Nokia has announced a strategic partnership with Nvidia to develop an AI-RAN base station product based on the Nvidia Aerial RAN Computer Pro (ARC-Pro) platform.
The new base station will run all processing on the Nvidia GPU, with no additional accelerator required. This commitment marks a significant step forward in Nokia's efforts to build an AI-RAN base station based on Nvidia compute.
Nvidia-powered, commercial-grade AI-RAN products to Nokia’s industry-leading RAN portfolio.
T-Mobile U.S. will conduct trials of the design in 2026, which will integrate Nokia’s anyRAN cloud RAN software and the Nvidia ARC-Pro into Dell PowerEdge servers.
Author's summary: Nokia partners with Nvidia for AI-RAN base station development.