Cisco has announced WebexOne 2026, its annual AI Collaboration and Customer Experience event, taking place October 5 to 8 in Austin, Texas, bringing together leaders from some of the world's largest companies to share how they are moving beyond AI hype toward practical, measurable impact for the employee and customer experience. The multiday event... read more

Nokia is extending its longstanding partnership with Microsoft to accelerate network automation, announcing the development of an agentic, unified data foundation that supports faster, more reliable AI-driven operations for telecommunications providers. The collaboration combines Nokia Data Suite's ready-to-use telco data products with Microsoft... read more

2 days to DCF 2026, and to a launch worth watching. The GCC Network Resilience Joint Initiative, led by SAMENA Council, will be launched at the Forum. The logic is simple. GCC networks share technology platforms, international routes, supply chains, data centers, cloud and power dependencies. Resilience is no longer the responsibility of one... read more

Eutelsat has announced the extension and expansion of its long-standing partnership with StarTV, part of Grupo W Com, one of Mexico's leading direct-to-home television providers, for the continued delivery of satellite television and next-generation services via the EUTELSAT 117 West B satellite. Under the renewed multi-year agreement, StarTV will... read more

3 days to DCF 2026. Resilience is no longer only about redundancy. It is about knowing which functions are critical, where the dependencies sit, and what can be restored locally if international links, cloud platforms or vendor support become unavailable. Two panels take this on. The Foundational Panel, moderated by Rajesh D. of Arthur D. Little,... read more

4 days to DCF 2026. The morning opens with remarks from Bocar Ba, CEO and Board Member of SAMENA Council, and H.E. Eng. Mohammed Al Ramsi, Deputy Director General of Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority. Three keynotes follow: David Dai, Huawei, on network resilience for the intelligent and sovereign digital era. Gaurav... read more

Before the region talks about deploying 6G, it has to answer a harder question: what will 6G-era infrastructure actually stand on? That is the premise of SAMENA Council's Digital Continuity Forum 2026, taking place in 5 days at Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, under the patronage of Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority .... read more

Nokia has announced growing global momentum for AI-RAN, with operators across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East advancing the technology from early evaluation to lab and live field trials, accelerating the evolution toward AI-native 6G networks. Expanding engagement with A1 Group, Chunghwa Telecom, du, e&, Mobily, stc, TPG... read more