Today’s telecom news includes announcements on MWC, GSMA, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Huawei, Arqit, RAD, among others.
China’s Top Telecoms and GSMA Unveil Mobile AI Revolution at MWC26
At MWC26 Barcelona, the GSMA, alongside major Chinese operators China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom unveiled the Mobile AI Innovation Initiative, a collaborative effort to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence within mobile networks and services. The initiative builds on last year’s Mobile AI Community and aims to transform traditional connectivity into intelligent, AI‑native networks capable of adaptive, real‑time decision‑making. It focuses on three pillars: intelligent networks, ecosystem collaboration, and industry adoption, promoting secure, scalable AI across connectivity infrastructure, edge computing, and device ecosystems.
Revolutionizing Connectivity: Huawei Launches NG WAN at MWC 2026
At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2026, Huawei unveiled its next‑generation network solution NG WAN (Next‑Gen Wide Area Network) to help telecom carriers thrive in the emerging Internet of Agents era. The architecture enhances traditional IP bearer networks with advanced security, resilience, multi‑dimensional awareness, and autonomous operations, enabling carriers to improve experience, boost efficiency, and accelerate revenue growth. NG WAN includes a high‑accuracy encrypted traffic identification engine and lossless transmission for computing data, helping operators monetize services more effectively. Huawei also integrates intrinsic security and quantum‑secure technologies to safeguard networks, while autonomous network agents support proactive operations and maintenance.
Telecoms Go Quantum-Safe: Arqit & RAD Launch Next-Gen Encryption
Arqit and RAD have teamed up to launch a quantum‑safe encryption solution tailored for telecom operators, aiming to protect future communications against threats from quantum computing. The new offering integrated Arqit’s NetworkSecure key generation technology with RAD’s ETX Carrier Edge platform, enabling advanced business services such as site‑to‑site and site‑to‑cloud VPNs and Data Center Interconnect (DCI). This collaboration addresses both emerging quantum‑era risks and current “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks that could compromise public-key infrastructure, combining post‑quantum cryptographic techniques with existing network hardware to strengthen telecom security.
SHAFANA FAZAL
