Beyond robot races: Inside China Unicom and Huawei’s innovations for the mobile AI era

Details: Staff Writer; Category: Operators; 06 July 2026; 29099 views

One of most viral videos of 2026 to date captured a humanoid robot named Flash running in the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon in April, and setting a world speed record in the process. What casual spectators may not have known is that the event was also a preview of the coming era of mobile AI – in this case, powered by China Unicom Beijing and Huawei Technologies.

OpenAN project aims to enable O&M agent collaboration in autonomous networks

Details: John Tanner; Category: Optical & Fixed Networks; 28 June 2026; 21892 views

China Mobile, the GSMA, Huawei and other partners have officially launched “OpenAN”, an open-source project that aims to enable collaboration and interoperability between O&M agents in autonomous networks, allowing them to evolve to Level 4 autonomy.

Telcos must embrace AI internally before customers can benefit: Globe CEO

Details: John Tanner; Category: Enterprise Ecosystems; 26 June 2026; 19934 views

Globe Telecom CEO and president Carl Cruz says the key to telcos cashing in on AI is to embrace it, internalise it and make it foundational to their business operations before offering it to customers. It also helps if the population is highly digital, like the Philippines.

Tokens touted to telcos as ticket to monetising AI – starting in China

Details: John Tanner; Category: Enterprise Ecosystems; 25 June 2026; 22412 views

A hot topic at MWC Shanghai 2026 is AI tokens that enable telcos to monetise AI services. Chinese telcos are already doing it – but that market's unique environment raises questions over how telcos outside of China can follow their lead.

Chinese telcos are kickstarting GSMA’s “IQ era” of mobile AI

Details: John Tanner; Category: Wireless Networks; 24 June 2026; 22762 views

Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2026 kicked off Wednesday with the message that the GSMA’s ambitious vision of the “IQ era” – in which mobile AI will remold the mobile industry – is already underway in China’s telecoms sector, starting with robots, drones and autonomous vehicles.

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