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NVIDIA AI Aerial Delivers 3x Spectral Efficiency in SoftBank Field Trials: A New Benchmark for AI-Native Open RAN

• Technology
• July 8, 2026
• 5 mins

NVIDIA’s July 2026 AI Aerial update and SoftBank’s outdoor 16-layer MU-MIMO trial signal a step-change in GPU-driven RAN performance with direct implications for Open RAN economics and 6G readiness.