In this episode of The Signal Boost, TIP’s Chief Commercial Officer Vishal Mathur is joined by Abdel Bagegni, Head of OpenRAN Technology at TIP, and Michael Behan, Solutions Architect at Zinkworks, for a practical conversation on rApps, SMO/RIC readiness, and the future of AI-driven RAN automation.

At Network X Americas, TIP hosted a Breakfast Briefing panel on AI for Telecom Networks in Practice, bringing together leaders from across the telecom ecosystem to discuss how operators can turn network data into practical, scalable intelligence.

The most interesting AI conversations right now center on where data gets processed, how fast, and who owns the infrastructure underneath. That's the thread Vishal Mathur, TIP's Chief Commercial Officer, pulled on with Jagadish Garimella, who leads Centific's public sector and smart cities business unit, in our latest TIP Podcast episode.

TIP had a strong presence at Mobile World Congress 2026, convening industry leaders to advance open, disaggregated, and AI-ready networks. From the launch of the Data & AI Foundations Project Group to momentum around Open RAN, AI infrastructure, and Video QoE collaboration, the week highlighted growing industry engagement across the TIP ecosystem—setting the stage for continued progress leading into FYUZ 2026 in Seattle.

During FYUZ 2025 we heard from multiple speakers and presentation strategies of using AI for networks, as well as how to build networks for AI with monetization in mind. On Monday, FYUZ Day 1, Thierry Nagellen, VP of Research at Orange, highlighted some of the work that TIP’s TelcoAI Project Group have been working on at the opening mainstage panel session. Agentic AI was a key topic, and remained a consistent topic across multiple talks throughout the course of the event. T