Post by Ericsson

AI is changing the way mobile networks are built, operated, and scaled. Last week at COMPUTEX TAIPEI, Ericsson APAC CTO Magnus Ewerbring joined the Intel #Xeon 6+ series launch event as a panelist, sharing our perspective on AI-ready network infrastructure and what it means for communications service providers. As AI-generated traffic grows — from smartphone applications to agentic AI and physical AI use cases — 5G networks are becoming increasingly AI-augmented. This means compute must evolve as well, with CPUs supporting real-time orchestration and inference alongside traditional telco workloads. For operators, the question is not simply how to add more compute. It is how to deploy the right compute, in the right place, while managing cost, complexity, and energy consumption. That is why open and heterogeneous compute infrastructures are so important. Through our collaboration with Intel, we continue to focus on joint co-engineering, software optimization, and operational support to help customers build scalable, TCO-optimized solutions for the AI era. Energy efficiency is a business-critical priority. With global network traffic expected to grow threefold over the next five years, performance-per-watt at scale is essential — especially for telco data centers facing real power constraints. At the panel, Magnus shared that the Xeon 6+ platform can improve performance per watt in 5G Core deployments, enabling more capacity in the rack while helping operators manage energy cost. As networks become more intelligent, scalable, and AI-ready, industry collaboration will be key. The future of connectivity will be shaped not only by innovation, but by how we bring the ecosystem together to scale it. #Connectivity #Ecosystem #Partnership #AI #Cloud #RAN #6G