The Future of RAN

Nokia’s head of Europe talks AI-RAN advances

By Ray Le Maistre

Jul 17, 2026

John Harrington, SVP Nokia Europe, Global Sales & Customer Operations, Nokia

Nokia’s head of Europe, John Harrington, introduces what the vendor describes as the world’s first AI-native RAN platform, developed in partnership with Nvidia. He highlights the efforts being made to improve spectral efficiency for mobile operators, outlines the three deployment options available with the new GPU-based platform, and addresses the power consumption concerns often associated with AI-RAN architectures.

Recorded July 2026

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