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3 ways operators are putting AI to work in network service assurance

Service assurance is officially graduating from an era of dashboards, tickets, and engineers scrambling to find what’s gone wrong to swift root cause analysis...

100 billion agents – new networks (and new KPIs) for AI, says Huawei

Huawei is proposing a new method to evaluate service quality for AI applications called AI MOS, modeled after the Mean Opinion Score used to...

‘Four big moves’ – Thai carrier True outlines AI-geared telco shift

One of the strategies announced by True centers on embedding AI across network operations, customer service, and internal systems In sum – what to know: Three-year...

Urgent rethink of telco-cloud-AI ecosystem required, says TIM

The CEO of TIM outlined how the telecom sector’s priorities are shifting as new digital applications place different demands on networks In sum – what...

From agentic AI to energy KPIs – the trends transforming telcos (Reader Forum)

Agentic AI, sustainability mandates, edge-native infrastructure, and AI-augmented workforces are reshaping how operators run networks and serve customers, says enterprise software company IFS. In recent...

SoftBank’s Telco AI Cloud aims to turn the network into AI infrastructure

The new Telco AI Cloud architecture integrates large-scale GPU data centers with edge AI-RAN In sum - what we know: Technical architecture - Combines large-scale GPU data...

Agents of chaos – Equinix proposes metro fix for the new AI sprawl

As AI workloads splinter across the fragmented cloud-infrastructure landspace, enterprises are scrambling to keep performance, governance, and costs in check. Equinix reckons the answer...

Hollow core fiber’s big test

EXFO’s Olivier Côté digs into testing challenges — and outlines how methods are evolving to accommodate hollow core fiber's physical peculiarities One of hottest trends...

Supermicro and NVIDIA Whitepaper: Powering sovereign AI at scale

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a foundational capability for telecommunications operators, shaping network operations, service delivery, customer experience, and national digital competitiveness. As AI...

To capture the AI opportunity, telcos must lead, not follow (Reader Forum)

As AI adoption accelerates, telecom operators have a chance to claim a central role in the AI economy, says Spirent (now part of Keysight)....

Metro Connect USA: US power crunch is standing in the way of its AI ambitions

AI's voracious appetite is straining energy grids, prompting new power strategies and longer planning horizons In sum — what to know: The gating factor: Power is...

GSMA launches Open Telco AI initiative for telco-grade AI at MWC 2026

New alliance including AT&T and AMD aims to fix the reliability gap in telecom AI In sum - what we know: Open Telco AI - Global initiative...

Cyient showcases the human + AI blueprint for autonomous networks

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...

India outlines AI-driven telecom vision at MWC 2026

Scindia noted that India had one of the fastest rollouts of 5G in the world, with 500,000 base stations already deployed in the country In...

Pakistan raises $507m in long-delayed 5G spectrum auction

According to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the spectrum auction sold most of the 597 megahertz of spectrum offered across multiple bands In sum –...

New industry imperative: modern, secure AI-native networks (Reader Forum)

Cyberattacks, outages, and AI-scale workloads are exposing the limits of legacy enterprise networks. As costs soar and threats evolve, IT services company Kyndryl says...

Spirent jumps on agentic AI bandwagon with Luma

Luma seeks to modernize traditional approaches to root cause analysis with a powerful combination of agentic and GenAI The rapid advances in agentic AI has...

Ericsson draws channel closer – as private 5G jumps on physical AI

Ericsson has new tie-ups with system integrators Future Technologies and NTT Data to combine private 5G and physical AI in Industry 4.0. Ericsson appears...

AI synthetic data: training models without breaching privacy

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,...

Where AI’s billion dollar boom is driving demand for test and measurement

The staggering momentum in AI infrastructure build is driving test, measurement, and assurance demands across three key areas AI is a dominant force shaping economies...

AI infrastructure and data sovereignty will reshape telecom, says Turkcell

The CEO of Turkcell said countries are exploring different strategies to strengthen control over their digital infrastructure In sum – what to know: Connectivity as sovereignty...

China Telecom outlines AI-driven transformation strategy

The head of China Telecom said in a keynote speech at MWC 2026 that the carrier is advancing its strategy of “cloudification, digital transformation...

‘AI is the gas on the fire’ – Verizon on global fiber, metro access, private 5G

Global, porgrammable, and dense – from cloud to edge; Verizon Business talked at MWC about how its sees the new AI stack evolving for...

Cyient outlines three-layer approach to autonomous networks

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...

Exciting time for Wi-Fi, AI PCs and Intel

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...

Keysight MWC roundup: AI-RAN testing, AI-driven uplink performance, and pre-6G interoperability validation

Here are three Keysight launches at MWC that are worth a second look On the ground at MWC, where our team was all week, there was...

AI era will reset telecom economics, says Jio chief

Mathew Oommen, group chief at Jio Platforms told MWC the AI transition is a “generational transformation” that will redefine telecom networks and create entirely...

Malaysian telcos take full control of DNB

MOF Inc. held a 41.67% stake in DNB from May 2025, after U Mobile sold its shares as part of conditions tied to its...

Ericsson plays long game as AI boosts ‘mid-cycle’ 5G pay-offs

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...

Arrcus: AI inference calls for smart, policy-aware network fabrics

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...

Hollow core fiber could solve AI data centers’ land and power crunch

As AI data centers strain land and power resources, hollow core fiber could enable a geographically distributed infrastructure. As the AI race continues to heat...

Can AI help stop “Wangiri” and voice spoofing?

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...

Connectivity, computing, sensing – Qualcomm CEO outlines 6G pillars

The CEO of Qualcomm told MWC that connectivity will remain the foundation of 6G networks, but its design priorities will evolve as AI becomes...

Cisco rights the MWC narrative – fiber first, mobile later, as AI agents make minds race

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...

Why telcos are struggling to meet enterprise expectations

A new report from the Capgemini Research Institute suggests many operators are struggling to deliver measurable business outcomes for enterprise customers As enterprises accelerate digital...

Huawei wins eight GLOMO awards at MWC Barcelona 2026

Huawei won eight prestigious Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards at MWC Barcelona 2026. These awards included the Best Mobile Network Infrastructure, Best AI‑Powered Network...

Orange CEO: Telcos must architect trust in the AI era

The CEO of the Orange Group noted in her MWC 2026 keynote that telecom operators must act as the 'active shield of the digital...

AT&T builds out ‘connected AI’ strategy for industrial edge

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...

Huawei, operators outline AI–5G-A convergence at MWC 2026

The president of Huawei’s ICT marketing and solution sales department said the AI revolution is pushing the mobile industry into what he called the...

Qualcomm CEO: 6G will power an agent-centric AI era

In his keynote session at MWC 2026 in Barcelona, the Qualcomm CEO said 2026 is going to be the year of agents In sum –...

The AI unlock: Totogi says telcos need context to scale

Without context, AI guesses — creating unreliable outcomes. Ontologies aim to solve the problem. During Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026, Totogi CEO Danielle Rios sat...

Huawei maps AI growth paths for telcos

Eric Yang, president of carrier business at Huawei, said that China Telecom is upgrading VIP services with fiber-to-room packages combined with home AI agents In...

SpaceX unveils Starlink Mobile D2D service

Starlink Mobile will run on the SpaceX’s second-generation low Earth orbit satellites In sum – what to know: Starlink Mobile rebrand – SpaceX is repositioning its...

Huawei exceeds ITU Partner2Connect pledge target, bringing connectivity to 170 million people globally

Huawei has provided digital connectivity to 170 million people in remote areas across more than 80 countries, surpassing its pledge to the International Telecommunication...

Huawei’s Yang Chaobin: Creating mobile value creates a better intelligent world

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...

Infovista: Deriving simplicity from complexity

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...

ZTE showcases industry’s first AI immersive communication experience in the U6G band

●  Multi-sensory Synergy: Integration of haptic gloves breaks 2D barriers, achieving a leap from audio-visual connection to immersive presence ● Deep AI Convergence: Leveraging Computing-Network synergy to...

5G and AI in Malaysia – a digital economy for global investment (Analyst Angle)

Malaysia’s recent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) performance reflects stability and progress. The next wave of competitiveness, however, will be defined by digital capability, specifically...

ZTE launches AIR MAX solution to build the optimal mobile network for the AI era at MWC Barcelona 2026

ZTE launched the AIR MAX solution at MWC Barcelona 2026, aiming to build the optimal AI-era mobile network by maximizing energy, labor and investment...

Moso Networks bets on plug-and-play private 5G

BARCELONA- For the last couple of years, private 5G discussions have been dominated by concerns over technological and operational complexities. The issue arises from...