AI was the dominant theme at 5G Americas, as shown by T-Mobile’s use of AI technology and billions of data points to determine exactly how to upgrade and expand its network. Key Verizon executives unveiled plans to capitalize on computing infrastructure sales for AI operations, although specifics are pending. GenAI-enabled platforms, such as Nokia Network Service Platform, are closer to acting as the natural language assistant to the network designers, planners and operations staff by correlating data streams in new ways that help the platform understand what it sees, discover new relations across networks, and identify root causes of events.