IBM is all set to partner with the GSMA to support AI training.
IBM and GSMA announced a collaboration to support the adoption and skills of generative artificial intelligence in the telecom industry,” according to a press release. The push is anchored by an AI training program run by GSMA Advance and the GSMA Foundry Generative AI challenge and program.
IBM’s Stephen Rose, general manager of global industries, said, “One is maximising capex to return on investor capital. The other one is operating at the lowest [total cost of ownership], but it is also operating with the lowest environmental impact. We must solve for those problems.”
Rose’s advice on telco AI initiatives was around data quality and provenance, and participation in open ecosystems. As for what AI means for the workforce, “You have to ensure that every time you touch network data…you know that inherently you’re going to be touching organisational and people strategies because skillsets have to change, modes of operation have to change,” Rose added.
The GSMA Advance AI Training program will train telecom industry stakeholders on IBM’s watsonX AI and data platform and include both broad and telecom-specific instruction. These sessions will be held both virtually and in person at locations in Dubai, London, Mexico, New York, and Seoul.
