Inside Sunswift’s Data-Driven Solar Racing with Ericsson Connectivity
Inside Sunswift’s solar‑car program, engineers have fitted the vehicle with roughly 60 sensors that monitor powertrain performance, battery health and driver inputs. The data stream feeds both on‑board algorithms and real‑time driver coaching, allowing the car to automatically limit throttle current while also prompting the driver to ease off the accelerator when efficiency drops. The team runs continuous simulations using mathematical and machine‑learning models, updating race strategy every five to ten minutes. A throttle‑limiter software can curtail power delivery, and a lightweight feedback loop informs the driver, creating a hybrid human‑machine control loop. Ericsson’s dual‑connectivity solution—simultaneous 5G cellular and satellite link—provides the reliability needed for uninterrupted telemetry. Luke notes that a single drop in connectivity would erase minutes of unique solar‑irradiance data that cannot be recreated, underscoring the critical role of constant data flow. Beyond racing, the robust connectivity and sensor architecture have clear applications in emergency response, precision agriculture and large‑scale solar‑farm monitoring, where reliable, low‑latency data across remote areas can improve safety and operational efficiency.
Huawei Expands Global Connectivity Access
At the Tech Cares Forum in Barcelona, Huawei highlighted its role in the ITU’s Partner to Connect framework, pledging to close the digital divide for billions excluded from the AI‑driven economy. The company announced it has already exceeded its original...
Huawei Advances Inclusive Fitness Tech
Huawei unveiled a dedicated wheelchair mode for its newest line of smartwatches, positioning the feature as a milestone in inclusive health and fitness technology. The company highlighted that nearly 80 million people worldwide rely on wheelchairs, and a single tap now...
Huawei GT Runner 2 Focuses on Precision and Accuracy
Huawei used the Galleria de Crystal in Madrid to launch its GT Runner 2 smartwatch, a device built with input from marathon legend Elliot Kachig. The company positions the watch as a precision‑engineered tool for serious runners rather than a lifestyle...
AI‑native Technologies Driving Telco Transformation
The video announces a joint initiative between Everpure, Red Hat and Nokia that bundles telco‑grade storage, container‑native infrastructure and core network applications into a single AI‑native architecture. The solution layers Nokia’s legacy core applications on Red Hat’s OpenShift container platform, while...
Alianza on Using AI to Drive Revenue Growth
The video introduces Alianza’s platform that overlays an orchestration layer on top of a service provider’s modernized core network. By leveraging an intelligent communications fabric, the solution enables providers to expose a new generation of AI‑driven services that are independent...
Modernizing Network Lifecycle Management
The discussion centers on modernizing network lifecycle management for owners of critical infrastructure, where legacy equipment ranging from three‑decade‑old gear to brand‑new devices coexists. Dan from Fortress explains that the primary hurdle is locating, monitoring, and maintaining this heterogeneous mix,...
Designing Next‑Gen 5G/6G & AI‑Driven Devices
The video outlines a collaborative effort between Nvidia, Synopsys and Rohde Schwarz to create a lifecycle digital‑twin platform for next‑generation 5G/6G and AI‑driven devices. The partnership targets the emerging challenge of native‑AI radio access networks, where antennas and radios must adapt...
Tarana and MTN Cameroon Share Real Results From Next Gen Fixed Wireless
The video highlights a strategic partnership between Tarana and MTN Cameroon to roll out next‑generation fixed wireless access (FWA) that delivers fiber‑comparable speeds while avoiding the high costs and long timelines of traditional fiber deployments. Tarana’s 15‑year‑old technology offers rapid, low‑cost...
AI‑Native Telco Networks with Everpure's Patrick Lopez
The interview at MWC Barcelona introduced Everpure, the newly‑named entity that evolved from Pure Storage to encompass data management and infrastructure services beyond traditional storage. Patrick Lopez explained the rebrand reflects an "ever‑pure" architecture designed for the AI‑native telco era,...
Behind the Cameras at the FNTV Studio
The FNTV studio at Mobile World Congress Barcelona turned its cameras on the production floor, revealing a nonstop stream of interviews, panels, and analysis featuring top telecom executives. Behind the scenes, crews coordinated rapid‑turnaround content while a mascot dog, Bowie,...
Cisco’s Jeetu Patel On Making AITrustworthy at Scale
Cisco Chief Strategy Officer Jeetu Patel warned that AI’s move from chatbots to always-on digital agents will demand orders-of-magnitude increases in network capacity, security, observability and data-center scale. He argued three constraints—infrastructure, a trust deficit and a context gap—must be...
How AI Is Reshaping Telecom Networks
Speakers said AI is already reshaping telecom networks by shifting traffic from downlink-heavy to more uplink- and east‑west‑oriented patterns, driven by persistent, sensor‑style sessions from devices like smart glasses. They warned that AI traffic—projected to make up 20–40% of total...
Quantum-Safe Readiness: Operators Prepare for Q-Day
Speakers at the Barcelona discussion warned that “Q-Day” — the point when quantum computers can break today’s encryption — is likely four to eight years away, and urged organizations to act now because adversaries are already harvesting data to decrypt...
Rethinking Critical Infrastructure for AI
Speakers at MWC argued that AI is transforming network traffic from human-driven media to constant machine-to-machine flows, creating unprecedented demands for extreme bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and new east-west security. Networks must evolve into programmable, observable “data supply chains” that interconnect...
Huawei Closes The Digital Gap at Tech Cares Forum
At the Tech Cares Forum in Barcelona, Huawei announced it has exceeded its ITU Partner to Connect pledge, delivering connectivity to 170 million people in remote and rural areas across 80 countries—50 million more than its original commitment. The project...
Nokia CEO Justin Hotard on Private Wireless, AI & Infrastructure
Nokia CEO Justin Hotard used the Mobile World Congress stage to outline the company’s vision for an AI‑driven telecom future, stressing the shift toward private wireless, AI‑native networks and deeper collaboration with cloud players. He warned that while the AI super‑cycle...
Taara Launches Light-Based Connectivity for 6G and AI
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Taara unveiled its next‑generation light‑based connectivity solution aimed at powering 6G and AI‑intensive applications. The company positions the technology as a hybrid between fiber‑grade speed and wireless flexibility, addressing the capacity limits of...
FNTV In Barcelona - The Morning Analysis
Nokia’s Sunday event in Barcelona proved underwhelming, offering no major new customer deals or breakthrough announcements despite last year’s $1 billion Nvidia partnership to pursue an AI-driven RAN strategy. Speakers reiterated the dual promises of AI for RAN—cost and spectral-efficiency...
Building the 6G Future with Qualcomm
Qualcomm’s briefing ahead of MWC frames 6G as an imminent reality, emphasizing that the technology is moving from concept to demonstrable prototypes. The company highlights an AI‑native architecture that will reshape connectivity, sensing, and compute, with standardization already underway and...
Ericsson Goes All-In on Enterprise at MWC
At this year's Mobile World Congress, Ericsson has turned its Hall 2 presence into a showcase for enterprise‑focused connectivity, unveiling a suite of private‑5G, coverage‑extension and wireless‑van solutions aimed at vertical markets. The company highlighted live demonstrations, notably an autonomous warehouse...
VIAVI Explains Quantum-Ready Networks
Viavi’s briefing cuts through quantum hype to explain how networks will become quantum‑ready, emphasizing that test and measurement is the governance layer that transforms experimental quantum cryptography into deployable services. The company outlines a hybrid security model that blends quantum...
Have Hyperscalers Overtaken Telcos for Good?
The optical networking market is consolidating as hyperscalers secure larger contracts and outpace telco capital spending. AI‑driven data‑center growth is redirecting investment toward scale‑only networking solutions, making IP over DWDM commonplace in hyperscale environments but lagging in telecom. Mid‑size vendors...
Alianza Explains the Intelligent Network Era
Alonza used its MWC Barcelona appearance to frame the “Intelligent Network” era, unveiling the concept of an Intelligent Communications Fabric that links traditional telecom infrastructure with AI‑driven services. The company positions the fabric as an industry‑wide framework rather than a...
Arrcus on AI, Inference and Network Fabric
Arrcus highlighted its explosive 2025 performance, reporting a three‑fold increase in bookings and expanding adoption across data‑center providers, telecom carriers, and large enterprises. The company introduced the Arcus Inference Network Fabric (AINF), a purpose‑built layer designed to deliver ultra‑low latency,...
How Pure Storage Powers Real-Time Telco AI
The video spotlights Pure Storage’s push at MWC 26 to become the go‑to data platform for telcos entering the AI‑driven, cloud‑era. By positioning its Pure Data Stream solution as “telco‑grade” infrastructure, Pure aims to give carriers a unified layer that...
GFiber CTO John Keib on Preparing for AI Traffic
Google Fiber’s chief technology officer John Keib outlined the company’s aggressive rollout strategy and its preparation for the looming surge in artificial‑intelligence‑generated traffic. Since 2018, GFiber has moved from a proprietary BSS/OSS platform to a cloud‑native stack, enabling rapid feature development...
Carrier 2.0 - AI as a Systems Problem
The video frames telecommunications as a sector transitioning from isolated departments and technologies toward a unified, systems‑first mindset. It argues that AI should no longer be marketed as a discrete feature but understood as a stress‑test that exposes the underlying...
Carrier 2.0 - AI as a Systems Problem
The video frames artificial intelligence not as a standalone application but as a systems‑level challenge for telecommunications carriers. It argues that treating AI like a sprinkle of fairy dust over existing assets ignores the physical realities of power, cooling, water,...
