At Mobile World Congress, NVIDIA announced a sweeping industry commitment to build next-generation 6G wireless networks on AI-native, open, secure and trustworthy platforms. The coalition includes major operators and technology firms such as Booz Allen Hamilton, BT Group, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, MITRE, Nokia, Open Compute Project Foundation (OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation), Open Digital Cloud (ODC),…
Open RAN changed how telecom networks are built. Now AI-RAN is poised to change how they’re run. At MWC Barcelona 2026, Wind River—an Aptiv company—and Vodafone are showcasing a joint AI-RAN solution designed to operationalize intelligence inside disaggregated Open RAN networks. The message is blunt: human-driven network operations can’t keep up anymore. From Dashboards to…
At MWC Barcelona, Red Hat announced a major win in the European telecom market: Telefónica Spain is standardizing on Red Hat OpenShift as its common platform for both IT workloads and cloud-native network functions (CNFs). It’s more than a platform swap. It’s a structural shift in how one of Europe’s largest operators runs its infrastructure—bringing…
Telecom networks are no longer just pipes—they’re data goldmines. At least, that’s the bet GIGABYTE Technology is making at Mobile World Congress. The company used the Barcelona show to roll out an expanded end-to-end AI infrastructure portfolio tailored specifically for telecom operators. The pitch is ambitious: give telcos the compute muscle to transform network and…
As it celebrates three decades in business, global financial services consultancy Synpulse is doubling down on Asia-Pacific. The firm has promoted Hong Kong–based leaders Andreas Mettenberger and Adrien Thonet to Partner, reinforcing its North Asia bench at a time when APAC is emerging as a central growth pillar for the company’s global operations. The announcement…
