At MWC Barcelona 2026, SAMENA Telecommunications Council CEO Bocar Ba took the stage at the WLAN Forum to address leaders of the World WLAN Application Alliance(WAA) on a defining question for our region: what does it mean for WLAN to become strategic infrastructure. The answer is clear. Across South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, WLAN... read more

At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei unveiled AgenticCore, a new solution designed for AI-centric networks in the agent era. Presented by George Gao, President of Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line, AgenticCore is built to help operators modernize core services — voice, mobile internet, and home broadband — while accelerating the evolution toward... read more

Nokia and TIM Brasil have announced the expansion of their partnership to modernize TIM Brasil's 5G network across 14 additional states, covering approximately 42% of Brazil's population following an initial deployment in São Paulo. The agreement positions Nokia as TIM Brasil's strategic partner for a nationwide network modernization that will... read more

MeetKai Inc. and Smart Africa have announced a collaboration to launch a five-country pilot advancing Sovereign AI across Africa, with participating countries to be confirmed in the coming weeks. The pilot is designed to support the establishment of national AI capabilities that operate with sovereign control over data, models, and deployment,... read more

At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei is unveiling three key capabilities of its Agentic Communication Network (ACN), designed to support the complex communication needs of multi-agent collaboration in the mobile AI era. As AI agents increasingly become primary entities for information exchange across networks, Huawei's ACN transforms traditional... read more

ZTE Corporation and Indonesia's XLSMART have officially launched XL Ultra 5G+ commercial service, marking the deployment of Indonesia's first nationwide 5G network. The network has been certified by Ookla as the Fastest 5G Network in Indonesia for H2 2025. The service adopts a blanket coverage strategy aimed at delivering seamless 5G connectivity... read more

Nokia has been selected by Telefónica as the sole networking technology partner for the deployment of 17 Edge data center nodes across Spain, under a multi-year agreement that builds on a successful pilot rollout of three Edge data centers in 2024. Twelve of the 17 nodes have already been deployed, including at Telefónica's flagship... read more

Eutelsat has announced the launch of the first military-grade manpack terminal for the OneWeb network, developed in partnership with Intellian Technologies. The Intellian OW7MP is now available to government and defence customers requiring portable, resilient connectivity in demanding operational environments. Designed to fit within a standard... read more