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Telecom & Connectivity · 3 min read

ZTE and Ethio Telecom Deploy Africa's First AI-Powered Pre-Commercial 5G RAN Solution

ZTE and Ethio Telecom have deployed Africa's first pre-commercial AI-powered 5G Radio Access Network, marking a milestone for AI-native mobile infrastructure in emerging markets where infrastructure costs have historically capped coverage.

6d ago

Telecom & Connectivity · 3 min read

SK Telecom's AI Revenue Grows 27% in Q3 as It Proves Telcos Can Charge for AI Directly

SK Telecom reported 27.3% year-over-year growth in AI B2B and B2C revenue to KRW 70 billion in Q3 2026 — one of the clearest data points yet that telcos can monetize AI as a standalone product line.

Nov 4

Telecom & Connectivity · 3 min read

Nokia and Virgin Media O2 Achieve 20% Spectral Efficiency Gain With AI-RAN on Live 5G

Nokia's AI-RAN technology delivered a 20% spectral efficiency improvement on O2's live commercial 5G network — validated across real subscriber traffic, not a lab environment.

Oct 28

Telecom & Connectivity · 4 min read

TM Forum Warns Telecom Operators to Set AI Agent Authority Limits Before Automation Outpaces Governance

TM Forum is warning telecom operators to set explicit authority ceilings for AI agents before automation outpaces governance—arriving just as carriers execute tens of thousands of autonomous network decisions per hour.

Oct 2

Telecom & Connectivity · 4 min read

Vodafone and Ericsson Complete First Live AI Network Translation Test on Commercial Infrastructure

Vodafone and Ericsson validated real-time AI translation of network management commands across mixed-vendor commercial infrastructure on September 23, a step toward AI as an active operator of live telecom networks.

Sep 30

Telecom & Connectivity · 4 min read

T-Mobile and Ericsson Just Turned On the World's First AI-Native Cell Network

T-Mobile and Ericsson have commercially deployed the world's first AI-native Radio Access Network scheduler, replacing decades-old static algorithms with a continuously learning model that optimizes spectral efficiency in real time.

Jun 6

Telecom & Connectivity · 3 min read

5G Hits 3 Billion Connections — But Telcos Are Confident on AI and Slow to Deploy It

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.

May 16

Telecom & Connectivity · 5 min read

Huawei Wants AI Running Every Layer of Your Carrier's Network. That's What AgenticCore Is.

Huawei unveiled AgenticCore, an architecture embedding agentic AI simultaneously across mobile data, voice, operations, and telco cloud — the most aggressive AI integration in telecom infrastructure announced to date, with explicit 6G ambitions.

May 5

Telecom & Connectivity · 4 min read

89% of Telecom Operators Are Increasing AI Budgets in 2026, NVIDIA Survey Finds

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.

Apr 22

Telecom & Connectivity · 3 min read

SoundHound AI Partners with Associated Carrier Group to Bring Agentic AI to Telecom Customer Service

SoundHound AI has become the first agentic AI provider available through Associated Carrier Group, giving smaller regional mobile carriers access to AI customer service tools that previously required Tier 1 scale.

Apr 19