This Week's Top Five Stories in the Telco Industry

What Meta and Nebius' US$27bn AI Deal Means for Telcos

Meta is no stranger to multi-billion dollar technology deals, and its latest agreement with Nebius highlights growing demand for hyperscale AI infrastructure.

The deal is centred on infrastructure designed to support large AI workloads, with the partnership's value totalling US$27bn. 

As AI data centre facilities expand, telco providers play a central role in supporting the connectivity required to link them with global network infrastructure, as they must support higher traffic volumes and more demanding cloud connectivity requirements.

How Nokia's Wifi-9 Responds to Telco Network Demand

Nokia is setting the tone for Wi-Fi 9 as telcos begin to map out what comes next for wireless connectivity.

As discussions open within the IEEE 802.11 standards body, the company has set out how wireless networks must evolve to support more demanding applications across consumer and enterprise environments.

The proposal places Wi-Fi 9 within a wider telco ecosystem, where it operates alongside fibre broadband and future 6G networks. Rather than focusing only on peak speeds, Nokia highlights the need for consistent and predictable performance as operators manage rising traffic demands and new service types.

Inside NVIDIA and T-Mobile's AI-RAN Strategy for Telcos​​​​​​​

NVIDIA and T-Mobile are working together to bring AI into telecoms infrastructure, teaming up with Nokia and a growing developer ecosystem to move physical AI applications onto distributed edge networks.

The partnership focuses on AI-RAN, where AI is built into the radio access network.

Using NVIDIA’s Metropolis platform, developers are deploying vision AI agents across environments such as cities and industrial sites, turning 5G infrastructure into a platform that supports AI workloads alongside connectivity.

AI Scam Calls Hit Telcos: Syntelligence AI Tackles Deepfakes​​​​​​​

AI deepfakes, while being known for their prolific creation on social media platforms like X, can also be created through the manipulation of real voices.

Globally, telecom fraud losses reached US$41.82bn according to the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) Fraud Loss Survey Report.

Syntelligence AI, founded by Deutsche Telekom AG, e&, Singtel Group, SK Telecom, Inc. and SoftBank Corp, is using AI training datasets made by the five telcos to target some of the biggest threats in telecommunications.

Behind Google Cloud's Plan to Take AI Connectivity Global

In an effort to prevent a digital divide from becoming an AI divide, Google Cloud has set out a telco infrastructure plan that bridges four continents.

The aim is to expand AI connectivity across Asia, Africa, Australia and North America as part of a five-year US$15bn investment.

America-India Connect is the name of the programme, which will expand subsea cable systems and fibre networks linking these four continents through India.