STL Partners

AI-RAN Scenario Financial Model

Explore investment, ROI and revenue upside across deployment strategies  ·  All figures in US$M

Scenarios calibrated to
6-year breakeven

This tool models the commercial case for three AI-RAN deployment strategies. Choose your strategy (AI-for-RAN, AI-and-RAN, AI-on-RAN) and operator scale (Regional, National or Tier 1 Global), and it shows the investment required and the revenue each approach must generate to break even by year six.

Deployment Scenario
Operator Scale
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Initial Investment (Year 1)
$79M
Total CAPEX outlay in 2025
Cumulative cashflow
J-curve trajectory showing annual and cumulative cashflow · ◆ Breakeven Year 6
Revenue vs CAPEX
Annual AI-RAN revenue and capital investment by year
Want to dig into the revenue and cost drivers behind each scenario? Read our articles: An insight into the future of AI-RAN and AI-RAN Architecture.