The key finding of the first report was that using AI for operations is the biggest return on investment winner for telcos.

CTIA noted that the U.S. had its biggest jump ever in wireless traffic in 2025 and AI will account for 30% of all broadband traffic by 2034.

Fiber infrastructure meets the performance, economics, and scalability needs of next-generation AI platforms, the report explained.

Zayo is prioritizing these corridors, building where demand is already materializing and where capacity constraints are expected to intensify as AI deployments scale.

New AI digital agriculture tools are being used in rural communities, and rural broadband providers have a critical role to play.

A key takeaway of the report is that organizations prioritizing wireless achieve “significantly higher” business value than those that don’t.
