Vodafone heralds ‘next evolution’ as AI-RAN moves from theory to application

Joe Purnell2026-03-04T14:13:00

Source: Vodafone

MWC26: CTO Scott Petty and network strategy chief Marco Zangani highlight work with vendors push AI deeper into the network as tech moves ‘from theory into practice’…

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Themes: AI-native networks; Autonomous networks; Cloud RAN; Efficiency optimisation; Network automation; Network evolution; Open RAN; Performance enhancement; Virtualised RAN.
Events: Mobile World Congress 2026.
People: Alex Jinsung Choi; Francisco Martín Pignatelli; Justin Hotard; Marco Zangani; Paul Miller; Scott Petty; Santiago Tenorio.
Geographic: Africa; Europe; Germany; Málaga.
Organisations: Dell Technologies; Intel; Meta; NVIDIA; Nokia; Quanta; Ray-Ban; Red Hat; Samsung; SuperMicro; Vodafone; Wind River.

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