June 10, 2026
AI revenue potential for telcos is real, but the first sellable cases are concrete edge services such as video analytics, evidence, and event automation.

Market Signal
TelecomTV published a market read based on its Telcos & AI report: operators see real AI revenue potential, but do not consider agentic AI mature enough for production deployments in complex networks.
The external signal cools down the total-automation narrative and points to a more useful conclusion: the market wants AI revenue, but the first winning cases will be the ones that can already be operated with risk control, accuracy, and support.
ISP Reading
For a regional ISP, the priority is not chasing a generic promise of autonomous agents. It is building packages with understandable economics: connected cameras, useful analytics, less video transport, better response time, and managed operations.
That enables premium services without waiting for the full maturity of agentic stacks, focuses CapEx and OPEX on functions with clear buyers, and supports pricing by site, camera, analytic, or SLA.
How It Connects With Horus ISP
Horus ISP turns video AI capabilities into a governable operation. In one platform, the ISP manages cameras, rules, events, evidence, permissions, apps, and tenants, while deciding what runs at the customer site, in its datacenter, or in cloud.
Instead of selling a vague promise about agents, the operator can sell detection, search, evidence, alert automation, and multi-site operations with a hybrid stack that is already billable.
Service Or Package Enabled
- Managed video analytics for retail, education, or industrial sites with regional inference.
- Evidence and historical search add-on for monitoring centers.
- Event-based alert automation with dashboards, permissions, and retention.
- Multi-site offer for chains and franchises with separated tenants.
Sources
- TelecomTV. "Telcos optimistic about AI revenue potential but urge agentic AI caution - survey". 2026-06-04. https://www.telecomtv.com/content/telcos-and-ai-report-mar-26/telcos-optimistic-about-ai-revenue-potential-but-urge-agentic-ai-caution-survey-55603/