Wireless Networks Connecting the Unconnected: Insights from MWC 2025 on Global Internet Connectivity At the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, we caught up with two special guests to chat about global efforts to bring high-quality Internet...
Data Centres & Networks Microsoft and du plan hyperscale data centre UAE operator Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) has announced a major hyperscale data centre deal with Microsoft.
Videos & Webinars Etiya's Albert Nemet on Building Smarter Customer Journeys in Telecom Albert Nemet from Etiya, a leading BSS provider, shared insights on how telecom providers can leverage data and AI to transform customer...
Enterprise Ecosystems IPv6 Forum President Latif Ladid: Enabling the AI era with IPv6 At Mobile World Congress 2025, Developing Telecoms spoke with IPv6 Forum President Latif Ladid to discuss IPv6 and Net 5.5G development, and...
Videos & Webinars ITU, Orange Liberia & ZTE on Enhancing Rural Connectivity Developing Telecoms was pleased to meet up with senior representatives from Orange Liberia, ZTE and the ITU during MWC 2025. We were there to...
Optical & Fixed Networks Building international scale, one fibre cable at a time: YOFC's Dr Zhuang Dan In the rapidly evolving world of telecommunications, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (YOFC) company has emerged as a global leader. At the recent...
Optical & Fixed Networks Huawei Launches a Full Series of 10G Smart OLTs for the Intelligent World During MWC 25 in Barcelona, Kim Jin, Vice President of Huawei Optical Business Product Line, officially unveiled a full series of 10G smart OLTs...
Videos & Webinars CCS Insight founder on 5G-Advanced, AI in Mobile, 6G, and the future of 5G monetisation CCS Insight founder and executive chairman Shaun Collins spoke with Developing Telecoms about future trends and key industry insights, covering...
Videos & Webinars The Role of MDM in 5G, IoT, and Enterprise Security At MWC25, Developing Telecoms' Director of Content James Barton sat down with Enghouse's Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira and RMA's Guy Redmill for a...
Videos & Webinars Telecom’s Next Chapter with Val Vaduva At MWC25, we caught up with Enghouse's Val Vaduva to discuss his thoughts on the show and his expectations for the future of telecoms.
Wireless Networks AI WAN: Leading IP Networks into the Intelligent Era As the telecoms industry hurtles towards the digital world, demand is already growing for emerging bandwidth-intensive applications and services...
Operators Jazz aims for healthcare expansion to drive growth Aamir Ibrahimn (pictured), CEO of Pakistani operator Jazz, has revealed that the Veon-owned company is expanding its services into healthcare as...
Consumer Ecosystems Huawei's Xun Su on the Value Stream Journey During MWC 25 Barcelona, Huawei held the Intelligent Operations Summit to bring together global carriers, industry partners, and...
Optical & Fixed Networks Sparkle and Al-Bawaba enhance Libyan partnership TIM Group's global operator Sparkle and Al-Bawaba for Telecommunications and Informatics, a Libyan ISP provider offering a wide range of ICT...
Wireless Networks WAA Partners with World-Renowned Test Lab for WLAN Certification The released scenario-based WLAN performance certification standards by the World WLAN Application Association (WAA), marks a key step in...
Wireless Networks WAA Drives WLAN User Experience and Performance As well as providing a showcase for new products and services, Mobile World Congress is an occasion for industry bodies to gather and review...
Vendors Nokia eyes strong Growth in MEA despite Ericsson’s shift Nokia’s Senior Vice President for the Middle East and Africa, Mikko Lavanti, has reaffirmed the company’s commitment to the region, stating that...
Devices & Platforms ZTE extends AI integration across its terminal device portfolio ZTE Corporation has unveiled a range of new, AI-enabled devices during MWC2025 in Barcelona, under the banner of its "AI for All" product...
Optical & Fixed Networks Huawei unveils AI-centric optical innovations to future-proof networks At Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2025, Huawei emphasised the urgent need for operators to construct future-proof optical networks to capitalise...
Videos & Webinars Intracom Telecom on Making AI a Reality At MWC25, Intracom Telecom's CTO Christos Rizos spoke to us about how the company is implementing Agentic AI across its offering to boost...
Videos & Webinars Intracom Telecom on complementing fibre with Multigigabit Broadband We caught up with Intracom Telecom at MWC25 to discuss how their multigigabit solutions deliver the high capacity of fibre at a much lower...
Wireless Networks WBBA Releases Net5.5G Whitepaper to Accelerate Global Commercial Deployment of Net5.5G During MWC Barcelona 2025, the World Broadband Association (WBBA) hosted an industry summit themed "Smarter Broadband: Investment. Innovation....
Vendors ZTE's 5G-A minimalist private network solution helps live broadcasting enter the mature commercial wireless era At MWC Barcelona 2025, ZTE won the "GSMA Foundry Innovation Award" at the GLOMO Awards 2025 for its Minimalist Private 5G-A solution.
Operators China Unicom Summit: Intelligence, Convergence, Innovation China Unicom and Huawei co-hosted an innovation summit during Mobile World Congress 2025, themed 5G-A Empowering, AI Transforming, Digital...
Enterprise Ecosystems AI Unites All: A New Plan for Digital Inclusivity in an Intelligent World At Mobile World Congress 2025, China Unicom and Huawei co-hosted an innovation summit focused on the impact that 5G-A and AI will have in...
Wireless Networks Huawei Shapes the AI-centric Network Future Rather than being just a “hot topic” for the next few years, AI will impact every aspect of every user’s life and be adopted by mobile operators...
Optical & Fixed Networks Huawei Optical Summit: Accelerate F5G-A, Boost Industrial Intelligence During MWC 2025 in Barcelona, Huawei held an all-optical summit themed "Accelerate F5G-A, Boost Industrial Intelligence". At this summit, Huawei...
Optical & Fixed Networks AI-Centric All-Optical Network for New Growth During MWC 2025 in Barcelona, IDATE held the Green All-optical Network Forum themed "AI-Centric All-Optical Network for New Growth". More than...
Blogs & Opinion MWC25: Artificial Intelligence, but no artifice? Our Editorial Team's Impressions And with that, Mobile World Congress Barcelona is over for another year - so how did it stack up compared to previous years? Our editorial team...
Enterprise Ecosystems U Mobile, China Unicom in tech tie-up to boost Malaysia-China ties Malaysian 5G network provider U Mobile announced on Friday it has signed an MoU with China Unicom Operations Malaysia (CUMY) to develop IoT,...
Enterprise Ecosystems Creating value through AI Innovation On Day 3 of MWC2025, James Chen, President of Carrier Business, Huawei, gave a speech focused on how AI innovation will drive value creation.
Revenue & Billing Huawei and Appledore Jointly Release White Paper ‘Towards Next Generation Telco Billing 3.0’ At Mobile World Congress (MWC 2025), Huawei Service and Software held the Intelligent Operations Summit. During...
Humanitarian Comms MTN and Globalstar boost ITU’s Partner2Connect pledges to US$73b The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) says that its Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Coalition has now reached US$73 billion in pledges...
Energy & Sustainability Hotspot taps Clear Blue consortium for solar-powered mobile sites Nigerian last-mile connectivity and tower operator Hotspot has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium led by solar-power...
Enterprise Ecosystems Smart Axiata joins Open Gateway, collaborates with Cellcard and Metfone on APIs Cambodian telco Smart Axiata said on Thursday it has joined the GSMA Open Gateway Initiative and signed an MoU at Mobile World Congress 2025 to...
Wireless Networks CelcomDigi signs 5G and AI deals with Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson CelcomDigi said on Thursday it has signed several MoUs at Mobile World Congress 2025 – two with Huawei and ZTE related to AI-powered network...
Wireless Networks Viettel High Tech announces 5G trials with du Viettel High Tech, a Vietnamese end-to-end 4G/5G solution provider and part of the state-owned multinational telecommunications,...
Service Management Qvantel hails fast 5G SA turnaround for Uzbek operator partner Qvantel is back in the MWC25 news headlines. The BSS specialist has announced a significant milestone in its partnership with Uzbek mobile...
Energy & Sustainability Pakistan’s Jazz to deploy solar tech from Huawei at 1,000 sites Pakistani telco Jazz – owned by global digital operator Veon – announced at Mobile World Congress 2025 on Wednesday it is collaborating with...
Operators Telkomsel piles up MoUs at MWC25 with Ericsson, Pegatron and TikTok Indonesian telco Telkomsel is having a busy week at Mobile World Congress 2025, following up MoUs with ZTE and Huawei on Monday with a flurry of...
Cloud & Virtualisation Smart moves to AWS cloud to get its data platform AI-ready PLDT’s mobile arm Smart Communications announced at Mobile World Congress 2025 on Thursday it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to...
Service Management Malaysia’s Tune Talk gets OSS/BSS support from Mavenir Tune Talk, described as Malaysia’s fastest-growing digital telco, has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Mavenir, the cloud-native...
Wireless Networks Tongyu unveils extended coverage Wi-Fi product Chinese wireless technology company Tongyu Communication has launched what it calls its groundbreaking MacroWiFi product at MWC25.
Wireless Networks Quectel introduces 5G transparent antenna Quectel Wireless Solutions, an IoT solutions provider, has announced the launch of its 5G transparent antenna, the YFCX001WWAH, at MWC25....
Wireless Networks China Telecom and ZTE claim C+L band WDM first Tech giant ZTE has announced at MWC25 that it has successfully completed the world’s first extended C+L band integrated 80×800 Gbps wavelength...
Enterprise Ecosystems All Intelligent Operations Enables New Growth Huawei, together with global operators, partners, and industry organizations, discussed how operators can upgrade their operations models,...
Wireless Networks Mavenir and e& UAE announce converged packet core collaboration Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider, and e& UAE, telecom arm of global technology group e&, have announced a...
Wireless Networks HAPS are back in the news at MWC25 High altitude platform stations (HAPS) are back in the news at MWC25 with an announcement from AALTO, an Airbus subsidiary which designs,...
Enterprise Ecosystems Huawei Unveils Global Showcases Alongside Customers and Launches 10 Industry Solutions with Partners During MWC Barcelona 2025, Huawei held the Industrial Digital and Intelligent Transformation Summit 2025, bringing together global customers and...