Sarbjeet Johal, founder and CEO of Stackpane, talks to theCUBE about Open RAN and the path to telco innovation. — MWC Barcelona 2025AI play_arrow

    Telecom’s lofty AI ambitions hinge on breaking open proprietary radio networks

    Artificial intelligence is driving an unprecedented surge in compute demand, but telecom operators face a structural barrier to capturing value from the shift: the proprietary technologies that control their own radio access networks. The industry’s push toward Open RAN is now intended to loosen that control and open the door to ...


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      Telcos’ last chance: Why the edge becomes hyperconverged

      Our main thesis coming out of MWC 2026 is that the telecommunications industry is staring at a once-in-a-generation infrastructure reset. Carriers poured billions into 5G spectrum, fiber expansion and network modernization on the promise that faster networks would unlock new enterprise revenue. Bandwidth rose, margins didn’t. Connectivity got more reliable, ...