the World, presented in partnership with NETSCOUT, we continue our exploration of telco AI. Beyond the technological challenges to adoption, there are a number of key considerations around organizations and operating models. As operators reinvent as...

AI is pivotal to both enterprises’ and communication service providers’ digital transformation

Dell Technologies helps to accelerate your AI journey Dell Technologies World served as the company’s annual stake in the ground, where strategic and product roadmaps are laid out and detailed. This year at the event, the opportunity presented by artificial intelligence (AI) was (obviously) the...