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‘A pivotal moment for telcos’ as AI and network infrastructure converge

Dell Technologies and NVIDIA partner to offer CSPs an easy button for AI As communications service providers (CSPs) work to manage multi-faceted network modernization and transformation programs, networks, operations and services are all becoming more complex. With the rise of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) solutions,...

How is Google is applying its own AI learnings to telecoms?

Demand forecasting and anomaly detection are AI capabilities that Google sees as accelerating numerous additional use cases. A very material amount of all internet traffic, around 60% to 70%, runs through the Google Global Network. In reaching that scale, the company has learned a lot...

Editorial Webinar: How will AI improve energy efficiency in the RAN?

The radio access network consumes, by far, the majority of power needed to operate mobile networks. Given the reality operators are facing—pressing needs to reduce operational costs while working towards long-term climate action goals without sacrificing network performance—more energy efficient RAN is a key...

Fujitsu on telco AI—bridging the gap between technology and business outcomes

Telco AI solution for energy efficiency delivers 20% reduction in power consumption  A recurring theme in telco AI discussions is around acknowledging the grandiose transformational potential of the technology while embracing the practical reality that AI success is likely to start with narrow, practical use...

6G Foundry: How will adaptive intelligence in 6G transform wireless connectivity?

Hint: Yes, AI takes on a whole new meaning in the world of wireless connectivity The future of wireless connectivity is bright, promising to deliver bespoke experiences that evolve with the user. 6G is expected to revolutionize the way we connect with the world around...

‘There’s no clean AI strategy without a clean data strategy’

Blue Planet sees AI as a spectrum of technologies collectively driving network automation forward In a wide-ranging discussion with RCR Wireless News, Gabriele di Piazza, vice president of products, alliances and architectures with Blue Planet by Ciena, immediately made the point that AI is a...

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....