Aduna Explores Agentic AI Layer to Unlock Telco API Potential
At Mobile World Congress 2026, Aduna’s Chief Commercial Officer Peter Arbiter outlined the company’s strategy to build an “agentic AI layer” that sits between telco networks and external AI agents, aggregating disparate carrier APIs into a single northbound interface. Aduna’s platform ingests southbound APIs from multiple carriers, normalizes them, and exposes a unified catalog that developers can call without navigating each operator’s proprietary system. By shielding the complexity of deterministic network services, the layer promises faster integration while maintaining the service‑assurance guarantees telcos require. Arbiter emphasized that there is no single “killer app” for the network, likening the current moment to the early days of 3G where the value came from millions of downstream apps. He highlighted fraud prevention—leveraging real‑time signals such as SIM swaps and device authentication—as the first high‑impact use case, noting that the same data can also power retail and logistics solutions. If adopted widely, the AI‑ready API hub could unlock new revenue streams for carriers, accelerate AI‑driven services across verticals, and give enterprises a trusted source of real‑time telco data, reshaping how digital ecosystems combat fraud and optimize operations.
Built-In Security for AI-Driven Networks
The discussion centered on the necessity of embedding security directly into AI‑driven telecom networks, as illustrated by HPE’s new integrated telco portfolio unveiled at MWC. With AI increasing the volume of telemetry and the need for centralized training and edge inference,...
AI, 6G and Sustainability: NGMN’s Perspective
At Mobile World Congress, the NGMN Alliance — an operator-driven consortium — will spotlight three interlocking strategic pillars: route to disaggregation, green future networks and 6G, offering guidance and practical examples for operators and vendors. NGMN board director Arash Assura...
MWC26: Why Trust Is Key for KPN
At MWC26 KPN CSO Benji Curtsy said the carrier is on track with its ‘connect, activate, grow’ plan launched in late 2024, hitting €5.8bn in service revenues, roughly €2.66bn in EBITDA and about €950m in free cash flow by end-2025...
NGMN’s AI-Driven Approach to Network Simplification
Network simplification has become a strategic imperative as mobile networks grow in complexity, and the NGMN is positioning AI‑driven, cloud‑native architectures at the forefront. In its upcoming press briefing at MWC, board director Bernard Bureau outlined the alliance’s new “cloud...
Can Agentic AI Unlock the Telco API Opportunity?
The Unthinkable Lab in London gathered telcos, vendors, developers and regulators to debate whether agentic AI could become the primary driver of telco API demand. Hosted by Telecom TV’s Guy Daniels, the session produced a post‑event report that explores the...
Orange and Ng-Voice Launch IMS-as-a-Service to Transform Voice Economics
Orange Wholesale International announced the launch of an IMS‑as‑a‑service platform built on NG Voice’s fully containerized, cloud‑native solution. The joint offering reframes voice delivery as a subscription‑based service, targeting mobile operators and MVNOs that need to support traditional voice, 2G/3G...
Building Profitable AI-Native Networks From 5G-Advanced to 6G
The panel on Telecom TV examined how AI will reshape radio access networks from 5G‑Advanced to 6G, spotlighting Nvidia’s $1 billion partnership with Nokia to place GPU‑accelerated compute directly at the cell‑site edge. By moving inference to the base‑station, operators...
The AI-Native Telco: Capturing Revenue Opportunities in the AI Value Chain
The panel titled “The AI‑native telco: Capturing revenue opportunities in the AI value chain” examined how telecom operators are being forced to reinvent themselves as AI‑centric infrastructure providers. Speakers highlighted that AI training and inference workloads are turning traditionally...