What does the future hold for Verizon with a new CEO at the helm? Does the $42.5 billion BEAD program have staying power? Can telcos fend off a space-based market invasion?

A new year brings a fresh start, but there are some trends that are bound to carry over from 2025. We gathered the whole Fierce Network crew to get their top takes on what's in store for the year to come in the wireless, wireline, AI and cloud realms.

#AI #cloud #wireless #fiber

What does the future hold for Verizon with a new CEO at the helm? Does the $42.5 billion BEAD program have staying power? Can telcos fend off a space-based market invasion?
A new year brings a fresh start, but there are some trends that are bound to carry over from 2025. We gathered the whole Fierce Network crew to get their top takes on what's in store for the year to come in the wireless, wireline, AI and cloud realms.
#AI #cloud #wireless #fiber

Join host Diana Goovaerts and other Fierce Network editors as they explore the stories behind some of the hottest topics in tech and telecom. Want the inside scoop on broadband, wireless, artificial intelligence and cloud? You'll find it here.

Join host Diana Goovaerts and other Fierce Network editors as they explore the stories behind some of the hottest topics in tech and telecom. Want the inside scoop on broadband, wireless, artificial intelligence and cloud? You'll find it here.

Host Alejandro Piñero leads in-depth discussions on 5G connectivity, AI, networking and more.

The Five Nine

Join host Diana Goovaerts and other Fierce Network editors as they explore the stories behind some of the hottest topics in tech and telecom. Want the inside scoop on broadband, wireless, artificial intelligence and cloud? You'll find it here.

What does telecom look like in 2026?

AI isn’t just transforming how we live, work and play, it’s also overhauling the cloud and data center market. It’s not just about the big three anymore – we’re entering the era of the alternative hyperscaler. Vultr’s CMO Kevin Cochrane and Futuriom founder and chief analyst Scott Raynovich talk what's coming down the pipe in 2026. #AI #cloud #GPU #neocloud #altscaler

AI isn&rsquo;t just transforming how we live, work and play, it&rsquo;s also overhauling the cloud and data center market. It&rsquo;s not just about the big three anymore &ndash; we&rsquo;re entering the era of the alternative hyperscaler. Vultr&rsquo;s CMO Kevin Cochrane and Futuriom founder and chief analyst Scott Raynovich talk what's coming down the pipe in 2026. #AI #cloud #GPU #neocloud #altscaler

The Five Nine: The rise of alternative hyperscalers

Nvidia made headlines in October when it announced plans to invest $1 billion in telecom vendor Nokia to develop AI-RAN solutions that use its GPUs. But do GPUs even make sense for AI-RAN? We sat down with Orange's Atoosa Hatefi and Dell'Oro Group's Stefan Pongratz to dig into the different flavors of AI-RAN, what would compel telecom operators to spring for GPUs and what the overall market forecast looks like. 

Nvidia made headlines in October when it announced plans to invest $1 billion in telecom vendor Nokia to develop AI-RAN solutions that use its GPUs. But do GPUs even make sense for AI-RAN? We sat down with Orange's Atoosa Hatefi and Dell'Oro Group's Stefan Pongratz to dig into the different flavors of AI-RAN, what would compel telecom operators to spring for GPUs and what the overall market forecast looks like.&nbsp;

The Five Nine: Do GPUs make sense for AI-RAN?

AI isn’t just a compute story. It’s also a networking story. And today’s networks may not be up to the task. Agentic AI and the data pipelines required to feed those agents are set to bring a wave of traffic and strain to networks around the globe. So how can the industry solve this problem? We spoke with Dave Ward, currently CTO at Lumen Technologies and soon to be President and Chief Architect at Salesforce, as well as Paul Savill, who is Global Practice Leader of Networking and Edge Compute at Kyndryl, to get our arms around the problem. #AI #networking #datacenters #networks #AgenticAI

AI isn&rsquo;t just a compute story. It&rsquo;s also a networking story. And today&rsquo;s networks may not be up to the task. Agentic AI and the data pipelines required to feed those agents are set to bring a wave of traffic and strain to networks around the globe. So how can the industry solve this problem? We spoke with Dave Ward, currently CTO at Lumen Technologies and soon to be President and Chief Architect at&nbsp;Salesforce, as well as Paul Savill, who is Global Practice Leader of Networking and Edge Compute at Kyndryl, to get our arms around the problem. #AI #networking #datacenters #networks #AgenticAI

What does telecom look like in 2026?

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