The AI Moment: Towerco and MNO Partnerships Webinar

A GSMA Future Networks Forum Webinar

Changes to uplink demand, latency requirements and the growth of enterprise power users exposed pressure points in today’s RAN, power systems, and deployment models.

To capture the upside of network growth, towercos and MNOs had to align on network evolution, site density, energy resilience, and commercial frameworks that supported faster scaling. This webinar discussed how the industry was preparing for the AI network era and building the infrastructure that emerging AI services would rely on.

Key discussion topics included:

• Wireless infrastructure became AI infrastructure: How continuous uplink demand and low latencies from AI devices strained existing network plans.
• If energy risked becoming a bottleneck to AI adoption, how towercos could deliver smarter, more resilient power architectures for MNOs and end users.
• Whether MNO–Towerco contracts needed rethinking so power efficiency, uptime, and scalability became shared incentives rather than cost pass-throughs.
• How AI demands upgraded indoor networks—and who would fund, build, own, and operate next-generation in-building connectivity models.