Ericsson’s networks chief Per Narvinger offered a measured view of AI’s impact on telecoms at MWC: fiber may lead the infrastructure boom today, but AI will also shift through the mid-cycle 5G evolution in AI-driven RAN optimisation.
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New traffic –...
While most of the big talk at MWC is about 5G and 6G, the most urgent AI infrastructure work is with fibre-heavy data centre interconnects. Cisco, and certain others, are capitalising on this east-west traffic surge, with mobile and edge networks positioned as a...
Partnerships with Nvidia, Microsoft, AWS, and industrial IoT specialist Geoforce show how AT&T is positioning fibre, edge infrastructure, and enterprise connectivity to support AI workloads from data centre to factory floor.
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Smart factories – AT&T’s new ‘Connected AI’ platform combines...
As fixed wireless access gains fresh momentum worldwide, Mimosa Networks’ unlicensed-spectrum technology is emerging as a strategic complement to fibre and 5G – powering Reliance Jio’s surging AirFiber service and offering global operators a faster and more flexible route to close coverage gaps in...
AT&T is tightening its ties with hyperscale cloud partners as it readies its network for the AI era – embedding last-mile fiber and 5G directly into AWS environments, pushing AI into the RAN, and expanding its edge ecosystem with Microsoft.
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Huawei said that the “networks for AI” concept focuses on adapting optical infrastructure to support AI applications
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Dual AI strategy – Huawei is structuring its optical roadmap around “AI for networks” and “networks for AI,” covering both operational optimization and...
AI is already a scaled, mobile-native workload, which is forcing networks to evolve from SLA-driven capacity models to deterministic, programmable architectures that connect data centres, transport, and the edge. So says Nokia chief Justin Hotard at MWC in Barcelona.
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New...
With labor shortages and chronic overruns plaguing broadband construction, agentic AI is emerging as a tool for discipline and timely execution
In a recent episode of The Ezra Klein Show, New York Times columnist Ezra Klein said, “I think that period in which we are...
Once in defensive mode and fighting decline, Lumen Technologies has re-emerged with a radically simplified strategy, a repaired balance sheet, and a bold claim to be critical infrastructure for the AI economy — as enterprise network spending shifts from connecting offices to connecting data...
As the industry gears up for its biggest annual show at MWC, it is (perhaps) worth looking back at another major 2026 telco gathering: PTC in Hawaii in January. Once a regional telecom meet, PTC has evolved into a global forum for AI infrastructure,...
Europe’s five biggest mobile operators – Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM, and Vodafone Group – are building a pan-European “federated edge continuum”, stitching together their national edge assets into a single regional platform. But what is a federated edge – and is this a...
The setup combined FDD and TDD single user MIMO under 3GPP Release 17 specifications
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Uplink milestone – The companies achieved 682 Mbps on a live 5G SA network in Queensland, up from 516 Mbps recorded in 2025.
Release 17 features –...
AT&T Fiber has received Ookla’s first-ever Best Home Internet award in the United States
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Strategy validated – AT&T said Ookla’s first-ever Best Home Internet award confirms its existing fiber expansion approach rather than signaling any strategic shift.
Fiber-led growth –...
Network capacity will be required to double in the next few years in order to cope with 5G adoption and AI demand, reckons American Tower – as its revenues rise on new 5G infrastructure investments
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Data to double – American...
As well as Rakuten Mobile, KDDI has started to deploy open vRAN, and SoftBank is also interested – says Omdia
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Leading APAC – Japan is Asia-Pacific’s leading Open vRAN market, with Rakuten operating the largest fully virtualized O-RAN network globally.
Uneven...
Pre-MWC, Telefónica has detailed advances in AI-driven network automation and enterprise edge. It has 12 level-4 autonomous use cases across Spain, Germany and Brazil (targeting level 4 across its operations by 2030), and has partnered Mavenir on core AI, and expanded 5G/fibre edge-compute services...
The hype around D2D shows no sign of slowing down, but some experts are skeptical of its commercial viability
A group of skiers on a backcountry expedition in Lake Tahoe were caught in a massive avalanche Tuesday morning. What was supposed be the last leg...
Singtel Singapore views Latin America as a long-term growth market
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Brazil sales office launch – Singtel to open a local presence by Q3 2026 to support multinational enterprise customers.
Focus on SD-WAN and SASE – Overlay model combines secure software-defined networking...
Addressing regulatory backlogs, the bill seeks to establish a fast-tracked shot clock for approval of satellite and space licenses
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Clearing regulatory backlog: Senate Commerce okays a bipartisan legislation with amendments, that seeks to "streamline" FCC’s approval processes for satellites and...
The road to autonomous network goes through humans in the loop, says Venkat Pullela, Keysight's CTO of Networking
With AI being on every CTO’s vision board, a question they often get asked is: how close are we to autonomous networks?
As much of the industry waits...
With goal to deliver faster onboard Wi-Fi and better crew communication in vessels, Amazon Leo signs new resellers extending service across global ocean routes
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Amazon's maritime push: Amazon Leo signs reseller agreements with maritime providers ELCOME and MNT, expanding its...
Europe’s largest enterprise fibre provider will scale infrastructure and partner-led operations across the Middle East, positioning itself as a regional gateway – whilst also divesting non-AI data centres in Europe to double down on asset-led digital infra.
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Regional scale-up –...
A new Ookla report traces the blistering growth of the satellite broadband provider that has been the subject of countless scoops of late
Starlink is outpacing every other player in the satellite broadband race. New data from Ookla confirms that the provider is acing in...
Dell’Oro said near-term O-RAN revenue expectations have been revised downward, while longer-term growth assumptions have improved
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Long-term O-RAN outlook improves – Expectations for the second half of 5G and early 6G deployments lifted the long-term forecast, despite weaker near-term revenue...
