MWC25: Nvidia Expands Telco Footprint Through AI Integration
Nvidia is driving AI adoption across the telecommunications sector, with implementations spanning from customer service to core network infrastructure. In an exclusive interview at Mobile World Congress 2025, Ronnie Vasishta, SVP of Telecom at Nvidia, outlined how the GPU maker is positioning itself as central to telco transformation.
Ronnie Vasishta, Senior Vice President of Telecom at Nvidia, described the company’s approach to the telecommunications market. “We’re a platform company, but we go to market vertically,” he says. “What that really means is that as our customers and partners look at us, what they want to see are building blocks and solutions that are meaningful to a telecom audience.”
The company positions its products within telecommunications contexts rather than focusing solely on hardware specifications. “Even though people talk about GPUs today – or the silicon, or the systems – what we have to do is put that in context of telecommunications and how we can help our partners, our ecosystem and our customers in their telecommunications journey,” he adds.
AI adoption from Nvidia partners shows telecommunications industry transformation
The telecommunications sector demonstrates receptiveness to AI implementation across multiple operational areas. As Ronnie notes, few industries exhibit such rapid AI adoption rates – a trend that began before the emergence of consumer-facing AI applications and has accelerated since.
“Since the ChatGPT moment, MWC has really gravitated towards the fusion of both AI and telecommunications,” he explains. This shift enables new capabilities throughout the telecommunications value chain.
“What we are able to do is work with telecommunications companies or telcos all the way from things like customer experience, customer care, network operations, productivity enhancements within the telecom operator themselves, but also all the way down to infrastructure,” he says.
The infrastructure component presents opportunities for efficiency improvements. “As we look to virtualise the infrastructure, make it software defined, AI lends itself to both the productivity enhancements, the efficiency of the infrastructure, but also the spectral efficiency that’s achieved by adding AI to the infrastructure.”
Nvidia ecosystem expands from edge computing to network core infrastructure
The company maintains relationships with partners throughout the telecommunications value chain. “We are very connected to our ecosystems up and down the stack of offerings," Ronnie says. “In telecommunications, our ecosystem extends from the hardware to the systems, the software, the telcos and the applications that run on top of that. So it’s a full stack of offerings.”
“Since the ChatGPT moment, MWC has really gravitated towards the fusion of both AI and telecommunications.”
For example, OEM manufacturers are now putting Nvidia hardware into their servers, enabling the company’s solutions to be deployed from the edge of the network all the way to the central infrastructure.
Software providers represent another key segment of this ecosystem. “Then you have software providers and service providers that are adding OSS and BSS type billing systems, for instance, where they’re using generative AI,” Ronnie explains.
Customer service represents another application area. “You have customer care partners where you’re adding AI in voice assistance in text prompts where you’re using AI for enhanced experience and productivity enhancements,” he adds.
AI RAN Alliance growth shows maturing telecommunications AI market
The AI Radio Access Network (RAN) Alliance, which Nvidia co-founded, has expanded significantly in a short period. “About a year ago we were one of the founding companies within the AI RAN Alliance. What’s encouraging to me is how quickly within one year that membership has grown from 10 companies to 75 companies,” Ronnie notes.
The Mobile World Congress exhibition floor featured demonstrations of how AI improves spectral efficiency – the amount of data that can be transmitted over a given bandwidth. “That’s got a huge impact on the monetisation capabilities of the industry,” he says.
"About a year ago we were one of the founding companies within the AI RAN Alliance. What’s encouraging to me is how quickly within one year that membership has grown from 10 companies to 75 companies."
The company’s AI RAN+ initiative represents one approach to addressing these challenges. Ronnie also notes "all the applications that are now running, AI applications that are now running over the radio access network."
Reflecting on the transformation visible throughout MWC, Ronnie observes the unmistakable shift within the telecommunications sector: “The obvious is how quickly this industry is gravitating towards AI solutions,” he concludes. “It’s hard for you to go around any of the booths here today and not be excited by the prospect of what AI can add to telecommunication.”
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