BT warns of smartphone price rises due to chip shortages from AI boom
Telecoms company CEO says tech firms are buying up memory chips to power datacentres relied on by AI
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BT has said that the cost of smartphones could rise as technology companies buy up semiconductor chips due to the boom in artificial intelligence (AI), putting pressure on supply chains.
The telecoms company’s chief executive, Allison Kirkby, said she was anticipating shortages as tech firms https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/06/ramageddon-cheap-phones-laptops-macbooks-ps5s-ai-chips">bought large quantities of memory chips to power the datacentres relied on by AI.
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