The Future Readiness Panel at DCF 2026 starts well before any 6G deployment decision. Choices being made now around 5G-Advanced evolution, architecture, automation, computing, security, spectrum and standards will determine how readily future capabilities can be introduced and how resilient they will be once deployed. The questions: what should... read more

DCF 2026 has concluded, but the work has not. The discussion continues through the DCF Outcome Note and SAMENA Council follow-up, including future stakeholder engagement and the GCC Network Resilience Joint Initiative. Digital continuity and network resilience are now part of an ongoing regional work program, not a one-day event theme. Thank you... read more

Launched at DCF 2026: the GCC Network Resilience Joint Initiative, led by SAMENA Council. On stage: Bocar Ba, SAMENA Council. Eng. Saif Bin Ghelaita, TDRA. H.E. Philip Marnick, TRA Bahrain. Dr. Crane H. Yang, World WLAN Application Alliance. Jawad Jalal A., GSMA. David Dai and David Hutton, Huawei Hasan Al Shemeili, du. Dr. Sherif R. Sherif,... read more

The GCC Network Resilience Joint Initiative, launched today at DCF 2026, is built around six practical capabilities: Prevent. Tolerate. Contain. Recover. Observe. Validate. Together they describe what resilient digital infrastructure needs to be capable of: anticipating disruption, withstanding adverse conditions, limiting effects, restoring... read more

Now on at DCF 2026: the Critical Infrastructure Panel on Keeping Networks Operational Under Stress. Moderator: Dr. Abdulhadi AbouAlmal, CEO, MEA-Comm. With Dr. Ali Naser Khwildi, IAICT. Bertus Ehmke , MTN. Kamran Ahsan, CPX. Daddy Bujitu Mukadi, airtel, Mohamed Al Kaff, MCPMWW. Critical infrastructure security is ultimately tested by whether... read more

Running in parallel at DCF 2026: the World WLAN Application Alliance and SAMENA Council Roundtable on WLAN Ecosystem Development. Chair: Dr. Crane H. Yang, Secretary-General, WLAN Application Alliance. Co-Chair: Bocar BA, SAMENA Council. With H.E. Baleegh Methqal Abu Kalal, CMC Iraq. Mohamed Abbas, Opensignal. Leah Maina, Airtel. Dr. Sherif R.... read more

Today's roundtable at DCF 2026 marks the first formal engagement between SAMENA Council and the WLAN Application Alliance. Wi-Fi and WLAN are part of the everyday access fabric, particularly indoors and in high-density environments. Their role is expanding alongside mobile networks as traffic patterns, enterprise requirements and device... read more

A question from the Critical Infrastructure Panel at DCF 2026 that connects the afternoon back to the morning keynotes: What new continuity risks arise as increasingly important network operations depend on automation and AI-assisted systems? Four disciplines under discussion: protecting essential functions, containing the spread of failure,... read more