Nokia defines the next era of radio with the industry’s first AI-native RAN platform

Nokia defi es the ext e a of adio with the i dust y’s fi st AI- ative RAN platfo m

• Nokia lau ches the i dust y’s fi st comme cial AI-RAN platfo m, tu i g AI-RAN f om visio i to eality a d p ovidi g a p actical path to AI- ative etwo ks.
• Built o Nokia’s AI- ative a yRAN softwa e a d NVIDIA’s Ae ial AI-RAN platfo m, it will delive mo e tha 100% spect al efficie cy gai s by 2028, doubli g the capacity of existi g spect um assets.
• Nokia’s a yRAN softwa e will suppo t th ee ew accele ated computi g baseba d platfo ms. I additio , its existi g po tfolio will be fully ORAN complia t so ope ato s ca mode ize at thei ow pace.

15 July 2026Espoo, Fi la d – Nokia today a ou ced the i dust y’s fi st comme cial AI-RAN platfo m, ma ki g o e of the most sig ifica t shifts i adio etwo k a chitectu e i decades. As AI becomes the domi a t wo kload i mobile etwo ks, telecommu icatio p ovide s eed mo e capacity, st o ge eco omics a d faste i ovatio without elyi g o t aditio al ha dwa e upg ade cycles. Nokia’s AI-RAN platfo m helps telecommu icatio p ovide s u lock sig ifica tly mo e upli k a d dow li k capacity f om the spect um a d adio i f ast uctu e they al eady ow , p ovidi g a p actical path to AI- ative etwo ks while imp ovi g etwo k eco omics a d accele ati g i ovatio at softwa e speed.

“AI-RAN is the biggest i ovatio i adio i decades. AI-RAN makes the etwo k i tellige t, exte ds AI i to the physical wo ld, a d allows telcos to get mo e f om thei existi g i f ast uctu e, i cludi g a softwa e upg ade path to 6G. Nokia’s a yRAN softwa e, powe ed by NVIDIA’s Ae ial AI-RAN platfo m, u locks g eate pe fo ma ce f om the spect um ope ato s al eady have a d ca be deployed with existi g Nokia o ORAN-complia t adio u its. Fo ope ato s, that mea s mo e pe fo ma ce, bette etu s a d faste delive y of ew se vices,” said Justi Hota d, P eside t a d Chief Executive Office at Nokia.

Built o Nokia’s AI- ative etwo k a chitectu e a d NVIDIA’s accele ated computi g, Nokia’s AI-RAN platfo m delive s a step cha ge i etwo k pe fo ma ce a d eco omics. The AI-RAN platfo m has al eady show mo e tha 20% spect al efficie cy gai s th ough AI-d ive adio i ovatio s. The compa y is o t ack to delive 50% spect al gai s by 2027 a d mo e tha 100% by 2028, helpi g telecommu icatio p ovide s ca y sig ifica tly mo e t affic i de se cells while educi g cost pe bit a d imp ovi g custome expe ie ce.

“Telecommu icatio s is e te i g the AI e a — the adio access etwo k is the ext AI i f ast uctu e,” said Je se Hua g, CEO a d fou de of NVIDIA. “Togethe with Nokia, we a e b i gi g NVIDIA CUDA a d AI i to the baseba d, t a sfo mi g RAN i to a pla et-scale AI compute . This is a ge e atio al shift fo ope ato s — u locki g mo e capacity a d efficie cy f om today’s spect um while c eati g the fou datio fo ew AI se vices a d the 6G e a.”

Th ough a ew softwa e subsc iptio model, telecommu icatio p ovide s ca be efit f om AI i ovatio , ew featu es a d pe fo ma ce e ha ceme ts without elyi g o ha dwa e ef esh cycles. Nokia’s AI-RAN solutio s will e te pilot deployme ts at the e d of this yea a d be comme cially available i 2027, with a oadmap that leve ages NVIDIA’s p og ammable me cha t silico platfo ms.

“Nokia’s AI-RAN lau ch ep ese ts a impo ta t step i b i gi g AI-RAN f om i dust y visio to comme cial eality. The additio of the ew AI-RAN ode alo gside the Ai Scale capacity plug-i u it a d cloud- ative deployme t optio s gives ope ato s p actical choices fo adopti g AI- ative etwo ks based o thei existi g i f ast uctu e a d t a sfo matio goals. By combi i g AI-accele ated computi g with a softwa e-defi ed a chitectu e a d a clea p oduct oadmap, Nokia is helpi g ope ato s u lock g eate capacity, imp ove etwo k eco omics a d accele ate the t a sitio towa d AI- ative RAN,” comme ted Rémy Pascal, P actice Leade , Mobile I f ast uctu e at Omdia.

O e AI- ative platfo m. Th ee paths to adoptio Recog izi g the dive sity of telecommu icatio p ovide s’ etwo k st ategies a d i stalled RAN bases, Nokia’s AI-RAN platfo m is built o a commo softwa e-defi ed a chitectu e powe ed by Nokia’s a yRAN softwa e a d NVIDIA’s accele ated computi g. Suppo ti g 4G, 5G a d futu e etwo k evolutio , it p ovides th ee ha dwa e platfo m optio s, i cludi g a expa sio ca d fo existi g Ai Scale deployme ts a d a Cloud RAN alte ative. Fully complia t with Ope RAN sta da ds, the platfo m suppo ts ope , i te ope able multi-ve do deployme ts while givi g ope ato s the flexibility to choose the ha dwa e a d cloud e vi o me ts that best meet thei eeds. These ha dwa e platfo m optio s allow telecommu icatio p ovide s to mode ize at thei ow pace while p ese vi g existi g i f ast uctu e i vestme ts, be efiti g f om a commo softwa e oadmap a d accele ati g i ovatio at softwa e speed. Telecommu icatio p ovide s ca adopt AI-RAN i stages usi g the app oach that best matches thei deployme t st ategy, capacity equi eme ts a d i stalled base.

Build o existi g i vestme tsFo existi g Nokia custome s, Nokia is i t oduci g the ew GPU-powe ed Ai Scale capacity plug-i u it as the most efficie t path fo wa d. Desig ed fo Nokia’s i stalled Ai Scale base, the solutio i teg ates NVIDIA’s accele ated computi g i to existi g etwo k i f ast uctu e, e abli g a sig ifica t capacity step-cha ge th ough a simple upg ade path while p ese vi g existi g etwo k i vestme ts. This app oach is also suppo ted by AI-accele ated me cha t silico f om Ma vell as pa t of Nokia’s b oade ecosystem app oach to softwa e-defi ed AI-RAN a chitectu es. Telecommu icatio p ovide s ca i t oduce adva ced AI capabilities, co ti uously imp ove pe fo ma ce th ough softwa e a d exte d the value of deployed i f ast uctu e. 

Scale AI- ative capacity a ywhe eFo telecommu icatio p ovide s seeki g maximum deployme t flexibility a d pe fo ma ce, Nokia is i t oduci g the i dust y’s fi st GPU-powe ed sta dalo e AI-RAN ode. It b i gs AI-accele ated RAN pe fo ma ce to a y etwo k e vi o me t a d suppo ts 4G, 5G a d futu e 6G wo kloads o a commo platfo m. The solutio ca be deployed as a sta dalo e ode, i cluste ed co figu atio s o alo gside Ai Scale as a si gle logical base statio , p ovidi g ope ato s with a highly flexible path to scale AI- ative etwo ks while p ese vi g deployme t choice.

E abli g cloud- ative AI-RANFo telecommu icatio p ovide s emb aci g cloud- ative a chitectu es, Nokia is i t oduci g GPU-powe ed AI-RAN COTS se ve solutio s delive ed th ough ecosystem pa t e s. The platfo ms e able a ope a d secu e supply chai while suppo ti g deployme t o i dust y-sta da d accele ated computi g i f ast uctu e, combi i g cloud- ative flexibility with the pe fo ma ce equi eme ts of AI- ative adio etwo ks.

I ovatio at softwa e speedNokia’s AI-RAN ma ks a fu dame tal shift f om ha dwa e-defi ed adio etwo ks to softwa e-defi ed platfo ms that co ti uously imp ove th ough softwa e a d AI i ovatio . Th ough Nokia’s ew subsc iptio -based comme cial model, telecommu icatio p ovide s gai o goi g access to adva ced AI algo ithms, spect al efficie cy e ha ceme ts, etwo k optimizatio capabilities a d futu e AI- ative featu es that ca be activated th ough softwa e. This app oach allows them to be efit f om co ti uous i ovatio while maximizi g lo g-te m etu s o i f ast uctu e i vestme ts, e abli g imp oved TCO a d pe fo ma ce at o ha dwa e p emium. Rathe tha waiti g fo the ext ha dwa e cycle, etwo ks ca co ti uously e ha ce pe fo ma ce, efficie cy, secu ity a d esilie ce as ew capabilities become available.

By combi i g AI-accele ated computi g, adva ced AI algo ithms a d a ope ecosystem app oach, Nokia is helpi g telecommu icatio p ovide s u lock g eate capacity, st o ge eco omics a d co ti uous i ovatio while buildi g the fou datio fo futu e etwo k evolutio .

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