Global Scans · Telecoms · Weekly Summary

• [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
• [New] The 2026 telecom price war is redefining valuation models, with T-Mobile and Verizon representing divergent risk profiles. Ainvest
• By 2026, regulation that once applied separately to telecom and cloud providers will begin to converge, especially across Europe. IPXO
• Expect more telecom meets geopolitics friction as LEO constellations expand, especially in regions balancing U.S.-aligned tech with domestic or regional alternatives. Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Fundin

Last updated: 16 March 2026