{"id":48531,"date":"2026-10-26T09:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=48531"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:53:04","slug":"o2-uk-trial-nokias-ai-powered-radio-access-network-to-boost-5g-mobile-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/o2-uk-trial-nokias-ai-powered-radio-access-network-to-boost-5g-mobile-network.html","title":{"rendered":"O2 UK trial Nokia&#8217;s AI-powered radio access network to boost 5G mobile network UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>) has today revealed that they&#8217;ve just completed the UK&#8217;s &#8220;<em>first live deployment<\/em>&#8221; of Nokia&#8217;s AI-powered Radio Access Network (RAN) tech at their Giga Site in London Paddington. The trial is said to have improved the network&#8217;s spectral efficiency by 20% and allowed their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a>+ (Standalone) site to carry more mobile data (mobile broadband) traffic.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows only days after rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) announced that they were also working with NVIDIA and Nokia to bring their first <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokia.com\/radio-access\/ai-ran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI-RAN<\/a><\/strong> (Radio Access Network) sites online in <strong>Birmingham<\/strong> during 2027 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/ees-5g-mobile-network-reaches-over-80-percent-of-uk-and-trials-ai-ran.html\">here<\/a>). The technology itself uses predictive <strong>Artificial Intelligence<\/strong> (AI) to automatically optimise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> radio resources based on changing network demand and conditions (i.e. making more efficient use of the radio spectrum).<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The upgrade forms part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>\u2019s wider \u00a3700m <strong>Mobile Transformation Plan<\/strong> for 2026 &#8211; their latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a>+ network is currently live across over 86% of the UK\u2019s population.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>&#8217;s deployment took place at their Giga Site in London Paddington, one of the UK&#8217;s busiest transport hubs, where the technology operated on O2&#8217;s live network and served customers throughout the trial. Giga Sites are cell sites that adopt the operator\u2019s most advanced 5G technologies (5G+, dual-band Massive MIMO etc.) to improve network coverage, mobile broadband speeds and capacity for customers.<\/p>\n<p>During the live trial, O2 said the technology improved spectral efficiency by approximately 20%. &#8220;<em>In practical terms, this allowed the site to carry more data using the same spectrum and existing network capacity. The feature also delivered significant throughput gains during periods of high demand while maintaining stable network accessibility and reliability<\/em>,&#8221; explained the announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Jeanie York, Chief Technology Officer at O2, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mobile data demand continues to grow, so we need smarter ways to make the most of the spectrum and infrastructure we already have. This live trial with Nokia showed how AI can improve network efficiency and help us respond more effectively to changing customer demand. By making better use of existing network resources, we can deliver a better experience for customers while supporting future traffic growth.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At present it&#8217;s unclear whether O2 already has a wider roll-out plan ready for this technology, but we wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if they did (we&#8217;ve asked and will report back). As of July 2026, the operator had already deployed over 500 Giga Sites across the UK, so there&#8217;s plenty of scope for future upgrades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 11:52am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O2 has confirmed that they do intend to deploy the technology more broadly, but no further details were provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that they&#8217;ve just completed the UK&#8217;s &#8220;first live deployment&#8221; of Nokia&#8217;s AI-powered Radio Access Network (RAN) tech at their Giga Site in London Paddington. The trial is said to have improved the network&#8217;s spectral efficiency by 20% and allowed their 5G+ (Standalone) site to carry more mobile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[406,60,32,475],"class_list":["post-48531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-5g","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-o2","tag-virgin-media"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/117506404971056218","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>O2 UK trial Nokia&#039;s AI-powered radio access network to boost 5G mobile network UPDATE - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has today revealed that they&#039;ve just completed the UK&#039;s &quot;first live deployment&quot; of Nokia&#039;s AI-powered Radio Access\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/o2-uk-trial-nokias-ai-powered-radio-access-network-to-boost-5g-mobile-network.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"O2 UK trial Nokia&#039;s AI-powered radio access network to boost 5G mobile network UPDATE - 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