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March 6, 2026

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stc Group launches phase two of the ‘New Calling’ translation feature with pilot commercial in Riyadh

stc Group, Saudi Arabia’s leading digital enabler, has rolled out phase two of the ‘New Calling’ initiative with a pilot launch that enables real-time Arabic–English translation during voice calls...

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Nokia has published its Nokia in 2025 Annual Report and filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2025

Nokia has published its Nokia in 2025 Annual Report, which includes audited financial statements, the annual review by the Board of Directors, including the Sustainability Statement, Nokia’s Corporate Governance...

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Huawei wins eight GLOMO Awards at MWC Barcelona 2026

GSMA's GLOMO Awards are one of the most authoritative and influential awards in the global mobile communications industry, and are given to recognize companies and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to...

Recent Developments

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Huawei proposes agent-oriented mobile networks to embrace Agentverse

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AT&T unveils connected AI for manufacturing to accelerate intelligent manufacturing

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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

Policy and Regulation

•	Nigeria orders telcos to report cyberattacks within four hours from 2027 Nigeria’s telecom regulator has ordered mobile network operators and other communications service providers to notify it within four hours of detecting any cyberattack, in a move aimed at strengthening the protection...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Ethio Telecom and Ericsson sign landmark network expansion deal at MWC 2026 The project forms part of Ethio telecom’s three-year Next Horizon Strategy and will involve the expansion, upgrade, 4G layering, and deployment of new capabilities across 1,500 mobile sites within Ericsson’s...

•	NTT DoCoMo expands 5G core with photonics and AWS instance for Japan NTT DoCoMo launched Japan’s first commercial 5G core network on Amazon Web Services (AWS), while revealing a new in-network computing capability in its mainline 5G core service (5GC)...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Music Box expands into Africa with AzamTV Music Box Television has signed a distribution agreement with AzamTV, one of the leading pay-TV operators in East Africa, marking the company’s expansion into the African market...

•	Amazon is rolling out a redesigned Fire TV app Amazon says the refreshed look matches the new Fire TV user interface that it launched last month, which was designed to put more focus on content, while also simplifying navigation...

Satellite & Internet

•	AXIAN Telecom and AST SpaceMobile launch D2D satellite network for Africa The agreement supports Yas Data4All strategy, which aims to provide quality network access for consumers and businesses across all its markets...

•	Arenova Capital invests US$50 millio to accelerate Aspire Fiber’s 10 Gbps expansion in California Aspire deploys a next-generation 10 Gbps fiber-to-the-home network, built primarily underground, to enhance resiliency, future-proof reliability, and community integration...

Middle East

•	Oman accelerates toward billion-dollar digital future with massive service digitization The Sultanate of Oman is rapidly transforming its economic landscape, with its digital economy evolving into a primary engine for GDP growth...

•	Infobip opens new Saudi Arabia data centre to support AI and digital sovereignty The new data centre will be available for enterprise and public-sector customers across Saudi Arabia seeking compliant, sovereign AI compute and storage within the Kingdom...

South Asia

•	Dialog partners with Ratmalana Audiology Centre for World Hearing Day 2026 Aligned with the 2026 global theme, “From communities to classrooms: hearing care for all children,” the initiative supports greater awareness of early detection and timely intervention, while making hearing...

North Africa

•	Algeria takes part in high-level meeting on AI governance in telecommunications in Barcelona Algeria’s Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Sid Ali Zerrouki, participated in a high-level meeting in Barcelona focused on the governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the telecommunications sector...

Global Telecom Update

•	SKT’s Sovereign AI Package combines local AI, infrastructure & enterprise services SKT also introduced its ‘Sovereign AI Package,’ which integrates AIDC infrastructure built on SK Group capabilities, SKT’s sovereign AI foundation model, A.X K1, and AI services tailored for industrial and...

•	Mitratel and AALTO recommit to HAPS project in Indonesia Telekom Indonesia’s telecoms infrastructure subsidiary Mitratel announced that it has renewed and extended its collaboration agreement with Airbus subsidiary AALTO to provide high altitude platform station (HAPS)...

•	Zoho Corporation achieves milestone of 150 million users The milestone reflects the continued growth of the technology company, which now serves more than one million paying customers worldwide...

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