Telco AI Ambitions Risk Failure Amid Critical Data Access and Governance Gaps
Cloudera’s Data Readiness Index 2026 survey finds telco leaders cite infrastructure performance limits (90%), while 89% believe they have data visibility but 60% cannot access required data. Governance coverage is limited (33%), and data quality issues reduce AI/analytics ROI (22%). Cloudera positions Private AI in the Network and trusted hybrid data ecosystems as the remedy.