NVIDIA and Nokia push AI-RAN live trials as T-Mobile claims first AI-RAN call
At GTC Berlin, NVIDIA said T-Mobile completed what NVIDIA calls the world’s first AI-RAN call on a live commercial network in Bellevue, Washington, working 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 Aerial RAN Computer, with Elisa claiming Europe’s first AI-RAN field trial; Nokia is also bringing anyRAN on ARC for trials at BT, Deutsche Telekom, Elisa and Orange. NVIDIA said nine EMEA operators are building or expanding NVIDIA-powered infrastructure, Nokia and Cisco are integrating NVIDIA Nemotron open models into network-automation software, and it introduced MGX 2U and MGX 4U ARC configurations, with Dell, Quanta Cloud Technology and Supermicro to offer ARC-ready servers.
The announcement shows telecom operators planning to run AI inference and 5G workloads on the same accelerated infrastructure, with Nokia integrating Nemotron into its autonomous network software.
News Summary:
- Leading global telecom operators are expanding NVIDIA-powered computing across their networks to deliver advanced services closer to people and businesses, improve wireless experience and automate network operations.
- T-Mobile completes the world’s first AI-RAN call on a commercial network, while BT, Deutsche Telekom and Elisa announce AI-RAN pilots on live networks using Nokia’s CUDA-accelerated anyRAN software on NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer, and NVIDIA introduces new Aerial RAN Computer configurations for high-capacity sites.
- Nine EMEA telecom operators are building and expanding NVIDIA-powered infrastructure across centralized and distributed locations.
- Operators and software partners are adopting NVIDIA Nemotron open models to deliver agentic services and develop agents for autonomous network operations.
GTC Berlin—NVIDIA today announced that leading global telecom operators are turning their networks into distributed intelligence platforms, adding NVIDIA accelerated computing to centralized data centers, metro sites and cell sites so they can serve models and applications closer to the people, businesses and machines that use them.
T-Mobile has completed the world’s first AI-RAN call on a live network in Bellevue, Washington, with NVIDIA and Nokia. Deutsche Telekom is advancing physical AI for industries, and Orange is introducing new voice intelligence services for enterprises and emergency responders. Elisa has completed Europe’s first field trial of AI-RAN, running voice, mobile data and vision AI together on a single accelerated computing platform over 5G, and BT is preparing live AI-RAN trials in the U.K. Nokia is bringing its anyRAN software on NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer (ARC) for trials at BT, Deutsche Telekom, Elisa and Orange.
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