Telco AI: State of the Market, Q3 2025
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While AI rollouts focused on saving money still account for the bulk of deployments, there is a growing movement towards using AI with a revenue objective. This is most prominent in the US, China and other parts of Asia, reflecting experimentation with GPU-as-a-service (GPUaaS), inference and AI factories.
As well as recent developments from the telco AI space and the Telco AI tracker, this edition provides a deep dive of AI monetisation strategies, looking at where the sweet spot is for value creation.
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