"GTC Washington, D.C.-NVIDIA and Nokia today announced a strategic partnership to add NVIDIA-powered, commercial-grade AI-RAN products to Nokia's industry-leading RAN portfolio, enabling communication service providers to launch AI-native 5G-Advanced and 6G networks on NVIDIA platforms. NVIDIA will also invest $1 billion in Nokia at a subscription price of $6.01 per share. The investment is subject to customary closing conditions. The partnership marks the beginning of the AI-native wireless era, providing the foundation to support AI-powered consumer experiences and enterprise services at the edge."
"In addition, the partnership addresses the fast-growing AI-RAN market, representing a significant opportunity within the RAN market that is expected to exceed a cumulative $200 billion by 2030, according to analyst firm Omdia. Together, NVIDIA and Nokia are also laying the strategic infrastructure and opening up a new high-growth frontier for telecom providers by delivering distributed edge AI inferencing at scale."
"T-Mobile U.S. will collaborate with Nokia and NVIDIA to drive and test AI-RAN technologies as a part of the 6G innovation and development process, reinforcing its global leadership in driving wireless innovation. Trials are expected to begin in 2026, focused on field validation of performance and efficiency gains for customers. The move will enable massive improvements in performance and efficiency, helping ensure that consumers using generative, agentic and physical AI applications on their devices will have seamless network experiences."
NVIDIA and Nokia formed a strategic partnership to integrate NVIDIA-powered commercial-grade AI-RAN products into Nokia's RAN portfolio, enabling communication service providers to deploy AI-native 5G-Advanced and 6G networks on NVIDIA platforms. NVIDIA will invest $1 billion in Nokia at $6.01 per share, subject to customary closing conditions. The partnership aims to launch the AI-native wireless era, supporting AI-powered consumer experiences and enterprise edge services. The collaboration targets the fast-growing AI-RAN market, forecast to exceed $200 billion cumulative by 2030, and focuses on delivering distributed edge AI inferencing at scale. T-Mobile U.S. will join trials beginning in 2026 to validate performance and efficiency gains.
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