Blog Posts

Arm Enters vRAN Fray with Kenyi to Challenge Intel in Open RAN and AI-Native Deployments

Light Reading reports on Arm and startup Kenyi's push to deliver virtualized RAN on Arm CPUs, targeting Open RAN operators and the shift to AI-RAN workloads.

South Korea’s AI-RAN Offensive: The Standards Battle Open RAN Operators Can’t Afford to Miss

South Korean carriers are betting big on AI-RAN for 6G leadership—here’s why this matters for Open RAN’s global future.

Ericsson’s RAN Compute Platform Lands at NTT Docomo: A Practical Step Toward AI-Native Networks

NTT Docomo selects Ericsson’s latest RAN Compute hardware for 4G/5G and AI workloads in Japan, promising double the capacity and half the energy use.

Qualcomm Charts End-to-End AI-Native Path to 6G, Anchoring Open RAN with Heterogeneous Compute and Sensing

Qualcomm unveils comprehensive AI-native 6G infrastructure strategy, integrating Oryon CPUs, Hexagon NPUs, QDU accelerators, Giga-MIMO, and agentic management for Open RAN-aligned deployments.

Nokia’s Mid-Summer AI-RAN Launch: Tracing the Path from Early Open RAN Experiments to Commercial GPU-Accelerated Intelligence

How Nokia’s July 2026 commercial AI-RAN platform builds on a decade of Open RAN disaggregation and NVIDIA collaboration to deliver measurable spectral efficiency gains.

Open RAN, Cloud RAN and AI Converge: 5 Insights Operators Need Now

RCR webinar highlights how Open RAN's programmability accelerates AI-native RAN with Nokia, NVIDIA and TELUS real-world examples.

NVIDIA Eyes GPUs for 6G Radio Units: A New Frontier for AI-Native Open RAN

NVIDIA's push to embed GPUs directly into 6G radio units could reshape Open RAN economics, performance, and software-defined intelligence.

AI-RAN Hype Collides with Flat RAN Economics: What Operators Must Decide Now

Ericsson’s Q2 results and rising silicon costs underscore the gap between AI-RAN promises and near-term operator budgets in a stagnant market.

Rakuten Symphony Secures METI Grant for Ukraine Open RAN Field Trials with Kyivstar

Rakuten Symphony lands $2.14M Japanese grant to advance virtualized Open RAN deployments in Ukraine, moving from lab to live 4G/5G field tests with Kyivstar.

The Open Secure AI Alliance: Why Open RAN Operators Should Bet Big on Open AI Defenses Now

NVIDIA's new alliance with Nokia, SK Telecom and 35+ others delivers the open AI security tools Open RAN needs to go AI-native without the risks.

AI-RAN Alliance Hits Major Milestone with 132 Members and 33 Demos

The AI-RAN Alliance's latest progress highlights accelerating industry momentum toward AI-native networks and deeper Open RAN integration.

Dell’s Six Imperatives Outline the Pragmatic Roadmap from Open RAN Foundations to Scalable AI-Native Telecom

Dell Technologies' July 2026 analysis delivers a disciplined, execution-focused framework for operators to accelerate from cloud-native Open RAN to monetizable AI-native networks.

South Korea's Hyper AI Network Initiative: From Open RAN Disaggregation to Physical AI in Industry

South Korea's new $11.6M government project tests AI-RAN and 5G for industrial robotics, building on years of Open RAN and AI evolution.

Nokia Launches Industry-First Commercial AI-RAN Platform: 5 Things It Means for Open RAN Operators

Nokia's July 15, 2026 AI-RAN platform announcement delivers GPU-powered intelligence, Open RAN compliance, and massive spectral gains—here's what operators need to know.

Nokia’s AI-RAN Push: Can Operators Really Move at Software Speed?

Nokia CTO Pallavi Mahajan details how AI-RAN decouples hardware from software for rapid innovation, spectral gains up to 2x by 2028, and 6G readiness without rip-and-replace.

Red Hat Charts the Three-Stage Path from AI for RAN to Truly AI-Native Networks

Red Hat’s Shujaur Mufti maps a pragmatic, phased roadmap for AI-RAN evolution, starting with immediate opex wins on existing infrastructure and scaling toward shared GPU platforms and AI-native services by the 6G era.

Nokia Refines AI-RAN Messaging: Merchant Silicon Confidence and Software-First Evolution Signal Maturing Open RAN Strategy

Dell'Oro analysis highlights Nokia's sharpened AI-RAN focus on GPU-based platforms, deployment flexibility, and 2x spectral efficiency gains for Open RAN operators.

The AI-RAN Alliance Funding Call Is the Spark Open RAN Needs to Ignite Real AI-Native Innovation

The AI-RAN Alliance's $150K funding program for AI-RAN prototypes by July 31, 2026, could finally bridge the gap between vision and deployable Open RAN intelligence.

New AI-RAN Testbed Launched by Leading European Operators Signals Shift to Production-Ready Intelligence

A major European consortium just unveiled a multi-vendor AI-RAN testbed focused on real-world optimization and energy savings—here’s what it means for Open RAN.

Cohere’s E3 Interface Breakthrough Unlocks Scalable AI-RAN dApps for Open RAN Operators

Cohere Technologies’ July 16 announcement of E3 interface support positions USM and Pulsone as production-ready dApps, driving spectral efficiency and AI-native Open RAN commercialization.