Cisco has released the Splunk State of Observability 2026: Restoring Predictability in the AI Era report, marking its sixth analysis of the observability industry. Based on a survey of 2,050 ITOps and engineering respondents across 10 countries, the research exposes a significant disconnect: the urgency to deploy AI agents is rapidly outpacing the... read more

Eutelsat has announced an expansion of its capacity agreement with EuroSkyPark GmbH, a German specialist in secure communications for critical infrastructure, to support Amprion, one of Germany’s largest electricity transmission system operators. The expansion extends satellite connectivity from Amprion’s onshore substations across Germany to... read more

The SAMENA Telecommunications Council participated in the 6G MENA Summit 2026, organized by the UAE Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) in Abu Dhabi, contributing an operator perspective on 6G readiness with emphasis on connectivity, intelligence, digital continuity, and trust. Addressing the Summit, Bocar Ba, CEO... read more

From Dubai to Muscat to Shenzhen, SAMENA Telecommunications Council Council and the World WLAN Application Alliance (WAA) are bringing global WLAN developments closer to the infrastructure, investment, and operating realities of SA-ME-NA telecommunications markets. The cooperation gathered momentum at SAMENA Council’s Digital Continuity Forum... read more

Nokia has announced an agreement with SoftBank Group Corp. to conduct a commercial AI-RAN field trial in Japan in 2027. The planned deployment will use Nokia’s anyRAN software on SoftBank’s AITRAS, its core platform for AI-RAN, with NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer (ARC), in conjunction with the AITRAS Orchestrator, validating AI-RAN technology in a... read more

The National Basketball Association (NBA), WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association), and AT&T have announced the launch of the fourth generation of the High-Speed Arena Network (HSAN), the latest evolution of the leagues’ connectivity platform built to quickly and reliably transport live game content, highlights, replays, in-arena... read more

Omantel has launched a strategic Research and Development (R&D) Initiative, marking the establishment of its first centralised and structured R&D function. The initiative places research at the heart of Omantel’s technology development model, creating a clear pathway from promising ideas to market-relevant solutions and commercially viable... read more

Digital Continuity Forum 2026, in motion. On September 23 at Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, the SAMENA Council brought together regulators, operators, technology providers and industry bodies under the theme “Advancing Resilient Connectivity for the Intelligence-led 6G Era.” The premise was simple: connectivity is no longer enough on its own.... read more