NVIDIA said major operators and telecom suppliers have agreed to work on 6G using open and secure AI-native platforms. The coalition turns 6G planning into a broader contest over programmable AI infrastructure, not only radios and spectrum.
At Mobile World Congress on February 28, 2026, NVIDIA and major global telecom and infrastructure partners announced a joint commitment to open and secure AI-native 6G platforms. The initiative ties operator adoption, ecosystem standards, and AI-RAN execution into a single coalition roadmap.
NVIDIA announced an open Nemotron-based 30B Large Telco Model and new agentic blueprints on March 1, 2026. The release, tied to GSMA Open Telco AI, is aimed at moving telecom AI from pilots into production network operations.
NVIDIA said on March 1, 2026 that AI-RAN is moving from lab validation to live field execution. The company highlighted operator milestones with T-Mobile U.S., SoftBank, and IOH, plus SynaXG results reporting 36 Gbps throughput and sub-10 ms latency on a single GH200-based setup.
NVIDIA announced new AI Blueprint workflows for telecom on February 28, 2026, combining Nemotron reasoning models with NVIDIA NIM microservices. The company says early partners including Amdocs, BubbleRAN, and ServiceNow are applying the stack to network configuration and optimization.