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AI-native radio networks have delivered 15% throughput gains in testing, but most telecom operators remain in pilots — bottlenecked not by the technology but by legacy integration, workforce retraining, and uncertain ROI timelines.
Global 5G connections crossed 3 billion in 2025 — but new Omdia data shows 94% of telco leaders confident in AI growth while 66% haven't started deploying AI-driven network operations.
T-Mobile and Ericsson have moved an AI-native RAN scheduler into large-scale commercial trials on live 5G Advanced traffic, delivering up to 15% throughput gains — a claimed world first in commercial cellular networks.
Ericsson surveyed 455 senior telecom executives and found a striking divide: nearly all are confident AI and 5G SA will unlock revenue, but most haven't begun implementing either.
Ericsson's 2026 technical brief makes the case that 6G differs from 5G in one critical way: AI is foundational to the architecture, not an afterthought.
Vodafone cut 5G site power consumption 33% with AI. Agentic AI handles 60% of industry customer care. In 2026, telecom's AI-native transition is operational, not theoretical.
89% of telecom executives plan to increase AI spending over the next 12 months, but power costs, specialized hardware, and uncertain short-term ROI are delaying full AI-native network deployments.
Mobile World Congress 2026 marked a decisive shift: telecom operators are done extracting value from 5G and are pivoting to AI-native networks and 6G as their primary long-term investment thesis.
Telecom operators are scaling AI-native networks aggressively in 2026, but power consumption and uncertain ROI are real barriers stalling full deployment.
A new Ericsson white paper argues that agentic AI will require carriers to rebuild network architecture from the ground up, with the transition taking three to five years for committed carriers.
A new NVIDIA survey finds 89% of telecom companies plan to grow AI spending — up from 65% last year — with network automation now the industry's top AI priority ahead of customer experience.
India's COAI DigiCom Summit 2026 concluded with unified calls for AI-led, self-optimizing telecom networks to support 5G Advanced rollout across the world's largest mobile market.
NVIDIA's 2026 survey finds 89% of global telecom operators are raising AI budgets, with network automation overtaking customer experience as the top ROI use case—signaling AI has moved into the core network.
For the first time, network automation has overtaken customer service as telecoms' top AI investment priority — a structural shift from chatbots to the infrastructure layer itself.