Network automation revisited: the 5G priority

At its recent Global Analyst Event, Mavenir’s core message was that it is back from its recent challenges, recapitalised and refocused. Mavenir’s reset comes against the backdrop of a larger theme playing out in the telecoms industry. Telecoms operators are adopting AI for their internal structural transformation and searching for relevance and a role in the emerging AI ecosystem, as we move towards a token economy that requires distributed pools of intelligence for emerging use cases and workloads. This has major implications for network equipment and software vendors, including Mavenir, in terms of the bets they make.

Mobile operators face a defining moment in authentication. SMS one-time password (OTP) remains widely used and commercially important, but fraud, rising costs and competition from passkeys and app-based solutions are weakening its position. At the same time, the customer authentication market is growing. This presents operators with an opportunity to build on the reach and trust of the mobile number to secure a larger role in a rapidly expanding market. API-based solutions will be central to this.

GTC Berlin 2026 was this year’s European edition of Nvidia’s flagship event series. Blog posts from GSMA Intelligence provided timely analysis of key messages across the event, as well as the rationale for the telecoms vertical taking a major role in the event’s messaging. However, it is still important to reflect on what GTC conveyed on the evolution of Nvidia’s telco proposition and how its efforts align with market requirements.