Forget 'telco to techco' – operators now want to be AI giants – Fierce Network

Pivot. Fail. Pivot. Fail. Could the turn toward artificial intelligence (AI) finally be the pivot that works out for operators?
Faced with lagging revenue, operators in recent years have been scrambling to find a clique that will make them cool again. First, there was 5G, which, with tools like network slicing, was supposed to make telcos more than just a dumb pipe. Then, with the rise of the cloud, operators tried to contort themselves into so-called “techcos,” a feat which proved easier […]
Forget 'telco to techco' – operators now want to be AI giants – Fierce Network