Telecom is at an early stage in its adoption of AI. Yet one key trend is clear: the emergence of ecosystems of vendors, collaborating to bring together the range of skills, technologies and expertise needed to make AI in telecom fulfil its transformative potential.
In this Research Note, we size and segment the market for AI in Telecom into six categories, and highlight early leading players.

We also provide a breakdown of use cases that are most frequently cited in relation to AI in telecom.

Finally, we look at the opportunities and challenges that the industry faces in progressing AI from localized use cases with limited payback to an industry-disrupting set of technologies and operating models.