Broadcom Announces VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9 for Telcos

          Nokia
          
            · March 02, 2026
          
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Broadcom Inc. announced VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9 at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona on March 02, 2026.

Main announcement:Broadcom (VMware Cloud Foundation Division) unveiled VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9, a unified, AI-native private cloud for telco data centers built on VMware Cloud Foundation 9; claimed benefits include five-year cumulative TCO savings of 40%, 25–30% lower power consumption, 38% lower memory and server TCO, and 38% storage TCO reduction. Planned platform capabilities include Private AI-as-a-Service (Model Store, Model Runtime, Vector Databases), GPU Virtualization, GPU-as-a-Service, Enhanced GPU Monitoring, Automated LCM, and an Agent Builder Service.
Background & details: The product emphasizes AI-assisted operations and energy-efficient infrastructure through features such as Advanced NVMe Memory Tiering, vSAN ESA Global Deduplication, support for high-core-count CPUs and Intelligent Resource Scheduling, ESX Live Patching, Unified GitOps automation (ArgoCD), and sovereign/cloud compliance tooling (cryptographic authority, audit-grade evidence, OPA-based policy manager). Customer/partner endorsements included BT, Nokia, and Canonical. Estimates cited are from Broadcom internal engineering tests and an ACG Research report; engineering estimates note March 2025 as the basis for some figures.