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From Connectivity to Intelligence: How Telcos Are Re-Engineering Themselves for the AI Era

From Connectivity to Intelligence: How Telcos Are Re-Engineering Themselves for the AI Era

The global telecom industry is entering a decisive transformation cycle. For decades, operators focused on scale, coverage, and cost efficiency—delivering connectivity as a largely uniform utility. Today, that model is no longer sufficient. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how networks are built, operated, monetized, and governed, pushing telecom operators toward a fundamentally different…
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From Connectivity to Intelligence: How Telcos Are Re-Engineering Themselves for the AI Era

From Connectivity to Intelligence: How Telcos Are Re-Engineering Themselves for the AI Era
The telecom industry is evolving fast, driven by the rise of AI and real-time data demands. Telcos are moving from legacy connectivity models toward becoming AI-powered intelligence infrastructure providers. This transformation spans infrastructure modernization, distributed AI, operational automation, and monetization shifts, from selling bandwidth to delivering tailored digital experiences.

Orange to Fully Own MasOrange in Spain

Orange to Fully Own MasOrange in Spain
Orange has signed a binding agreement to buy Lorca’s remaining 50% stake in MasOrange for 4.25 billion euros in cash, targeting completion in the first half of 2026 subject to customary approvals. The agreement transitions MasOrange from a 50:50 joint venture to a wholly owned subsidiary of Orange, consolidating governance

Nokia invests $4B in AI-ready US networks

Nokia Shifts Focus to AI and Network Infrastructure
Nokia is making a multi‑year, $4 billion push to expand US R&D and manufacturing as it pivots to AI‑native networks under CEO Justin Hotard. The company will invest roughly $3.5 billion in US‑based R&D spanning networking technologies, defense applications, automation, quantum‑safe networking, and semiconductor development. A further $500 million targets

Deutsche Telekom Industrial AI Cloud wins SOOFI contract

Deutsche Telekom Industrial AI Cloud wins SOOFI contract
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems has secured a multi-million-euro contract from Leibniz University Hannover to power SOOFI, a flagship initiative to build a 100-billion-parameter, European-operated large language model. The SOOFI (Sovereign Open Source Foundation Models) project will train a next-generation, open-source LLM focused on European languages and industrial requirements, replacing the current

Anthropic invests $50B in U.S. AI data center infrastructure

Top Trends Reshaping Fiber, Data Centers, and Telecom
Anthropic will spend $50 billion on U.S.-based AI data centers, signaling a rapid new phase for domestic compute capacity with direct consequences for power, fiber, and cloud interconnects. Anthropic plans a multi-year, $50 billion program to develop custom data center campuses in the United States, beginning with Texas and New

SoftBank-OpenAI JV launches localized enterprise AI in Japan

SoftBank-OpenAI JV launches localized enterprise AI in Japan
SoftBank and OpenAI have formed SB OAI Japan, a jointly owned entity that will commercialize “Crystal intelligence,” a bundled enterprise AI offering focused on management and operations in Japan. The venture will combine OpenAI’s enterprise-grade models and tooling with localization, integration, and support led by SoftBank in-market. Crystal intelligence is

OECD broadband: fibre and 5G drive digital transformation

OECD broadband: fibre and 5G drive digital transformation
OECD data shows fixed and mobile broadband have shifted from build-out to scale-up, with fibre and 5G underpinning a new phase of digital infrastructure. Fixed broadband penetration across the OECD rose to 36.5 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants by end-2024, up from 32 in 2019, while the fibre share of fixed

SK Telecom expands AIDC for AI infrastructure in Asia

SK Telecom expands AIDC for AI infrastructure in Asia
At SK AI Summit 2025, CEO Jung Jaihun outlined plans to expand the Ulsan artificial intelligence data center (AIDC) to 1GW-class capacity, stand up a nationwide trio of hubs (Gasan in the Seoul metro, Ulsan in the south, and a new southwest site), and take the model into Southeast Asia

FCC to scrap telecom cybersecurity mandate

FCC to scrap telecom cybersecurity mandate
The Federal Communications Commission plans a November vote to rescind a January ruling that tied carrier cybersecurity obligations to CALEA, resetting the regulatory posture after high-profile intrusions tied to Chinese state-linked actors. In January, the FCC interpreted the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) to require telecommunications carriers to

NEC buys CSG for $2.9B to scale SaaS BSS monetization

NEC buys CSG for .9B to scale SaaS BSS monetization
NEC is moving to scale its cloud and SaaS business support capabilities with a $2.9 billion acquisition of CSG Systems International, positioning Netcracker at the center of the combined telecom monetization play. CSG brings a sizable recurring-revenue portfolio in digital BSS, billing, charging, and customer engagement used by communications, cable,
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