Category: Operators

Vodafone tests live network AI translation with Ericsson

Vodafone and Ericsson have completed a live network trial running AI translation during standard voice calls across five European languages. The test evaluated direct audio interpretation between English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish speakers. …

China Telecom AI launches Xing4.0-29B-A4B open model

China Telecom AI has released Xing4.0-29B-A4B, a lightweight open model for running complex autonomous workflows on a single desktop GPU. Built with 29 billion total parameters, the architecture activates four billion parameters per token during infere…

Eutelsat trials OneWeb LEO rail connectivity across Poland

Eutelsat has tested OneWeb LEO rail connectivity on a live network in Poland aboard a PKP Intercity passenger service running between Kozłów, Warszawa, and Tczew. The field trial evaluated low Earth orbit satellite links on rolling stock operating at l…

Verizon and Samsung trial AI-native ISAC sensing on vRAN

Operating live base stations over commercial radio spectrum, field engineers from Verizon and Samsung have demonstrated AI-native ISAC sensing across vRAN without deploying dedicated cameras or radar hardware. The trial, conducted at a major internatio…

ZTE and XLSMART test autonomous network optimisation AI agent

ZTE and XLSMART have validated a network optimisation AI agent in live wireless operations, targeting Level 4 autonomous networks. The companies presented the trial results at the ZTE Global Summit & User Congress 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Th…

Eutelsat and Skynopy deploy Global AKAR satellite ground network

Eutelsat and Skynopy have launched Global AKAR, a software-defined satellite ground network designed for low Earth orbit constellations. Announced at the International Space Summit in Paris, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, the commercial ve…

Vodafone Business launches 5G+ network slicing for enterprises

Vodafone Business has launched SuperMobile for Business, introducing the UK’s first national 5G+ network slicing for enterprises. The dedicated slice isolates enterprise mobile traffic from consumer demand on the VodafoneThree network, providing …

Vodafone Business launches 5G+ network slicing for enterprises

Vodafone Business has launched SuperMobile for Business, introducing the UK’s first national 5G+ network slicing for enterprises. The dedicated slice isolates enterprise mobile traffic from consumer demand on the VodafoneThree network, providing …

SoftBank and Ericsson test AI scheduler on live Japan 5G network

SoftBank and Ericsson have validated an AI scheduler for link adaptation inside the radio access network (RAN) on a live 5G network in Japan. The two companies ran the trial on SoftBank’s commercial network rather than in a lab environment, testi…

EDOTCO builds Azure AI tool to speed up telecom tower planning

EDOTCO Group has built an AI chatbot, NaPA GPT, on Microsoft Azure to speed up decisions on where new mobile towers go. The Malaysia-based telecom infrastructure operator says planning teams used to wait between three days and a week for a specialist t…