Elisa and Deutsche Telekom Partner with Nokia and NVIDIA on AI-RAN: 15% Faster 5G Uplink and 2027 Commercial Plans

European telecom operators Elisa and Deutsche Telekom are advancing artificial intelligence-powered radio access networks (AI-RAN) through separate collaborations with Nokia and NVIDIA, demonstrating how AI can improve 5G performance and create opportunities for distributed AI computing. Nokia @ Mobile World Congress 2024 Elisa has completed live-network AI-RAN trials in Finland and is preparing for commercial-network validation in 2027, while Deutsche Telekom has demonstrated 10–15 percent impr