The Nokia Theater

Visionary sessions at the Nokia Theater

Our public theater hosted daily sessions featuring leading technology companies such as Microsoft, NVIDIA, and AWS which joined Nokia in discussing how AI, cloud, and advanced connectivity are shaping the future of telecom networks.

Highlights from March 2: Network Automation, NTN, and Quantum Security Insights
Highlights from March 3: Telecom Cloud, Agentic AI, and Private Wireless
Highlights from March 4: AI-RAN, Sovereign AI Networks, and Secure Networking Insights

Nokia theater visitors at Mobile World Congress 2026

Nokia Theater in numbers

211

Visitors

40

Sessions

33

Companies on the stage

Key conversations from the Nokia Theater

AI-driven networks taking center stage:

Autonomous Systems: AWS explored the role of AI agents in moving network operations towards autonomous systems.
AI-RAN: NVIDIA detailed how telecom operators can leverage breakthrough innovations in AI native wireless networks.
AI-powered Services: Microsoft demonstrated the use of data platforms to enable AI-driven telecom services.
Monetizing the AI Supercycle: Google talked about turning Network APIs into innovation engines.

Private 5G & Industry / Smart City Applications:

KPN highlighted how private 5G networks are crucial for enabling AI-driven industrial operations, specifically mentioning smart factories and automated production environments.
Druid Software presented how we can improve citizen healthcare with Private 5G.
City of Brownsville with NTT DATA shared how to build the Smartest City in Texas, United States.
Axians shared concentrated on Mission‑Critical Private 5G in extreme environments, focusing on operational and safety excellence in harsh industrial environments.

Evolution towards cloud-native telecom networks:

Technology partners such as Red Hat, HPE, and Google Cloud discussed the ongoing shift of telecom networks towards cloud-native architectures.
AMD shared the path to delivering high-performance, efficient, cloud native Nokia Packet Core & IMS with AMD EPYC.
Everpure presented a Cloud-Native data architecture for AI-driven telecom networks.

Security and resilience in the AI era:

Quantum-Secure Networking: EvolutionQ focused on the need to build trusted quantum-safe connectivity today.
Intel highlighted security and energy efficiency in 5G core.
Microsoft has focused on the importance of AI First Telco Security.

Future Networks:

The NextG Alliance focused on technology leadership in 6G and beyond.
HyperFRAME research shared insights on how telecom providers need to address performance, agility and monetization.
AST SpaceMobile focused on topics beyond coverage enabled by Satellite Direct-to-Device, such as increasing network resilience, flexibility, and monetization.
Qualcomm highlighted merging 2 worlds with 6G unifying connectivity, compute and AI.