Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled a sweeping set of new networking, compute, and cloud operations capabilities ahead of Mobile World Congress 2026, aimed at helping service providers modernize their infrastructure and build low-latency, AI-ready networks from the core to the edge.
The move reflects the growing pressure on telecom operators to support AI-driven traffic growth, increasingly complex operations, and new digital services, while also managing rising costs, security requirements, and regulatory demands. HPE said its latest portfolio enables service providers to build and operate their own AI infrastructure with high performance, simplified management, and built-in security.
Rami Rahim, executive vice president and president of networking at HPE, said AI infrastructure has become a critical growth driver for service providers. He added that HPE’s strategy is focused on enabling customers to virtualize and modernize their networks, simplify operations, and create higher-value AI and managed services through intelligent, next-generation infrastructure.
A key pillar of the announcement is HPE’s expanding service provider strategy following the integration of Juniper Networks. The combined portfolio is centered on secure, AI-native networks that can proactively resolve issues, assure quality of service for AI workloads, and deliver cloud-like agility. By bringing together Juniper’s large-scale routing expertise with HPE’s strengths in compute, security, and cloud operations, the company aims to help operators scale AI and cloud traffic more efficiently across data center and wide-area networks.
At the heart of this capability is Juniper’s PTX routing portfolio, powered by the Express 5 ASIC, which delivers significant improvements in power efficiency and performance compared with previous generations. HPE said the latest PTX platforms are designed to support ultra-high-density 800G networking, enabling predictable, low-latency performance as AI workloads and inter-data-center traffic continue to grow.
On the compute side, HPE introduced new ProLiant platforms designed to accelerate 5G and AI deployments, particularly in edge and radio access network environments. The latest systems offer higher core counts, increased network bandwidth, and enhanced security, allowing telecom operators to process substantially more traffic on fewer servers while meeting strict reliability and compliance requirements. HPE also highlighted tighter integration between routing and compute, enabling service providers to reduce hardware footprints and operating costs at cell sites by consolidating network functions onto standard servers.
HPE is also addressing operational complexity with its Cloud Ops Software, a unified cloud management stack that brings together virtualization, container management, observability, AIOps, cyber resiliency, and FinOps across multicloud and multi-vendor environments. The software is designed to help service providers modernize private clouds, reduce dependence on cost-intensive hypervisors, and run secure, multi-tenant services that support both 5G core workloads and AI applications.
As part of the announcement, HPE Financial Services introduced a new financing program aimed at easing adoption amid economic and pricing uncertainty. The program allows customers to defer payments initially and then transition to low monthly installments, helping service providers accelerate AI and network modernization initiatives without heavy upfront costs.
Industry analysts said the expanded portfolio positions HPE to play a central role in the next phase of telecom transformation. Ray Mota, CEO and principal analyst at ACG Research, said that as AI reshapes traffic patterns and drives new latency and capacity demands, HPE’s combination of high-performance routing, AI-native automation, telco cloud architectures, and security gives operators the foundation needed to participate fully in the AI-driven connectivity era.
With its latest announcements ahead of MWC 2026, HPE is signaling a clear intent to help service providers move beyond incremental upgrades toward fully AI-native, autonomous, and scalable networks built for the next decade of digital services.
