{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Newsroom","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom","author_name":"lboulter@gsma.com","author_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/author\/lboultergsma-com\/","title":"GSMA\u00a0launches Open Telco AI to\u00a0accelerate\u00a0development of\u00a0telco\u2011grade AI\u00a0\u00a0","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GVvf0mbAGo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-launches-open-telco-ai-to-accelerate-development-of-telco%e2%80%91grade-ai\/\">GSMA\u00a0launches Open Telco AI to\u00a0accelerate\u00a0development of\u00a0telco\u2011grade AI\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-launches-open-telco-ai-to-accelerate-development-of-telco%e2%80%91grade-ai\/embed\/#?secret=GVvf0mbAGo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;GSMA\u00a0launches Open Telco AI to\u00a0accelerate\u00a0development of\u00a0telco\u2011grade AI\u00a0\u00a0&#8221; &#8212; Newsroom\" data-secret=\"GVvf0mbAGo\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display=\"none\";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement(\"a\"),a=d.createElement(\"a\"),s.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+=\"#?secret=\"+r,t.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:r},\"*\")}}}}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/abstract_globe.png","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":338,"description":"New\u00a0initiative\u00a0is\u00a0supported\u00a0by\u00a0open-telco models,\u00a0including\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0family of\u00a0models\u00a0from\u00a0AT&amp;T, compute from AMD\u00a0and\u00a0TensorWave,\u00a0datasets\u00a0from\u00a0researchers\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0portal\u00a0for industry\u00a0contribution and\u00a0collaboration\u00a0via\u00a0GSMA.com\/open-telco-ai\u00a0 2&nbsp;March&nbsp;2026,&nbsp;Barcelona&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;GSMA&nbsp;today&nbsp;launched&nbsp;Open Telco AI, a global industry&nbsp;initiative&nbsp;designed to&nbsp;accelerate&nbsp;telco-grade AI through open collaboration&nbsp;across&nbsp;operators, vendors, AI&nbsp;developers&nbsp;and academic institutions.&nbsp;The&nbsp;launch&nbsp;introduces&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;portal&nbsp;for&nbsp;telco&nbsp;open&nbsp;models, data,&nbsp;compute&nbsp;and tools&nbsp;to accelerate the development&nbsp;and evaluation of telco-focused AI models,&nbsp;accessed via&nbsp;GSMA.com\/open-telco-ai.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; While frontier AI models have&nbsp;advanced&nbsp;rapidly,&nbsp;they&nbsp;continue&nbsp;to&nbsp;underperform&nbsp;on telecom specific tasks.&nbsp;Many&nbsp;general-purpose&nbsp;models struggle&nbsp;to interpret&nbsp;network data,&nbsp;understand&nbsp;standards&nbsp;documentation,&nbsp;or automate network operations with&nbsp;sufficient accuracy.&nbsp;This performance gap&nbsp;limits progress:&nbsp;only 16% of [&hellip;]"}