--- title: Open platforms, edge AI, and sovereign telco clouds:... description: Canonical and Ecrio demonstrated an open-source telco cloud platform at MWC Barcelona 2026, combining Ubuntu, Canonical Kubernetes, and Ecrio's Edge AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/open-platforms-edge-ai-and-sovereign-telco-clouds-ecrio-canonical-at-mwc-barcelona-cpznvk911 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Open platforms, edge AI, and sovereign telco clouds: Ecrio & Canonical at MWC Barcelona | daily.dev og:description: Canonical and Ecrio demonstrated an open-source telco cloud platform at MWC Barcelona 2026, combining Ubuntu, Canonical Kubernetes, and Ecrio's Edge AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-platforms-edge-ai-and-sovereign-telco-clouds-ecrio-canonical-at-mwc-barcelona-cpznvk911 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CPzNvK911.png og:image:alt: Open platforms, edge AI, and sovereign telco clouds: Ecrio & Canonical at MWC Barcelona og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Open platforms, edge AI, and sovereign telco clouds: Ecrio & Canonical at MWC Barcelona **[Ubuntu](https://daily.dev/sources/ubuntu)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Canonical and Ecrio demonstrated an open-source telco cloud platform at MWC Barcelona 2026, combining Ubuntu, Canonical Kubernetes, and Ecrio's Edge AI Communication Platform. The solution enables telecommunications operators to build sovereign, cost-effective cloud infrastructure spanning core data centers to intelligent edge deployments. The demo showcased real-world edge AI use cases including worker safety monitoring, crowd management, and AI-driven operational intelligence, all running on cloud-native, open-source infrastructure that avoids vendor lock-in while supporting mission-critical communications and private 5G networks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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