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PLDT and DITO sign infrastructure-sharing agreement
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Telenor Pakistan ceases to exist as Ufone merger closes

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Telenor Pakistan ceases to exist as Ufone merger closes

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ZTE’s Super-N Platform boosts energy efficiency

ZTE’s Super-N Platform boosts energy efficiency

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ZTE’s Super-N Platform boosts energy efficiency
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Tejas Networks: Architecting Networks for an AI World

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Tejas Networks: Architecting Networks for an AI World
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CU Phosco Telecoms – Supporting the Future of Connectivity

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CU Phosco Telecoms – Supporting the Future of Connectivity
XLSMART CTO Insights: Speed, Synergy, and 5G Acceleration—Advancing Indonesia's Digital Journey

XLSMART CTO Insights: Speed, Synergy, and 5G Acceleration—Advancing Indonesia's Digital Journey

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XLSMART CTO Insights: Speed, Synergy, and 5G Acceleration—Advancing Indonesia's Digital Journey
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Inside Viasat’s NTN play: connecting people, machines and everything in between

Satellite Networks
Inside Viasat’s NTN play: connecting people, machines and everything in between
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The Rise of Agentic BSS: Intelligence in Action to Maximize Business Impact

Enterprise Ecosystems
The Rise of Agentic BSS: Intelligence in Action to Maximize Business Impact

Partner Content

Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Operators
Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era
Why agentic operations could redefine growth for telecom operators

Why agentic operations could redefine growth for telecom operators

Vendors
Why agentic operations could redefine growth for telecom operators
BoGuan LLM and 5G-A boosts digital cultural tourism in Xi’an

BoGuan LLM and 5G-A boosts digital cultural tourism in Xi’an

Consumer Ecosystems
BoGuan LLM and 5G-A boosts digital cultural tourism in Xi’an
ZTE and GSMA Announce Co-location Between ZTE Global Summit & User Congress and GSMA M360 ASEAN at MWC26 Shanghai

ZTE and GSMA Announce Co-location Between ZTE Global Summit & User Congress and GSMA M360 ASEAN at MWC26 Shanghai

Vendors
ZTE and GSMA Announce Co-location Between ZTE Global Summit & User Congress and GSMA M360 ASEAN at MWC26 Shanghai
DTW 2026 | China Mobile EVP Li Huidi: Autonomous Networks in Future, Faster

DTW 2026 | China Mobile EVP Li Huidi: Autonomous Networks in Future, Faster

Wireless Networks
DTW 2026 | China Mobile EVP Li Huidi: Autonomous Networks in Future, Faster
Whitepaper - Insights & Autonomy: Unlocking value for Telco CX - Free Download

Unlock CX-driven telco growth with Digital Twins and Agentic AI

Customer Management
Unlock CX-driven telco growth with Digital Twins and Agentic AI

Humanitarian Comms

Mobile-based UNESCO project to train women teachers in South Sudan

Mobile-based UNESCO project to train women teachers in South Sudan

Humanitarian Comms
Mobile-based UNESCO project to train women teachers in South Sudan
810m women in LMICs still unconnected as mobile gender gap persists: GSMA

810m women in LMICs still unconnected as mobile gender gap persists: GSMA

Humanitarian Comms
810m women in LMICs still unconnected as mobile gender gap persists: GSMA
Philippine telcos deploy Starlink in Mindanao after deadly 7.8 quake

Philippine telcos deploy Starlink in Mindanao after deadly 7.8 quake

Humanitarian Comms
Philippine telcos deploy Starlink in Mindanao after deadly 7.8 quake

MTN South Sudan campaigns to support maternal and child health needs

Humanitarian Comms
MTN South Sudan campaigns to support maternal and child health needs
MTN and UNHCR to connect displaced people in African countries

MTN and UNHCR to connect displaced people in African countries

Humanitarian Comms
MTN and UNHCR to connect displaced people in African countries

South & Central Asia Updates

India widens crackdown on anonymous messaging with Telegram and Signal notices

India widens crackdown on anonymous messaging with Telegram and Signal notices

Pakistan’s internet back to normal after yet another fault on SEA-ME-WE 5

Pakistan’s internet back to normal after yet another fault on SEA-ME-WE 5

Africa - Latest News

Angola’s Unitel plans IPO roadshow

Angola’s Unitel plans IPO roadshow

Paratus and Powertel light up first phase of Zimbabwe fibre backbone

Paratus and Powertel light up first phase of Zimbabwe fibre backbone

Reports & White Papers

Whitepaper - Insights & Autonomy: Unlocking value for Telco CX - Free Download

Unlock CX-driven telco growth with Digital Twins and Agentic AI

Customer Management
Unlock CX-driven telco growth with Digital Twins and Agentic AI
Download Etiya's White Paper: Unlocking the AI-Native Digital Brand

Whitepaper: Unlocking the AI-Native Digital Brand

Enterprise Ecosystems
Whitepaper: Unlocking the AI-Native Digital Brand
Digital divide in developing markets persists despite connection growth: ITU

Digital divide in developing markets persists despite connection growth: ITU

Humanitarian Comms
Digital divide in developing markets persists despite connection growth: ITU

Gravity Shift - Subscribers, bundles & the acquisition black hole

Consumer Ecosystems
Gravity Shift - Subscribers, bundles & the acquisition black hole

Subscription Bundling for Telcos - New Report from Bango

Consumer Ecosystems
Subscription Bundling for Telcos - New Report from Bango
Multi brand strategies report 2024

Operator Strategies for Diversification through Multiple Brands - Special Report

Reports
Operator Strategies for Diversification through Multiple Brands - Special Report

LATAM - Latest News

Chile updates and enhances satcoms rules

Chile updates and enhances satcoms rules

Elea and AXIA Energia plan neutral AI data centre in Amazon region

Elea and AXIA Energia plan neutral AI data centre in Amazon region

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Whitepaper - Insights & Autonomy: Unlocking value for Telco CX - Free Download

Unlock CX-driven telco growth with Digital Twins and Agentic AI

Details
Staff Writer
Category: Customer Management
16 June 2026
7953 views
  • BSS
  • Global
  • Customer Experience
  • Etiya
  • White Papers
  • Partner Content
  • Digital Twins
  • Agentic AI

Autonomous BSS, powered by Digital Twins of the Customer (DToC) and Agentic AI, is already transforming sales and customer care in ways that traditional BSS and CRM systems can't.

Download Etiya's White Paper: Unlocking the AI-Native Digital Brand

Whitepaper: Unlocking the AI-Native Digital Brand

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Staff Writer
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
19 January 2026
80254 views
  • BSS
  • Global
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Etiya
  • White Papers
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  • Digital Brands

Learn how AI-Native digital brands are helping operators grow and stay ahead of their competition.

New Whitepaper: Cybersecurity Driving Enterprise 5G Adoption

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Staff Writer
Category: Cybersecurity
27 November 2023
102060 views
  • Fortinet
  • White Paper
  • Cybersecurity
  • Partner Content

Adding cybersecurity to 5G platforms is essential for gaining customers' trust and critical for driving enterprise 5G adoption.

Key CX requirements of B2C customers that Digital Transformation will address

Understanding CX requirements Digital Transformation will address

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Staff Writer
Category: Customer Management
27 March 2023
104069 views
  • BSS
  • Global
  • Customer Experience
  • Digital Transformation
  • Etiya
  • White Papers

In recent years, technological advancements have completely overhauled our expectations around how we use communications services.

ZTE releases B5G Technology Whitepaper at 5G Summit

ZTE releases B5G Technology Whitepaper at 5G Summit

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James Barton
Category: White Papers
11 November 2022
991369 views
  • Global
  • ZTE
  • 5G
  • White Papers

ZTE Corporation has officially released the Beyond 5G Technology Whitepaper at 5G Summit 2022.

Precision 5G Transport Networks

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Staff Reporter
Category: White Papers
26 February 2021
127312 views
  • ZTE
  • White Paper
  • GlobalData
  • 5G Transport Networks

ZTE Corporation and Global Data have jointly released a new white paper on precision 5G transport, to shed light on the latest changes of 5G network architecture and new requirements for transport networks.

Optimise Field Service Management Using Drones, AI & ML

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Staff Reporter
Category: White Papers
27 January 2021
124297 views
  • Global
  • Comarch
  • White Paper
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
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Reduce the cost of network maintenance with drones, AI and ML. To learn how, download this FREE White Paper.

Using Artificial Intelligence against Fraudulent Activities

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Staff Reporter
Category: White Papers
13 January 2021
85104 views
  • Global
  • Comarch
  • Data Security
  • White Paper
  • artifical intelligence

How can CSPs ensure new services are totally secure? Download this FREE White Paper to find out.

The Use of AI in Cross-vendor VNF Self-healing

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Staff Reporter
Category: White Papers
16 December 2020
30558 views
  • Comarch
  • Network Virtualisation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • White Papers

How are AI and ML changing the face of cross-vendor VNF processes. Download this FREE White Paper now.

How to save money using Pervasive AI

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Staff Reporter
Category: White Papers
10 December 2020
28497 views
  • Comarch
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • White Papers

Optimize long-term costs by introducing pervasive AI to your network. Download this FREE White Paper now to find out how.

The Cloud Native Telco

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Metaswitch
Category: White Papers
20 March 2020
58019 views
  • Global
  • Metaswitch Networks
  • Network Virtualisation
  • NFV
  • Cloud Native Networks
  • Network Automation
  • White Papers

This new white paper discusses how the Cloud Native approach to NFV enables network operators to match the agility and efficiency of web-scale players.

ZTE 5G QCell Indoor Wireless Distribution System

Details
Alec Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
28 February 2020
81616 views
  • Global
  • ZTE
  • DAS
  • Indoor Wireless
  • 5G
  • QCell
  • White Papers

In the mobile broadband data era it is forecast that over 80% of traffic will occur in indoor locations creating demand for new indoor coverage solutions.

Innovative Technology Accelerates Commercial Use of 5G

Details
Alex Wang, ZTE Corporation
Category: Wireless Networks
01 November 2019
66156 views
  • White Papers

All the world's leading operators are eager to compete for 5G but how can a 5G network be built quickly, transcend the 4G experience and enable a variety of industrial applications?

Key Factors for Success in Very High Capacity Fibre Networks

Details
Chen KuanHong
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
11 October 2019
70840 views
  • Regulation
  • Global
  • fibre optic
  • Huawei
  • Mobile Backhaul
  • Fronthaul
  • High Speed Broadband
  • Policy
  • 5G
  • White Papers

To improve broadband coverage governments need to update laws and regulations that are restricting funding and right of way acquisition, according to Chen KuanHong.

10 Ways to Make Money with 5G

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Matrixx Software
Category: White Papers
02 September 2019
39863 views
  • Global
  • 5G
  • Matrixx
  • e-books
  • download
  • 5G Monetisation
  • White Papers

In this new playbook we map out some of today’s most promising monetization opportunities and the key capabilities that digital leaders are putting into place to prepare for 5G.

Rakuten-netcracker

Digital-Era Object Lessons for Mobile Operators from Netcracker and Rakuten Mobile

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
17 June 2019
71085 views
  • Global
  • CEM
  • NetCracker
  • rakuten
  • White Papers

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is transforming customer experience. In this interview, Netcracker Strategy Director Ed Finegold talks about Netcracker’s role in enabling Rakuten’s vision.

Network Performance Score: initiate improvements with QoE-centric score

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Rohde & Schwarz
Category: Wireless Networks
11 June 2019
66740 views
  • Rohde and Schwarz
  • QoE
  • White Papers

There are various scores, as in scoring methods, claiming to measure the performance of mobile networks on the market. Some scores are based on plain technical metrics, others on quality of experience (QoE) measurements or surveys.

5G NR Network Measurement and Analytics

Details
Rohde & Schwarz
Category: White Papers
23 May 2019
29540 views
  • Network Management
  • Rohde and Schwarz
  • 5G
  • White Paper

5G NR is expected to become the major cellular radio access technology in the coming years and testing network performance and operation is crucial to ensure delivery of new services to end users.

Managing 5G migration

Managing 5G migration

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Wireless Networks
23 April 2019
42664 views
  • Huawei
  • Network Optimisation
  • Radio Access Networks
  • 5G networks
  • White Papers

How do you streamline the upgrade to integrated networks to allow for quick 5G deployment? A new approach from Huawei may have some of the answers.

India publishes 5G whitepaper

India publishes 5G whitepaper

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Category: Regulation
24 February 2019
43566 views
  • India
  • TRAI
  • White Paper
  • 5G networks

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a white paper on 'Enabling 5G in India'. The TRAI notes that, globally, full scale deployment of 5G networks is expected to start by late 2019 or early 2020 and that pilots for these have already commenced.

Automation & Intelligence in Network Operations

Automation & Intelligence in Network Operations

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Asit Tandon
Category: Wireless Networks
31 August 2018
51529 views
  • Global
  • OTT
  • SaaS
  • Hutchison 3 Indonesia
  • Automation
  • White Papers

With over 5 billion mobile subscribers, the telecom industry has transformed our world. It connects us, entertains us, informs us and inspires us.

Digital Customer Experience Management Facilitates Operation Transformation

Digital Customer Experience Management Facilitates Operation Transformation

Details
Zheng Jie
Category: Service Management
28 August 2018
47381 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China Mobile
  • China
  • Cloud
  • Customer Care
  • 5G
  • IoT
  • White Papers

As the 5G era sets in, emerging services from operators will undergo explosive growth. Currently, the communications industry is gradually entering the new era of ubiquitous connections, customer perception, and intelligence.

Digital Transformation for Business Growth

Digital Transformation for Business Growth

Details
Peter Lam
Category: Service Management
23 August 2018
54825 views
  • Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • Huawei
  • Digital Transformation
  • White Papers

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) nowadays are facing increasing challenges due to changes in customer behaviour as well as competitions from OTT players in terms of service innovation, time-to-market and customer service experience.

RuralStar - A New Horizon for Rural Mobile Users

RuralStar - A New Horizon for Rural Mobile Users

Details
Huawei
Category: Wireless Networks
22 December 2017
50275 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Huawei
  • Ghana
  • Base Stations
  • Mobile
  • Rural Connectivity
  • RuralStar
  • White Papers

Over the past week, Afryea's friends were receiving more and more messages from her over WhatsApp - and all thanks to the installation of an amazing “wooden pole”.

Intracom Telecom WiBAS Connect

Delivering 5G 100 Mbps Speeds to Rural Communities

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Intracom Telecom Sponsored Case Study
Category: Wireless Networks
08 May 2017
43316 views
  • White Papers

Delivering internet services at 5G speeds to subscribers in rural areas and living in places where it is not feasible or economical to deploy fibre is a major challenge.

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DTW26 Impressions: Establishing trust in AI through collaboration

Enterprise Ecosystems
DTW26 Impressions: Establishing trust in AI through collaboration
TM Forum: Trust will decide the AI Race to 2030

TM Forum: Trust will decide the AI Race to 2030

Enterprise Ecosystems
TM Forum: Trust will decide the AI Race to 2030
AI governance: Can regulation keep pace with autonomous networks?

AI governance: Can regulation keep pace with autonomous networks?

Wireless Networks
AI governance: Can regulation keep pace with autonomous networks?
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Why Veon isn’t worried about hyperscalers winning the AI race

Operators
Why Veon isn’t worried about hyperscalers winning the AI race
Data centres and digital finance in Africa: the state of play

Data centres and digital finance in Africa: the state of play

Data Centres & Networks
Data centres and digital finance in Africa: the state of play
Emerging market telcos squeezed by diesel crisis

Emerging market telcos squeezed by diesel crisis

Operators
Emerging market telcos squeezed by diesel crisis

MENA - Latest News

New partnership supports sovereign AI in Saudi Arabia

New partnership supports sovereign AI in Saudi Arabia

Zain to take over former MTN network in Syria

Zain to take over former MTN network in Syria

Events

Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Operators
Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era
DTW26 Impressions: Establishing trust in AI through collaboration

DTW26 Impressions: Establishing trust in AI through collaboration

Enterprise Ecosystems
DTW26 Impressions: Establishing trust in AI through collaboration
OpenAN project aims to enable O&M agent collaboration in autonomous networks

OpenAN project aims to enable O&M agent collaboration in autonomous networks

Optical & Fixed Networks
OpenAN project aims to enable O&M agent collaboration in autonomous networks
Telcos must embrace AI internally before customers can benefit: Globe CEO

Telcos must absorb AI internally before customers can benefit: Globe CEO

Enterprise Ecosystems
Telcos must absorb AI internally before customers can benefit: Globe CEO
Tokens touted to telcos as ticket to monetising AI – starting in China

Tokens touted to telcos as ticket to monetising AI – starting in China

Enterprise Ecosystems
Tokens touted to telcos as ticket to monetising AI – starting in China
Chinese telcos are kickstarting GSMA’s “IQ era” of mobile AI

Chinese telcos are kickstarting GSMA’s “IQ era” of mobile AI

Wireless Networks
Chinese telcos are kickstarting GSMA’s “IQ era” of mobile AI

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Vertiv and Airtrunk boost their data centre operations in Malaysia

Vertiv and Airtrunk boost their data centre operations in Malaysia

Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Artificial Intelligence

Vertiv and Airtrunk boost their data centre operations in Malaysia

Vertiv and Airtrunk boost their data centre operations in Malaysia

Data Centres & Networks
Vertiv and Airtrunk boost their data centre operations in Malaysia
Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Operators
Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era
Why agentic operations could redefine growth for telecom operators

Why agentic operations could redefine growth for telecom operators

Vendors
Why agentic operations could redefine growth for telecom operators
PLDT and DITO sign infrastructure-sharing agreement

PLDT and DITO sign infrastructure-sharing agreement

Operators
PLDT and DITO sign infrastructure-sharing agreement
Google Cloud launches new AI development initiatives for Africa

Google Cloud launches new AI development initiatives for Africa

Cloud & Virtualisation
Google Cloud launches new AI development initiatives for Africa
Another India-Southeast Asia undersea cable on the way

Another India-Southeast Asia undersea cable on the way

Optical & Fixed Networks
Another India-Southeast Asia undersea cable on the way

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Latvia’s LMT prepares rail services for FRMCS

Latvia’s LMT prepares rail services for FRMCS

Kyivstar partners with Ukrainian govt to build sovereign AI data centre

Kyivstar partners with Ukrainian govt to build sovereign AI data centre

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