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Ericsson leads SK Telecom AI RAN vs. NVIDIA’s GPU centric AI RAN Alliance
Executive Summary: Ericsson says it has been selected as the sole global technology partner in SK Telecom’s consortium for Korea’s Hyper-AI Network Infrastructure Demonstration Project, a South Korea government-backed initiative led by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency. The program is intended to validate AI-RAN pilot networks as a… Read more
Analysis: Nokia’s new AI-RAN platform and Standalone AI-RAN node with Nvidia GPUs
Nokia today announced what it describes as the first commercial AI-RAN platform, signaling a potentially significant inflection point in radio access network architecture. As AI workloads increasingly influence network design and operations, service providers are under pressure to deliver higher capacity, improved cost efficiency, and faster service innovation without depending on traditional hardware refresh cycles…. Read more
TM Forum’s DTW Ignite 2026: Open Digital Architecture (ODA); Nokia, Ericsson, IBM and Mavenir AI announcements/cloud partnerships
The ongoing DTW Ignite 2026 conference [1.] represents a major shift for the telecom industry from theoretical AI experimentation to practical, code-proven execution under the core theme, “The Future Faster.” “The Race to 2030” & Core Theme: Shift to Action: TM Forum Vice President Aaron Boasman-Patel and CEO Nik Willetts opened the summit emphasizing that… Read more
AI-Era Cloud Network Transformation: A Reference Architecture and Implementation Roadmap
By Shazia Hasnie, PhD Introduction: The physical network infrastructure that underpins cloud computing was designed for an era that no longer exists. Distributed training across hundreds of thousands of GPUs, real-time inference at the edge, and autonomous agent coordination impose requirements that traditional cloud network designs were never intended to meet. The networks that served… Read more
AI-RAN and Agentic AI get real: Ericsson, Nokia, Verizon & other operators enter into a new network automation era
Disclaimer: Perplexity.ai was used for research in this article. Executive Summary: A cluster of announcements in early-to-mid June 2026 signals a real shift from AI research to commercial AI-driven network automation. Telcos are transitioning from isolated AI pilots to production-grade AI operations deployed across live networks. Ericsson launched its AI in RAN commercial software subscription… Read more
Federated Wireless Spectrum AI: Advancing CBRS Efficiency Through AI-Driven RAN Optimization
Introduction: Recent field trial results from Federated Wireless indicate up to 50% gains in usable CBRS spectrum [1.] and significantly accelerated network planning cycles when using the company’s Wireless Spectrum AI platform [2.]. The field trials were held in markets such as Phoenix and Philadelphia, along with more intensive trials and validations in four counties… Read more
3GPP approves timelines for Release 21 which will specify 6G RAN, Core and 5G Advanced
At 3GPPs meeting last week in Singapore, Technical Specification Group (TSG) RAN #112 approved the full Release-21 timeline jointly proposed by the three TSG Chairs. On June 12th, more than 150 participants from the regions ICT community attended ‘3GPP 6G Standardization: From Study to Specification,’ featuring the combined technical leadership of 3GPP. Topics covered in… Read more
Analysis: Nvidia’s rumored new 6G AI-RAN – likely features/functions and industry impact
Executive Summary: According to Light Reading, Nvidia is working on a GPU combo chip that would sit directly in the 6G radio unit [1.], extending its AI-RAN push from baseband/server into the radio itself. It’s reported to be a more hardware-integrated, sub-100W embedded design rather than just GPU acceleration in centralized RAN compute. Note 1. … Read more
Inside Amazon’s new data center network architecture: quasi random network topology and passive optical devices
Amazon Web Services (AWS) claims it recently achieved a major breakthrough in Data Center Network (DCN) architecture and has been quietly deploying the new technology in its data centers since late last year. Amazon detailed its new networking design in a paper published May 21st titled “RNG: Flat Data Center Networks at Scale.” RNG, or “resilient network… Read more
Dell’Oro: Global RAN market stable (again) in 1Q 2026; top 5 RAN vendors are unchanged
A recently published report from Dell’Oro Group indicates that the stable trends shaping the Radio Access Network (RAN) market in 2025 extended into the first quarter of 2026. Worldwide RAN revenue, excluding services, increased at a low-single-digit year-over-year rate in 1Q 2026, marking the fifth consecutive quarter where the market remained within a relatively narrow… Read more