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March 3, 2026

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MeetKai and Smart Africa Announce Five-Country Pilot to Accelerate Sovereign AI Across Africa

MWC, Barcelona 2026: Through a strategic collaboration with the Smart Africa Alliance, MeetKai will help participating member states deploy sovereign, locally governed AI stacks supporting African languages and enabling next-generation digital public services...

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Nokia expands partnership with TIM Brasil to deliver next-generation AI-Ready 5G network with NVIDIA

Nokia has announced the expansion of its partnership with TIM Brasil to modernize the company's 5G network across key regions, covering approximately 42% of the country’s population...

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Huawei launches AgenticCore solution: Building an agent network with terminal-network-business synergy

At Huawei Product & Solution Launch during MWC Barcelona 2026, George Gao, President of Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line, unveiled the AgenticCore solution...

Recent Developments

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Huawei to unveil three key capabilities of Agentic Communication Network (ACN) to build an efficient "Information Overpass" for AI agents

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Eutelsat and Intellian introduce first LEO Manpack terminal for government and defence connectivity

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AT&T named America’s best and fastest internet

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e& delivers record revenue and net profit in FY 2025 growing consolidated revenue 23% to AED 72.9bln

Policy and Regulation

•	Egypt launches Wa3i.net platform to promote child online safety and digital citizenship Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, led by Minister Raafat Hendy, has officially launched Wa3i.net, an integrated Arabic platform dedicated to digital citizenship and online safety...

•	UNICEF launches Africa-wide procurement initiative to expand internet connectivity for children UNICEF has announced a continent-wide procurement initiative aimed at expanding internet connectivity to schools, health centres and other child-serving institutions across 54 African countries...

Middle East

•	Vodafone Qatar approves 12% cash dividend after strong 2025 results Vodafone Qatar has approved a 12% cash dividend at its Ordinary General Assembly Meeting (AGM), following a year of strong financial and operational performance in 2025...

•	Free roaming now available for Globe customers in the Middle East In response to increased tensions in the Middle East, Globe Telecom is launching a free roaming relief package for Filipinos living in a few Middle Eastern nations...

•	Iraqi-UAE World Link project to boost Eurasia digital connectivity An Iraqi-UAE consortium is advancing the US$700 million World Link Transit Cable Project, a hybrid subsea and terrestrial fiber-optic network designed to establish a new digital corridor connecting Asia and Europe through...

North Africa

•	Djezzy launches 5G network across 18 provinces in Algeria Mobile operator Djezzy has officially rolled out its 5G network across 18 provinces in Algeria, marking a significant step forward in the country’s digital transformation...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Airgain, Nextivity partner on 4G and 5G coverage solutions The agreement establishes a framework for the companies to jointly develop coverage solutions that combine Airgain’s Lighthouse 5G Intelligent Node platform with Nextivity’s GO family of intelligent repeaters...

•	Deutsche Telekom to further expand 5G, fiber footprint Deutsche Telekom plans to expand 5G coverage from 92% to 95% across its European footprint this year...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Paramount+ and HBO Max to merge if Skydance-WBD deal clears regulators HBO Max is still 3 weeks away from its UK launch, but Paramount Global will combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into a single streaming platform if regulators approve its Skydance-backed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery...

Satellite & Internet

•	Vodafone and Amazon LEO partner to boost African coverage Vodafone and Amazon Leo, Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network, have signed an agreement to connect many more 4G and 5G mobile sites in remote areas to improve coverage for customers with limited...

•	Bluepeak expands fiber internet across Wyoming Bluepeak, a leading provider of high-speed fiber internet serving communities across Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Texas, and Wyoming, today announced its expansion into Mills and Buffalo, Wyoming...

South Asia

•	Pakistan to offer 600 MHz spectrum in record-breaking 5G auction Pakistan will conduct its largest-ever telecom spectrum auction, offering 600 MHz of spectrum, far exceeding the 69 MHz sold in the past 12 years...

•	Grameenphone and Proton launch 4G Cloud Phone in Bangladesh Grameenphone, in partnership with Proton, has launched the GP co-branded Proton Jet 4G Cloud Phone in Bangladesh...

Global Telecom Update

•	Mycom and Mavenir announce agentic AI partnership Mycom, which offers AI, data and automation solutions for some of the world's largest communications service providers (CSPs), has announced at MWC that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Mavenir...

•	MeetKai and Smart Africa Announce Five-Country Pilot to Accelerate Sovereign AI Across Africa MWC, Barcelona 2026: Through a strategic collaboration with the Smart Africa Alliance, MeetKai will help participating member states deploy sovereign, locally governed AI stacks supporting African languages and enabling...

•	NTT DOCOMO launches commercial 5G core network on AWS DOCOMO also launched an agentic AI system for end-to-end mobile network operations using AgentCore and Strands Agents...

•	Google Cloud, DigitalRoute team up to tackle telco data challenges for autonomous networks In a significant push toward Level 4 and Level 5 Autonomous Network Operations (ANO), Google Cloud has announced a strategic partnership with DigitalRoute to address the telecom industry's persistent "data swamp"...

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