At the China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) in Shenzhen in September, Huawei demonstrated its third-gen optical interconnect product for SuperPod, the 7.2T NPO (near-packaged optics), which will be deployed in its future SuperPoD series.
As Southeast Asia's largest digital economy, Indonesia is accelerating its journey toward the "Vision Indonesia Digital 2045" (VID 2045), where resilient and inclusive connectivity forms the foundation for socioeconomic growth. Against this backdrop, the largest network integration project in Indonesia's telecom history has achieved unprecedented success—surpassing 95% completion in record time, and receiving top industry awards for 5G and overall mobile network experience across the archipelago.
More than one in three (38%) people remains offline despite being covered by mobile broadband – and a lack of digital literacy skills is often to blame, according to new research published today.
ZTE and Uruguay's Antel have completed what they describe as the first validation of symmetric 50G PON technology in Latin America, demonstrating the coexistence of GPON, 10G PON and 50G PON on the same access network.
The 15th ZTE Global Summit & User Congress officially opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, co-located for the first time with the GSMA M360 ASEAN.
Huawei is betting that a technology called Near-Packaged Optics, or NPO, will become one of the main building blocks of the next generation of AI data centres.
Malawi has activated a new telecommunications tower in Lilongwe Nyanja, taking the number of operational towers under the government's Last Mile Rural Connectivity Project to 36 as it expands mobile coverage in underserved areas.
[Munich, September 2, 2026] Huawei kicked off its "Chase the Wild" global innovative product launch event today at SHOWPALAST Munich, Germany. Huawei unveiled a sweeping portfolio of new flagship devices across four key categories: smart wearables, tablets, smartphones, and audio. The event underscored Huawei's commitment to seamlessly integrating intelligent technology into everyday life, empowering users to pursue their passions with freedom and vitality.
As mobile AI moves from concept to everyday reality, the demands placed on radio networks are changing quickly. AI agents, real-time multimodal applications, AI glasses and embodied intelligence all depend on a network that is not simply faster, but more responsive, balanced and adaptable.
India has approved a joint venture between Chinese smartphone vendor Vivo and electronic manufacturer Dixon Technologies, as the government continues to strengthen domestic electronics manufacturing under its Make in India strategy.
For much of the past decade, telecom operators have searched for new growth by expanding connectivity, investing in faster networks and introducing new digital services. Yet despite those efforts, many continue to face familiar challenges: slowing subscriber growth, intense competition and increasing pressure to improve customer experience while controlling operational costs.
ZTE Corporation has signed an agreement to become the Strategic Partner of GSMA's M360 ASEAN event.
Chinese vendor Huawei has announced a patent licensing royalty rate of US$0.50 per device for products compliant with the Wi-Fi 7 standard, as it seeks to provide greater transparency around its intellectual property licensing framework.
Indian authorities have intensified inspections around Tata Electronics’ iPhone components facility in Hosur following concerns that wastewater discharge from the site may have contaminated groundwater in nearby agricultural areas.
Adani Enterprises and US-based manufacturing company Jabil plan to establish an AI and data centre infrastructure manufacturing platform in India, targeting both domestic demand and global exports.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed a global partnership with AI company Anthropic to help enterprises deploy generative AI at scale, with a particular focus on highly regulated industries.
Huawei executives said the company is repositioning itself from a traditional storage hardware supplier into a provider of full-stack AI data infrastructure, arguing enterprises will need to overhaul existing architectures to cope with the rapid rise of AI workloads.
Huawei unveiled what it called a “new semiconductor path” to drive the chip industry forward, claiming traditional Moore’s Law is reaching its physical limits.
NEC and its subsidiary Netcracker Technology have completed the acquisition of US software company CSG Systems International, strengthening their telecoms software and digital services portfolio.
Nokia has appointed Siemens executive Emma Falck (pictured, left) as president of its Mobile Infrastructure business, as the vendor looks to position itself for the next phase of AI-driven networks.
At this year’s MWC, much of the industry conversation centred on AI, automation and the next wave of network innovation. But for Nokia, the reality facing many operators - particularly in emerging markets - is more complex.
Huawei reported broadly stable financial performance for 2025, striking a note of resilience at a time when much of the global technology sector has been grappling with volatility and shifting investment cycles.
Hayo, a global digital service provider, is back in the news again after launching voice, messaging and digital solutions in Rwanda.
Huawei has urged telecom operators to embed artificial intelligence across networks and services as the industry moves beyond the mobile internet era into what it describes as the “Internet of Agents”.
At MWC Barcelona 2026 in Barcelona, Huawei’s President of the Data Communication Product Line, Leon Wang, set out a clear message to global carriers - traditional connectivity alone will not deliver the next wave of growth.
One theme cropped up again and again at MWC26: telecom operators are under pressure to redefine their role in the AI economy. For Huawei, the answer lies in what it calls the “agentic era” - a world where AI agents increasingly handle digital tasks on behalf of people and businesses.
At the Intelligent Operations Summit held during MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei put forward its vision for how operators can leverage their unique advantages to grow in the era of rapid AI development.
AI agents will be an integral and all-pervasive component of the developing mobile AI ecosystem and be deeply embedded in the fabric of mobile networks. In order to function effectively, these agents will need to be supported by a raft of new, advanced network features and capabilities.
On March 1, 2026, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2026, Stephen Shao (Vice President of Huawei's General Development Dept) and James Crawshaw (Omdia Analyst) had an in-depth discussion on the latest trends in autonomous networks (AN) L4 and AI domain.
During MWC26 Barcelona Developing Telecoms’ Director of Content James Barton sat down with Majda Lahlou Kassi, Vice President and Head of Ericsson West and Southern Africa, to discuss Ericsson’s current strategy and focus areas in Africa and the potential impact AI may have on telecom networks and services across the region in the future.
Agentic MBB will enable operators to unlock end-to-end network value by building service-oriented, system-level intelligence.
The World Broadband Association’s Director General, Martin Creaner, talks to Developing Telecoms ahead of the association’s Broadband Development Congress, held this year during Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona. The discussion focuses on the WBBA’s role in the industry’s future development, and the cooperation willingness with other SDOs (e.g. ITU-T ION-2030), as well as on two newly-launched WBBA publications – a white paper on All-Optical Target Networks and a refreshed edition of the WBBA’s Gigacity Index.
At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei unveiled an all-new Cloud Wi-Fi Solution for the global carrier market. The future-ready solution is designed to address escalating security challenges as industries worldwide enter a critical stage of digital and intelligent transformation. By delivering end-to-end network security for enterprises, it meets the surging demand for robust security and helps carriers explore the blue ocean of the B2B sector.
Chinese telecommunications company Hytera has been fined US$50 million by a US federal court after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets from rival Motorola Solutions.
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