Christian de Looper

Only a quarter of operators are ready to scale telecom AI In sum – what we know: HCLTech and Mobile World Live have released their “Telecom Pulse Survey Report” for 2026, …

NetSense demo in Miami tracked drones with unmodified 5G radios In sum – what we know: Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and Nvidia — along with Keysight Technologies, ODC, and Astris AI …

From contact centers to network ops, U Mobile bets on frontier models In sum – what we know: U Mobile has announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI, with AWS providing the cloud …

The operator treats AI as a native network capability rather than an app layer add-on In sum – what we know: Telefónica is embedding generative AI directly into its business voice services …

Ericsson set to deploy AI-RAN at KG Mobility under South Korea’s AI Highway plan In sum – what we know: Ericsson has been named the sole global technology partner in an SK …

A.X K2 packs 688 billion parameters and open weights In sum – what we know: SK Telecom has unveiled A.X K2, a 688-billion-parameter large language model that the company is positioning …

AT&T is optimizing for upstream traffic, not download speeds In sum – what we know: AT&T is apparently prepared for the “agentic AI wave.” On AT&T’s Q2 2026 earnings call, …

Network sensing tracked an unconnected drone without radar In sum – what we know: AT&T and Ericsson have built a new drone-detection system that was shown off in a demo at AT&T …

SoftBank’s “Patching as a Service” targets 3,000 government-designated companies In sum – what we know: SoftBank Group and its telecom arm SoftBank Corp. are rolling out “Patching as a Service,” an AI-powered …

Nokia’s new deal leans on software, not just refreshed radios In sum – what we know: Nokia and Taiwan Mobile have signed a new agreement that extends their long-running 5G partnership — …

Deutsche Telekom now runs AI across live calls, networks, and 200,000 employees In sum – what we know: Deutsche Telekom’s collaboration with OpenAI has moved past the pilot stage. What was announced …

NestAI and Nokia fuse 5G, AI, and sensing for NATO forces In sum – what we know: Nokia Defense and Finnish AI lab NestAI have announced a set of new integrated operational …

Real-time AI RAN tuning lifted peak downlink throughput 31% network-wide across Tokyo In sum – what we know: Samsung and KDDI have completed a months-long trial of Samsung’s AI-powered RAN …

Tencent Cloud claims zero downtime moving 1,200 microservices for XLSMART In sum – what we know: Tencent Cloud has completed a large-scale public cloud migration for Indonesian telecom operator XLSMART in 4.5 …

Ericsson’s architectural blueprint adds an agentic service experience layer In sum – what we know: Ericsson has put agentic AI at the center of its operations and business support stack …

Six specialized Nokia agents will roll out through 2027 In sum – what we know: Google Cloud and Nokia have expanded their partnership to push Gemini-powered AI agents directly into Nokia’s network …

TelcoAgent pairs zero-shot KPM forecasting with a 3GPP knowledge graph In sum – what we know: Telecom networks generate an enormous amount of operational data, and the people running them …

Taara Beam swaps mechanical mirrors for a fingernail-sized photonic chip In sum – what we know: Fiber gets all the credit, and for good reason. It’s the backbone of global …

SK Telecom’s AX Innovation 2.0 program treats AI agents as “digital employees” In sum – what we know: SK Telecom wants you to think of AI agents less as software …

Operators can switch on Ericsson’s AI models on existing AI-ready hardware In sum – what we know: Ericsson has launched a new software suite it calls “AI in RAN,” a …

The Nvidia-powered AI-RAN deal moves the partners’ year-long collaboration to deployment In sum – what we know: Nokia and Indosat have signed a strategic network modernization and AI-RAN rollout agreement …

Dynamic CX layers predictive intelligence onto T-Mobile’s existing network to pre-position capacity In sum – what we know: T-Mobile has unveiled a new AI-powered network technology called Dynamic CX, timing the launch …

AT&T’s Pascal Desroches frames direct-to-device satellite as a complement to terrestrial networks In sum – what we know: AT&T’s CFO laid out the company’s satellite playbook days before Starlink’s parent …

Panelists argued defense 5G built on 3GPP standards offers speed, scale, and a path to reclaiming contested spectrum In sum – what we know: At the Defense Communications Forum, a …

Why trust, sovereignty, and clear demand signals matter more to defense connectivity than engineering in the 6G era How do you build a trusted and interoperable defense connectivity ecosystem? The …