6G stories
Skills shortages and fragmented rollouts are leaving telecom operators unable to scale AI, with most executives warning of higher costs and margin pressure.
Interference risks are forcing policymakers to decide how lunar communications will share frequencies with science, satellites and Earth systems.
More than 500 delegates will hear how AI, cyber threats and automation are reshaping the role of telecoms networks and infrastructure.
Researchers say light-based computing could curb rising electricity demand as AI and cloud services push data centres towards higher power use.
b<>com launches Open XG Hub, a free 5G/6G testbed to help labs trial open RAN components, private networks and new architectures.
UK recruiter WMIS joins industry body TCCA to strengthen global talent pipelines across the evolving critical communications sector.
Broader partnerships on AI, satellite links and 6G are now on offer as the event widens beyond handsets and networks.
Scheduled laser-link coverage now spans Singapore and Spain, as Transcelestial moves from single-site tests to regular orbital tracking operations.
Customers in telecoms, vehicles and healthcare could gain faster, lower-power AI processing as the photonic system moves to order.
More operators are now focused on network quality and service models as 5G deployment matures, GSA says.
UK TITAN hub and Taiwan's ITRI will co-develop 6G optical wireless and satellite testbeds to blend terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks.
Red Hat, Nvidia and Palo Alto launch unified AI-native telco stack to merge network functions, accelerated compute and security at core and edge.
Red Hat, NVIDIA and Palo Alto launch an AI-native telco stack uniting cloud, edge compute and zero trust security for next-gen networks.
Qualcomm unites tech and telecoms heavyweights in a new coalition to fast-track AI-native 6G standards and networks for rollout from 2029.
The UK's MWC 2026 pavilion will unite 60 organisations to spotlight 5G, 6G, IoT, satellite innovation and quantum-safe cybersecurity.
Room-temperature terahertz detectors could help Canada’s 6G networks gain more bandwidth, faster data and lower latency within years.
A new GSMA report says legacy systems and skills gaps are still slowing Japan’s digital economy, despite strengths in 5G, AI and 6G.
Stronger safeguards and faster rollout could help Japan turn advanced connectivity into wider economic gains as scams and exclusion persist.
GSMA Foundry and Singapore's NUHS join forces to trial 5G, AI and XR hospital innovations in Singapore before scaling globally.
GSMA Foundry and NUHS will trial 5G, AI and XR in Singapore hospitals, showcasing remote surgery and robot nurses at MWC26 Barcelona.
