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The case for and against AI-RAN technology using Nvidia or AMD GPUs
Nvidia is proposing a new approach to telco networks dubbed “AI radio access network (AI-RAN).” The GPU king says: “Traditional CPU or ASIC-based RAN systems are designed only for RAN use and cannot process AI traffic today. AI-RAN enables a common GPU-based infrastructure that can run both wireless and AI workloads concurrently, turning networks from… Read more
Nokia and Eolo deploy 5G SA mmWave “Cloud RAN” network
Nokia and Finnish telco and digital service provider Eolo have deployed what they claim is Europe’s first 5G standalone mmWave network, which they call a “5G Cloud RAN.” Nokia’s Cloud RAN solution ready for commercial deployment following a successful deployment with Elisa in Espoo, Finland powered by Red Hat OpenShift Cloud RAN supports Elisa’s efforts… Read more
Telco spending on RAN infrastructure continues to decline as does mobile traffic growth
Telco spending on radio access network (RAN) infrastructure, which is the largest share of capex, has dropped sharply in the last couple of years. It fell 11% in 2023, to about $40 billion, according to Informa owned market research firm Omdia (see References below for Dell’Oro’s numbers). For 2024, Omdia predicts another decline of between… Read more
Reuters & Bloomberg: OpenAI to design “inference AI” chip with Broadcom and TSMC
Bloomberg reports that OpenAI, the fast-growing company behind ChatGPT, is working with Broadcom Inc. to develop a new artificial intelligence chip specifically focused on running AI models after they’ve been trained, according to two people familiar with the matter. The two companies are also consulting with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company(TSMC) the world’s largest chip contract manufacturer. OpenAI… Read more
Dell’Oro: Private RAN revenue declines slightly, but still doing relatively better than public RAN and WLAN markets
Dell’Oro Group reports that Private Wireless Radio Access Network (RAN) revenue growth slowed slightly in the second quarter on a year-over-year basis relative to the ~40 percent increase in 2023. Still, the tapering is in line with expectations and private wireless is performing significantly better on a relative basis than both public RAN and enterprise… Read more
AI RAN Alliance selects Alex Choi as Chairman
Backgrounder: The AI RAN Alliance, formed earlier this year, is a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at revolutionizing the RAN industry. Partnering with tech giants, the goal is to transform traditional Radio Access Networks (RANs) into intelligent, self-optimizing systems using advanced AI technologies. Their website states: Bringing together the technology industry leaders and academic institutions, the AI-RAN… Read more
Highlights of Dell’Oro’s 5-year RAN forecast
Market conditions remain challenging for the broader RAN market. Following the 40% to 50% ramp between 2017 and 2021, the RAN market has been declining since then. These trends are expected to prevail throughout the forecast period. However, the pace of the decline should moderate somewhat after 2024. “It is not a surprise that there… Read more
Analysts: Telco CAPEX crash looks to continue: mobile core network, RAN, and optical all expected to decline
Dell’Oro has just cut its outlook for mobile core spending for the fifth consecutive time. Not a single operator has adopted 5G SA this year. “It bears repeating, this is the fifth consecutive time we have reduced the growth rate of the MCN market as the build-out of 5G SA networks continue to wane compared to… Read more
Analysys Mason Open Network Index: survey of 50 tier 1 network operators
Open networks apply proven cloud concepts to the networking domain while enabling components to be sourced from a broad ecosystem of vendors. Open networks boast high levels of automation and programmability and are built around the concept of utilizing a common, horizontal cloud platform that supports cloud-native network functions from multiple vendors and from multiple… Read more
Infinera, DZS, and Calnex Successfully Demonstrate 5G Mobile xHaul with Open XR
Infinera announced today a successful multi-vendor demonstration of 5G mobile broadband xHaul using coherent open XR optics point-to-multipoint optical transmission. The multi-vendor interoperability testing, conducted with DZS and Calnex, represents a key step toward enabling mobile operators to greatly simplify and cost-reduce 5G and next-generation mobile transport network rollouts through the reduction of the number… Read more