In Ericsson’s pre-MWC analyst briefing, the vendor leaned hard on the AI pitch, which was the only reasonable angle to take in the current environment, but when it came to business cases for its customers, the options mentioned were the same that have been on the table for a number of years, such as FWA and slicing. While many other telco vendors are desperate to prove that they have the next biggest offering, usually some variation of Agentic AI, Ericsson provided a more considered read of the market. Ericsson has chosen to stick with its custom silicon, rather than follow Nokia’s path to bed down with Nvidia’s GPUs, at possible risk of vendor lock-in. But Ericsson does offer its own…