Category: *Voices & Analysis

Mercedes-Benz accelerates factory automation using private networks

Automotive heavyweights like Mercedes-Benz are relying on dedicated mobile private networks to drive advanced factory automation. Mercedes-Benz operates heavily automated production facilities demanding zero-latency communication between robotics, huma…

Deutsche Telekom upgrades Industry 4.0 with Starlink backhaul

Deutsche Telekom has launched a satellite-based broadband offering for business customers using the Starlink LEO constellation. The company is packaging the connection as a fully managed enterprise service to help businesses extend corporate Wide Area …

Why Nvidia and Nokia are backing AI RAN specialist ODC

Global operators are joining industry giants like Nvidia and Nokia to inject $45 million into AI RAN specialist ODC. The Series A funding round for the US-based startup represents an unusual convergence of industry heavyweights. It is rare to see a sil…

Why AI and automated operations need horizontal telco clouds

AI-powered automated operations demand continuous data, making horizontal telco clouds essential for telecom carriers today.  Managing telecom networks grows more complex by the day. Operators are redesigning infrastructure to adopt the platform-b…

How Indosat is scaling AI-RAN across its network

As Indosat scales its AI-RAN infrastructure, telecom leaders are gaining a potential real-world blueprint for improving network efficiency. Telecoms execs face continuous pressure to extract better returns on investment from their latest cellular rollo…

Qualcomm: Prepping telecom infrastructure for AI-native 6G rollouts

Qualcomm has formed a broad coalition of industry partners to accelerate the development and global rollouts of AI-native 6G networks. The initiative establishes a milestone-driven roadmap targeting commercial availability from 2029 onwards. Future cel…

Why AI is altering planning for 6G mobile networks

AI is altering the planning of future 6G mobile networks as operators grapple with uncertain capacity demands. The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance published a study detailing how operator networks must adapt to support AI applications. The pub…

Using AI to slash 5G emissions and hit ESG goals

Implementing AI solutions in 5G networks can drastically slash energy emissions and accelerate progress toward critical ESG goals. 5G energy efficiency is often viewed as a line item for network operators, but new data suggests it is a macroeconomic le…

Private 5G networks: Solving the space and power problem

Deploying private 5G networks in space-constrained environments often forces a trade-off between performance and physical footprint. While industrial strategy frequently calls for private 5G to support automation and data sovereignty, the reality of fi…

Samsung: Turning legacy infrastructure into AI-ready networks

Samsung explains how operators can build AI-ready networks on existing software infrastructure to minimise hardware costs. Operators that pursued virtualisation early are saving on operating costs while sitting on infrastructure capable of running AI w…