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March 2, 2026

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

At MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei will unveil three key capabilities of its Agentic Communication Network (ACN): digital identity management, dynamic group communication, and collaboration task session management...

Member News

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Cisco to participate in March 2026 events with the financial community

Cisco executives will participate in several investor events throughout March 2026, including conferences in Barcelona, San Francisco, London, and Los Angeles, though no new financial information will be disclosed...

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XLSMART partners with ZTE to launch Indonesia's first nationwide 5G blanket coverage network

The launch of XL Ultra 5G+ establishes Indonesia's first nationwide 5G blanket coverage network, validated by Ookla as "Indonesia's fastest 5G network in H2 2025"...

Policy and Regulation

•	Egypt grants IoT licences for vehicles to Mercedes-Benz Egypt The Egyptian National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has granted Mercedes-Benz Egypt Trading licenses to provide Internet of Things (IoT) services for vehicles in Egypt...

Middle East

•	Vodafone Oman advances digital transformation with Red Hat OpenShift Vodafone Oman is accelerating its digital transformation by fully standardizing its IT infrastructure on Red Hat OpenShift, a cloud-native platform...

•	Qatar’s Power International Holding to expand in Kazakhstan’s telecom and energy sectors Qatar’s Power International Holding (PIH), a major investment company, is planning to expand into Kazakhstan’s telecommunications sector...

North Africa

•	Algeria launches four digital platforms to modernize higher education Algeria has unveiled four national digital platforms aimed at transforming its higher education and research ecosystem...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	NCC highlights broadband growth as 4G and 5G adoption accelerates The sustained rise in broadband subscriptions has directly supported the steady improvement in Nigeria’s broadband penetration rate...

Satellite & Internet

•	Connected vehicle satcom voice calls from Viasat – and partners A demonstration of satellite-enabled voice calls over a 3GPP-compliant non-terrestrial satellite network for connected vehicles, is take place at Mobile World Congress 2026 – with the help of a very impressive...

•	Multi-Gig internet service to expand in Southeast Minnesota cities Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC) announced plans to bring multi-gig Flight Fiber internet service to southeast Minnesota cities...

South Asia

•	Bangladesh to provide free Wi-Fi at airports, railway stations, and high-speed vehicles The minister emphasized the importance of ICT for national development, directing district-level officials to coordinate on communication modernization and ICT progress...

Global Telecom Update

•	HPE unveils new solutions across networking and compute HPE, a leader in essential enterprise technology, has unveiled new solutions across networking and compute for Mobile World Congress 2026 that, it says, accelerate modernisation for service providers...

•	Veea platform solution to address cybersecurity challenges nationwide for businesses in Mexico Veea SecureConnect represents a next-generation approach to delivering ultra-reliable 5G-based fixed wireless access integrated with enterprise-grade AI-driven cybersecurity and value-added services in one palm-sized...

•	KDDI launches AI agent for immediate fault cause identification in cloud services KDDI started operation of the Fault Recovery support Agent (hereinafter referred to as the AI Agent) which immediately identifies the cause of a failure in some services built in cloud environments including voice calls,...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Premier League to launch direct-to-consumer streaming platform in Singapore The Premier League is to launch its own direct-to-consumer streaming service next season, marking a significant shift in its international distribution strategy...

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