MediaTek and its subsidiary Airoha Technology have introduced what they claim to be the world’s first carrier-grade Edge AI fibre gateway.
Unveiled ahead of Network X 2025 in Paris, the Taiwan-based companies say the joint solution, which integrates MediaTek’s Wi-Fi 7 Filogic 680 chipset with Airoha’s XGS-PON AN7581 technology, can boost network performance and service efficiency for telecom operators by more than 30%.
The platform combines Edge and Cloud AI to enable real-time traffic management, autonomous network optimisation, and predictive maintenance at the customer premises. It supports major open-source software frameworks including prplOS, RDK-B, and OpenWrt, offering operators flexibility to deploy and scale AI-driven network functions.
According to MediaTek, the system can analyse and adapt to traffic patterns using embedded AI engines, allowing for dynamic packet routing, congestion prevention, and reduced Wi-Fi interference. The company reports throughput gains of up to 20% and latency reductions that translate into a 30% improvement in overall user experience.
The gateway also incorporates automated fault analysis to identify and resolve performance issues at the edge, which MediaTek says can cut mean time to recovery by 40%. This feature, combined with AI-driven Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring, is aimed at helping operators manage service quality more proactively while reducing operational overheads.
Powered by a neural processing unit delivering up to 50 TOPS of AI performance, the platform is also designed to support emerging use cases such as in-home AI applications and micro-AI cloud environments. MediaTek suggested that operators could leverage this capability to develop new revenue streams by layering AI services on top of existing fibre broadband infrastructure.
