Nokia, SoftBank team up for commercial AI-RAN trial in Japan in 2027

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(AWP Alliance News) - Nokia has agreed with SoftBank to conduct a commercial AI-RAN field trial in Japan in 2027. The trial will test AI and radio access network workloads on a common platform under commercial traffic conditions. It will combine Nokia's anyRAN software with SoftBank's AITRAS platform, using Nvidia accelerated computing.

The collaboration aims to advance AI-RAN commercialization and validate coordinated management of AI and network resources while maintaining carrier-grade operations.

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