GSMA and CITEL Partner on Mobile Policy Training in OAS Member States

Really excited to be having a conversation about real AI challenges as well as what it takes to to operate a sovereign AI cloud with Manoj Prasanna Kumar, Singtel CTO. At the upcoming MTX - Milipol TechX conference. WEKA

The latest edition of our #telecom digest, Tele-Shots captures key policy and regulatory developments across the ecosystem. These include Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s consultation paper on #SatelliteCommunication network authorisation and #spectrum assignment, draft Telecom Consumers Protection Regulations 2026, Department of Telecommunications ( DOT )’s Telecommunication Engineering Centre standards and #AI incident database framework. Harsh Walia | Abhinav Chandan | Shobhit Chandra | Sanjuktha A. Yermal | Prittika Aroraa | Vanshika Lal #KhaitanCo #Telecommunication

Will the 6G Network be an AI Ally? Experts are wondering: is AI involvement in wireless networks just network optimization or a path to new revenue growth? In a panel at the Network X Americas 6G Summit, moderated by Next G Alliance Steering Group Co-Chair Havish Koorapaty (Ericsson Telecommunications Inc.), Ivy Kelly (C Spire) and Sarah Skaluba (National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)) discussed the impacts of AI on future wireless networks. Panelists discussed APIs for AI in 6G, developments and involvement in global standards bodies such as 3GPP, and the balances that must be struck regarding challenges such as power and data privacy. #6G #6GSummit #NextG #Infrastructure #3GPP #Standards #AI #Research

Voice in telecom has been stagnant for decades, but not any more!   We’re entering the era of AI-native calling, from real-time AI agents to built-in fraud protection, telecom networks are uniquely positioned to power and secure the next wave of AI voice.    In our latest blog (link in comment), we share our perspective, and Ericsson #Ventures' investments in Cartesia and Hiya Inc.   👀 We’re also bringing this to life with live demos at the #CoreNetworkSummit2026 in corporation with TIM in #Rome this week, together with Cartesia , Hiya Inc. and supported also by Tavus and Pipecat.   Jenny Lindqvist Monica Zethzon Jon Illana Jo Lindstad Sven Gemski Mariarosaria Romano Nathan Hegedus Karan Goel Alex Algard Aaron Melgar Deborah Lim Jacqueline Wibowo Patrick Boyle Varun S. Kwindla Hultman Kramer Quinn Favret Hassaan Raza Tim Huang Stephanie Boulanger Anthony Mendonca Camilo Morales Jose Suarez Graham Ackerman Porter Ontko   #5g #ericsson #CoreNetworkSummit2026 #CloudNative

Video agents are the next conversational AI frontier! Voice AI agents are now deployed at scale across a very wide range of use cases. And often, voice is what you need. But the progress in realtime video generation over the past year has been amazing. You can now talk to a live video avatar at low latency, using the same streaming techniques and Pipecat building blocks that you use to build production voice agents. Many companies are starting to deploy both voice and video agents, and to switch seamlessly between them. Really fun working with Ericsson, Tavus, and Cartesia on reference implementations and demos for Core Network Summit!

Bouygues Telecom Deploys Perion’s Outmax AI Agent “Our objective was to improve acquisition efficiency while reducing the carbon intensity of our media. Outmax enabled both. The ability to shift KPIs in real time without disrupting performance gave us the confidence to extend this model across additional channels,” said Rim El Bekkaoui Head of Media Expertise, Bouygues Telecom. Tal Jacobson Read More:- https://lnkd.in/dpfPAwzG #BouyguesTelecom #AIAgent #Perions #Channel #news #martech #martechcube

ITU GSR26: Shouldn’t regulators understand technology…and data? On the way to Ankara this week, I was told not to expect anything too exciting. Whether that was commentary on the city or the International Telecommunication Union Global Symposium for Regulators, I’m not sure. If you don’t know the GSR, it’s an ITU-led congregation of telecoms policymakers from across the globe. For me, this year’s edition was an opportunity to understand how those policymakers are thinking about the tech they are regulating as well as the data they’re using to make decisions. The Bad News Never a fan of formality, sessions filled with prepared statements and perfunctory “thank yous” were mildly annoying. They also gave no indication that the people responsible for setting policy have a clear grasp on the tech they need to be paying attention to. Take the session “Anticipating: Are we ready for what’s next?” as an example. It promised insights into how regulators and industry are thinking about AI, 6G, quantum and space-based comms. It delivered was a smorgasbord of aspirational jargon: optimal design, framing mechanisms, behavioural insights, enabling environments. The Good News Most people come in order to engage beyond the public content. And, across my own meetings with heads of regulatory bodies, telco regulatory leads and other folks, the story was much more nuanced. We spent a lot of time talking satellite, sovereignty, AI, 6G, network resilience and even Open RAN - pretty much everything that should be on the agenda. The depth of understanding across each of these varies. Obviously. But there’s clear depth beneath the rhetoric. A clear understanding that policy must adapt to new tech capabilities. You can even see this from a far if you look close enough. Go look at the ITU’s release of work on “Regulatory perspectives for satellite communications to connect underserved communities.” Is the title catchy? No. Is it a bit on the long side? Yes. Is that because it’s packed with case studies, comparisons and decision-making tools which attempt to frame the aspirational jargon I mentioned in terms of critical technology dynamics? Also yes. Am I a tad jealous of the good work done? Maybe. And the case study part brings me full circle to the question of how data is being used to make decisions. A big part of the messaging at GSR 2026 was focused on the need for robust market and consumer data to make meaningful policy decisions. It seems so self-obvious that it wouldn’t need to be said. But it’s a reminder that accurate data isn’t always easy to come by. And, even when it is, most folks concentrate on understanding the market they’re in vs. trying to learn from others, leaving them blind to important lessons…all of which makes the work at events like GSR critical, if not always exciting to your friends and neighbours.

Big news!! We’re finalists at T Challenge 2026. 500+ companies applied. 12 made it through and we’re one of them. Selected by Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile US, Vigilent has made it to the finals of one of the most competitive AI innovation programmes in telecoms — and tomorrow we pitch live in Bonn. We’re competing for a share of the €450,000 prize pool, but the real prize is the opportunity to deploy our AI cooling optimisation at scale across European and US telco infrastructure. The problem we’re solving is real: data centre cooling is one of the biggest energy drains in telecoms — and a lot of it is wasted. Vigilent’s AI matches thermal requirements to actual IT load in real time, cutting power consumption by up to 50% (& sometimes more!) and extends equipment life without compromising performance. Telcos are under pressure to decarbonise and improve operations. We’re the answer. Wish us luck tomorrow! #TChallenge #DeutscheTelekom #TMobile #DataCentre #AIInnovation #Sustainability #EnergyEfficiency #Vigilent Clifford Federspiel Mike Driscoll Nour Aldeen Shanaah

Today, the European infrastructure faces a €459B 'Friction Tax' due to administrative barriers and a total dependency on cloud connectivity. E-Link-U is the resilient 'Plan B': a sovereign, biometric, and offline ecosystem designed for the TEN-T corridors and global inclusion. 🔒 Privacy by Design: Utilizing Triple-Sector logic and the Umatter protocol. 🌍 Hybrid Resilience: A physical biometric anchor for a digital world. I have officially registered the Technical White Papers via Zenodo (DOI below) to establish this framework as a public standard for strategic autonomy. 🔗 View the Registered Architecture: [https://lnkd.in/g79UnjnK] 🕹️ Try the Simulation: [https://lnkd.in/gQG34ksc] Looking for strategic partners in South Korea (manufacturing) and Estonia (digital governance). #Fintech #Sovereignty #TENT #DigitalIdentity #Elinku #Inclusion

#6G made an appearance this year at #MWC26. From a standards perspective, 6G is no longer theoretical, but it is still early as the industry is still in the study phase focused on feasibility. Studies began last year and are expected to conclude by mid-2027, after which #3GPP will decide which features made it into the first 6G release. According to the current 3GPP agreement, this phase will conclude at the earliest in March 2029. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e8tJ8Rrh #6GNetworks