Now at DCF 2026: Gaurav Gangurde, Solution Director, China Mobile International Limited, on Autonomous Networks as an Enabler of Digital Continuity. As networks grow in scale and complexity, continuity increasingly depends on detecting changing conditions, making decisions and restoring service faster than manual operations alone can allow.... read more

First keynote of DCF 2026. David Dai, Managing Director of Gulf ICT Marketing and Solution Sales, Huawei, on Network Resilience for the Intelligent and Sovereign Digital Era. The starting point: resilience is becoming more demanding as communications infrastructure extends beyond traditional network domains into cloud, computing, software and... read more

One line from the opening of DCF 2026 that sets the tone for the day: As communications networks become more software-driven, automated and embedded in essential economic and public services, continuity must be considered alongside capacity, speed and innovation. Resilience, recoverability and preparedness are immediate priorities. They are also... read more

Four priorities set the frame for DCF 2026 this morning: Digital continuity as an immediate industry and national infrastructure priority. Network resilience as a prerequisite for increasingly intelligent and autonomous networks. Dependencies across networks, cloud, computing, power and security that must be addressed together. Future-network... read more

As world leaders gathered at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, a defining question sat at the centre of Africa's development agenda: how to ensure Africa's young people are not merely consumers of the technologies shaping the future, but creators, innovators, and beneficiaries of the economic value they generate. This question was at the... read more

stc Bahrain has announced a partnership with government hospitals in the Kingdom of Bahrain to advance healthcare digitization through the secure conversion and archiving of patient medical records, transforming paper-based patient files into secure, accessible, and searchable electronic records. The project delivers a comprehensive end-to-end... read more

Huawei has introduced the RTN 5100, a new unlicensed 5 GHz Point-to-Multipoint microwave solution designed to deliver efficient, flexible connectivity for enterprise and industry users. Operating on the 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum, one RTN 5100 at a central site can handle up to two 1-Gbps channels and accommodate up to 128 remote sites. It supports... read more

Happening today: SAMENA Council Digital Continuity Forum 2026, Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai. Under the Chief Patronage of Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority, regulators, operators, standards bodies and technology providers spend one day on a single question: what will 6G-era infrastructure actually stand on? Theme:... read more