The next stage of T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom’s global competition is here. This year’s T Challenge competition called for innovators from around the world to submit their ideas for how AI can enhance the way telecommunication services operate, offering cash prizes up to €225,000 (or U.S. equivalent) to winning teams. All finalists will also have the chance to explore additional opportunities with T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom across the U.S., Germany and Europe.

The following 12 teams have until June to fine-tune their ideas before presenting their solutions to a panel of judges from T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom at Deutsche Telekom’s headquarters in Bonn, Germany, on June 10 and 11, 2024.

2024 Categories and Finalists

Network Management

• AWS (United Kingdom)
• Invenium (Lithuania)
• Rockfish Data (United Sates)
• Tiami Networks (United States)
• Tietoevery (Ukraine)
• University of Washington (United States)

Customer Experience

• Anymate Me (Germany)
• Katonic AI (Australia)
• NLPearl AI (Israel)
• Tupl (Spain)

Applied AI

• Synthefy (United States)
• GeoSPS (Germany)

For more even on this year’s T Challenge finalists, visit telekom-challenge.com.

T-Mobile 5G a platform for innovators

T-Mobile is the leader in 5G, delivering the country’s largest, fastest and most awarded 5G network. The Un-carrier’s 5G network covers more than 330 million people across two million square miles — more square miles than AT&T and Verizon combined. More than 300 million people nationwide are covered by T-Mobile’s super-fast Ultra Capacity 5G with over 2x more square miles of coverage than similar mid-band 5G offerings from the Un-carrier’s closest competitors.