Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) as a potential game-changer for the telecoms industry will continue to build through 2024, and in turn drive experimentation and innovation across many areas of telcos’ businesses and those of their customers.

As year-end approaches, analyst and consultancy firms, industry players and assorted commentators are once again posting their predictions for telecoms in 2024. However diverse their research interests or business focus, almost all of these forecasts share a common theme this time around - namely the expected impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the industry as a whole in the year ahead.

Nokia has announced that it will cut between 9000 and 14,000 jobs by the end of 2026 to reduce its costs.

As broadband service providers continue to bring higher speeds to market, many are now offering residential customers gigabit and even multigigabit speeds over fibre. But, as good as these services can be, 95% of households then rely on Wi-Fi in the home to connect their devices.

In the first instalment of this series, we explored the scale of the issue of e-waste and some of the steps being taken to reduce it. As attitudes towards sustainability shift, policymakers take note – whether at company or government level – and in this article we’ll explore the factors pushing the industry towards sustainability.

In this new series of features, Developing Telecoms will explore the under-reported issue of electronic waste. We will explore possible solutions for addressing the issue as well as examining a case study with a leading Asian operator, but to begin, this article aims to examine the scale of the issue affecting operators in developing markets.

ZTE has long been a pioneering force in the wireless data terminal space, from its 2012 launch of the world's first CAT3 portable WiFi product to its 2022 release of the FWA MC888 series, which was the first in the world to support 3GPP R16. We spoke to Bai Keke, the vendor’s Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Internet, to discuss its innovations in this space.

A program of continuous innovation will be key to achieving the comprehensive process of evolution and upgrade required for the 5.5G era while protecting operators' 5G investments, according to Huawei.

Last month, ZTE pledged its support to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), underlining its commitment to meeting  science-based emission reduction targets in the near term as well as achieving net-zero emissions in the long term.

Mobile World Congress 2023 may be done and dusted, but the agenda that emerges from the show tends to impact the industry’s focus across the following year. I’ve felt in the past that these trends have been more tangible than they were in 2023; we’re perhaps in a year of evolution rather than revolution.

With Mobile World Congress 2023 approaching at the end of this month, the GSMA has announced the shortlist for the GLOMO Awards – with Developing Telecoms once again sitting on the judge’s panel for the ‘Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets’ category.

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