Nvidia Turns Its AI Ambitions Toward 6G, Argues It Should Be Open Source

At Mobile World Congress this week, Nvidia said it would team up with several telecom infrastructure companies on 6G technology, and it wants to make it open source.

As TechSpot reports, this is partly to ensure that the mobile internet has the power it needs to support future AI devices while allowing smaller firms to innovate without paying licensing fees. And, of course, it ensures that Nvidia hardware remains at the heart of the buildout.

“AI is redefining computing and driving the largest infrastructure buildout in human history—and telecommunications is next,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement. “Together with a global coalition of industry leaders, Nvidia is building AI-RAN [radio access network] to transform the world’s telecom networks into AI infrastructure everywhere.”

Nvidia will work with BT Group, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, SK Telecom, Softbank, and T-Mobile, among others. Together, Nvidia wants them to develop an AI-capable backbone for mobile connectivity. This AI-powered, accessible RAN would enable the onboarding of billions of AI-connected devices, providing the security, speed, and trust they require, Huang says.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at GTC 2025 (Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

This is quite different from the rollout of 5G internet, which was largely locked down by Ericsson and Nokia’s proprietary hardware and software. With the next generation, Nvidia is getting ahead of the game…