NVIDIA and Nokia turn telecom networks into distributed AI platforms; T-Mobile completes first AI-RAN call
nvidia · x · 2026-10-21
At GTC Berlin, NVIDIA announced that leading telecom operators are embedding NVIDIA accelerated computing across data centers, metro sites and cell sites to serve AI closer to users.
- T-Mobile completed the world's first AI-RAN call on a live commercial network in Bellevue, WA, with NVIDIA and Nokia
- BT, Deutsche Telekom and Elisa announced AI-RAN pilots on live networks using Nokia's CUDA-accelerated anyRAN software on NVIDIA's Aerial RAN Computer (ARC)
- Elisa ran Europe's first AI-RAN field trial, combining voice, mobile data and vision AI on a single accelerated 5G platform
- Orange is launching voice intelligence services for enterprises and emergency responders; nine EMEA operators are building/expanding NVIDIA-powered infrastructure
- Operators and partners are adopting NVIDIA Nemotron open models for agentic services and autonomous network operations
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