Cisco says service providers should prepare for AI inferencing traffic

Cisco said service providers need to track and prepare for rising AI inferencing traffic, according to comments published by Light Reading.

TL;DR

• Cisco said AI inferencing is increasing the importance of service providers in network traffic delivery.
• Guru Shenoy of Cisco told Light Reading that telecom and neocloud infrastructure are converging.
• The report said service providers should monitor AI traffic trends and respond early.

Light Reading reported that Cisco sees a growing role for service providers as AI usage shifts toward inferencing, the stage where trained AI models process live user requests. Cisco executive Guru Shenoy said, “The telco and neocloud worlds are colliding,” in comments cited by the publication.

The article said Cisco believes service providers should monitor AI traffic patterns closely as inferencing demand grows. Shenoy told Light Reading that every service provider needs to track AI traffic trends and “be proactive about it already.”

The source material did not provide specific dates, traffic volumes, countries, operators, device names, or eSIM-related standards. The report focused on Cisco’s view that AI inferencing will affect network planning and the role of telecom operators in carrying AI-driven traffic.

Related questions

• What is AI inferencing in telecom network traffic?
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