GTC Paris 2025 Telecom Special Address

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Segments (11)

  • 00:00 · Introduction & Vision of AI-Native Telco
    • Ronnie Vasishta introduces the concept of the AI-native telco and its rapid adoption across the industry.
  • 01:45 · Video: The Future of Communication
    • A video presentation illustrating the evolution of telecom networks into AI-powered grids enabling robotics and autonomous systems.
  • 03:30 · The Need for Real-Time Connectivity
    • Discussion on the massive scale of real-time connections required for future AI agents, smart cities, and robotics.
  • 06:45 · The AI-Native Telco: Combining Compute and Connectivity
    • Explaining how telcos are transitioning from connectivity providers to intelligence fabric providers.
  • 09:35 · Building Block #1: Homogeneous Infrastructure
    • Detailing the need for a scalable, accelerated infrastructure for any workload, highlighting sovereign AI deployments.
  • 15:15 · Building Block #2: Agentic AI for Autonomous Operations
    • Showcasing how agentic AI is transforming network operations, customer experience, and IT.
  • 22:25 · Building Block #3: AI-Native Networks (AI-RAN)
    • Introducing AI-RAN and its role in improving spectral efficiency and distributing AI inferencing to the edge.
  • 27:45 · Video: AI-Native Wireless Network in Action
    • A demonstration of NVIDIA AI Aerial optimizing network throughput using digital twins and live deployment.
  • 30:15 · AI-RAN Ecosystem and 6G Research
    • Highlighting the growing AI-RAN Alliance, telco adoption, and NVIDIA’s tools for 6G research.
  • 36:15 · Building Block #4: Digital Twins
    • Explaining the use of digital twins for physically accurate RF simulation and network operations visualization.
  • 37:45 · Conclusion: The Road to the AI-Native Telco
    • Summarizing the layers of an AI-native telco and urging the industry to join the journey.

Product Announcements (2)

  • [17:20] NVIDIA AI Blueprint for Telco Network Configuration
    • A recipe for building AI agents to power autonomous networks.
    • specs: Enables network engineers to reconfigure parameters through an agentic flow.
    • availability: Now available on build.nvidia.com
  • [22:45] NVIDIA ARC-Compact
    • Low power AI-RAN for cell sites.
    • specs: Small, low-power system that can sit at the base of a base station to run AI and RAN.
    • availability: Not specified

Specific Numbers (9)

Timestamp Metric Value Context
01:15 Telcos working with NVIDIA 150 Number of telcos around the world working with NVIDIA, including 90% of the top 50.
01:30 AI Adoption Rate 97% Percentage of 450 telecom professional respondents using or planning to use AI.
10:30 Sovereign AI Announcements 18 Number of telcos across 5 continents building sovereign AI infrastructure.
16:50 ROI from Gen-AI 2x ROI in 2024 from Gen-AI solutions deployed by telcos.
16:50 Capital Savings 22% Capital savings in 2024 from AI adoption.
16:50 Call Handling Time Reduction 63% Lower average call handling time reported by Amdocs.
16:50 MTTR Reduction 30% Reduction in Mean Time To Resolution reported by ServiceNow.
29:05 Throughput Increase 100% Higher throughput achieved with AI on a live 5G network using Aerial RAN Computer.
34:15 6G Research Institutions 200+ Institutions in 33 countries across Europe leveraging NVIDIA for 6G R&D.

Benchmark Claims (1)

  • [29:05] NVIDIA AI Aerial Throughput: 61.74 Mbps
    • vs: Without AI (35.6 Mbps)
    • gain: Nearly 100% higher throughput with AI.

Customer Stories (10)

  • [11:20] Swisscom
    • Built the Swiss AI platform, transitioning from GPU-as-a-Service to an AI work hub.
    • outcome: Enabled the development of AI applications and moving towards Platform-as-a-Service.
  • [11:55] Telenor
    • Worked with Capgemini to develop 100+ instant translation languages on their infrastructure.
    • outcome: Provided critical translation services, with the Red Cross being the first use case.
  • [12:30] Fastweb
    • Developed version 2 of their MIA Italian language model.
    • outcome: Advanced their sovereign AI capabilities.
  • [13:50] stc solutions
    • Launched Sovereign AI Infrastructure for Saudi Arabia and joined the NVIDIA Cloud Partner Program.
    • outcome: Delivering GPU-aaS and Gen-AI applications for enterprises.
  • [14:30] Telefonica
    • Piloted distributed edge AI infrastructure across Spain.
    • outcome: Provided low latency, secure edge AI services while ensuring data sovereignty.
  • [18:40] Accenture
    • Announced NOC Agentic App as part of AI Refinery.
    • outcome: Powered autonomous NOC operations using a hierarchy of AI agents.
  • [19:40] TCS
    • Announced ‘AI-Native’ Telco Suite.
    • outcome: Provided agent-based solutions for autonomous network, customer, and internal operations.
  • [20:25] Infosys
    • Announced ‘ISNA’ Smart Network Assurance built using NVIDIA reasoning models.
    • outcome: Leveraged Mistral and Nemotron models for network assurance.
  • [21:00] NTT Data
    • Announced ‘E2E Network Alarm Management’.
    • outcome: Powered autonomous network operations to handle complex network alarms.
  • [21:40] Prodapt
    • Announced ‘Agent Squad’ for Autonomous Networks.
    • outcome: Built AI agents to reduce resolution time by 30% and optimize resource utilization.

Key Technologies (5)

  • Software-Defined Networks: Enables the transition from a connectivity provider to an intelligence fabric provider.
  • Agentic AI: Powers autonomous operations for networks, customer experience, and IT through reasoning and workflows.
  • AI-RAN: Fuses AI and Radio Access Networks to improve spectral efficiency and enable edge AI inferencing.
  • NVIDIA AI Aerial: Unifies training, simulation, and deployment for AI-native wireless networks.
  • Digital Twins (Omniverse): Provides physically accurate simulation environments for RF propagation and network operations visualization.

Demos Shown (1)

  • [27:45] Video demonstration of NVIDIA AI Aerial optimizing a 5G network using a digital twin and live deployment.
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Predictions / Commitments (4)

  • [03:40, Future] One day we will all have the ability to talk to our agent on our phone… millions of people at a time.
  • [04:40, Future] Robo-taxis will be deployed across the nations… and need to know where they are at all times.
  • [05:30, Future] The next frontier of our society will be driven and enabled by the access to robotics.
  • [23:00, Future (6G era)] We’re able to build both 5G and going forward an AI-native 6G on top of that infrastructure.

Companies Mentioned (9)

Capgemini · Orange Business · Accenture · TCS · Infosys · NTT Data · Prodapt · AI-RAN Alliance · UK DSIT

Notable Quotes (4)

The future telco is an AI-native telco. — Ronnie Vasishta @ 00:12

Telecom networks… really become the intelligence fabric, not just the connectivity fabric. — Ronnie Vasishta @ 06:45

It really is the essence of AI, making something so complex so simple. — Ronnie Vasishta @ 18:05

AI-RAN is the fusion of AI and the radio access network. — Ronnie Vasishta @ 30:35

Key Topics

AI-Native Telco · Telecommunications · Agentic AI · AI-RAN · 6G Research · Sovereign AI · Digital Twins · Network Operations · Edge Computing · Generative AI · NVIDIA AI Aerial

Takeaways

  • Telcos are evolving from pure connectivity providers to becoming the ‘intelligence fabric’ for society.
  • Building an AI-native telco requires four pillars: homogeneous infrastructure, agentic AI operations, AI-RAN, and digital twins.
  • Agentic AI is already delivering significant ROI and operational efficiencies in network management and customer service.
  • AI-RAN fuses AI and radio networks to drastically improve spectral efficiency and enable edge AI inferencing.
  • NVIDIA is fostering a massive ecosystem of partners, researchers, and telcos to accelerate the transition to AI-native networks and 6G.