The emergence of AI-RAN and its commercial viability
By Guy Daniels
Apr 10, 2026
Panel Discussion
While the industry remains in the early stages of AI adoption, experts from Nokia, Rakuten Symphony, Red Hat and Appledore Research discuss some of its more immediate benefits, such as 25% energy-efficiency gains and significant improvements in spectral efficiency and signal detection. They emphasise that AI RAN should be viewed as a revenue-generating platform rather than just an efficiency tool, enabling new services, such as integrated sensing and physical AI through AI-native cloud foundations.
Recorded March 2026
Participants
Aji Ed
Head of Cloud RAN and AI RAN, Nokia
Francis Haysom
Principal Analyst, Appledore Research
Ignacio Gonzalez
Business Development Director EMEA, Red Hat
Vihang Kamble
CTO, RAN BU, Rakuten Symphony