Global Scans · Telecoms · Weekly Summary

• [New] Mobile World Congress 2026 officially opened in Barcelona with a strong message from the GSMA: the telecom industry is entering a new phase where artificial intelligence, advanced connectivity, and digital trust will define the next decade of innovation. TeckNexus
• [New] From 2027, regulated private sectors including banking, telecommunications, healthcare, education, and very large online platforms must accept the EUDI Wallet for authentication alongside existing methods. Security Boulevard
• [New] Sectoral targeting: Government, oil & gas, banking, aviation and telecom sectors have faced sophisticated phishing, ransomware and disruption campaigns in early 2026. CloudSEK
• [New] In 2026, critical systems like energy grids, water treatment facilities, healthcare networks, and telecommunications will increasingly come under stealthy intrusion and attack attempts by multiple groups of nation-state actors. Model N
• [New] Chinese telecoms have been building submarine cables in the developing world, including a 12,000-kilometer cable connecting Pakistan, Europe, and East Africa (called PEACE) that will be maintained by Huawei. New America
• [New] Under the disrupt strand, a new Online Crime Centre will be launched in April, bringing together specialists from UK policing, the UK Intelligence Community, and private sector partners from financial, telecommunications, technology and cyber industries to drive co-ordinated action against fraud. Mishcon de Reya LLP
• [New] By launching the Open Telco AI initiative at MWC 2026, the GSMA signaled that AI will become a central pillar of future telecom architectures. TeckNexus
• [New] Cybersecurity emerged as another important theme during the second day of MWC 2026, with vendors presenting new AI-driven tools designed to protect telecom networks from increasingly sophisticated threats. TeckNexus
• [New] With strong double-digit growth projected through 2033, stakeholders across telecom, cloud, manufacturing, healthcare, and government sectors are expected to intensify investments in scalable, secure, and energy-efficient edge deployments. openpr
• [New] IT & telecom is projected to hold the largest application share at 36% in 2026. openpr
• [New] Chinese Threat Actors Trade Broad Attacks for Precision Strikes: State-sponsored actors, specifically Salt Typhoon and Linen Typhoon, have shifted focus toward North American telecommunications, government entities, and IT services. Yahoo Finance
• [New] The pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057 has claimed multiple Israeli targets including disruptive operations against a range of Israeli municipal, political, telecom and defense-related entities. Unit 42
• [New] The joint pledge says it will make sure 6G infrastructure is open, intelligent, resilient and accelerates innovation and safeguards global trust, and involves the likes of BT Group, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Nokia, SK Telecom, SoftBank Corp. and T-Mobile. TechRadar

Last updated: 23 March 2026