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The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

Winning the enterprise market with connectivity, compute, edge intelligence, and AI-powered managed services — and the ecosystem models required to compete.

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Google to launch space DC in March, Meta looks to flower-power for transoceanic cable

In other highlights from September, Canadian minnow Galtronics looks to massive MIMO market, Nokia ‘X-rays’ Orange France’s network and DT partners Cloudflare for B2B customers, writes Contributing Editor Annie Turner. Google says it will launch an experimental prototype of an AI data centre on 1 March next year as part of its Project Suncatcher. The […]

Autonomous Network Operations: The Journey to L4/5, Future Networks: 6G, Sustainability & Next-Gen Infrastructure, Sovereign AI & Security, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

8th October 20268th October 2026

The Year Telcos Got Honest

This AI-generated report draws together the 28 sessions and more than 70 speakers of FutureNet... Read more

Telco as AI Infrastructure Provider, The AI-Native Telco & New Operating Models, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

8th October 20268th October 2026

News in Brief: Telcos focus on AI-driven growth, Musk mulls schedule for DCs in space

August is often described as the silly season of the news cycle – instead Contributing... Read more

Monetising Networks & AI, Telco as AI Infrastructure Provider, The AI-Native Telco & New Operating Models, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

4th September 2026

News in Brief: Spectrum is in the spotlight, alongside integration and consolidation

In June, 6G made progress, D2D moved into SE Asia, Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium... Read more

Future Networks: 6G, Sustainability & Next-Gen Infrastructure, Telco as AI Infrastructure Provider, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

2nd July 20262nd July 2026

Orange’s Laurent Leboucher – forging the links between innovation and value

Orange’s Laurent Leboucher received the Technology Leader Award at FutureNet World in London in May.... Read more

Agentic AI in Telecoms, Future Networks: 6G, Sustainability & Next-Gen Infrastructure, Monetising Networks & AI, The AI-Native Telco & New Operating Models, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

10th June 202612th June 2026

The Autonomy Imperative

This AI-generated report has been produced to make sense of the multi-session FutureNet World 2026... Read more

Telco as AI Infrastructure Provider, The AI-Native Telco & New Operating Models, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

13th May 20268th June 2026

News in Brief: April is famous for unpredictable weather – telecoms certainly experienced turbulence

There’s a lot of excitement, activity and predictions around satellite services. It’s hard to keep... Read more

Agentic AI in Telecoms, Autonomous Network Operations: The Journey to L4/5, Monetising Networks & AI, The AI-Native Telco & New Operating Models, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

30th April 202630th April 2026

News in Brief: Coherent pluggables had an LA moment, FCC pulls the plug on ‘foreign’ routers

Contributing Editor Annie Turner rounds up headlines from March on everything from the progress of... Read more

Agentic AI in Telecoms, Autonomous Network Operations: The Journey to L4/5, Monetising Networks & AI, The AI-Native Telco & New Operating Models, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

1st April 2026

News in Brief: MWC2026: Telcos turn to accelerated compute as 6G comes into focus

As doors close on the twentieth MWC in Barcelona, Contributing Editor Annie Turner looks at... Read more

Agentic AI in Telecoms, Autonomous Network Operations: The Journey to L4/5, Monetising Networks & AI, The AI-Native Telco & New Operating Models, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

9th March 20269th March 2026

News in Brief: Europe’s DNA needs a wider gene pool while hyperscalers start to dominate subsea capacity

From alleged price wars in the US to support for the fair-share model from an... Read more

Agentic AI in Telecoms, Autonomous Network Operations: The Journey to L4/5, Monetising Networks & AI, The AI-Native Telco & New Operating Models, The Enterprise & B2B Opportunity

5th February 20266th February 2026

Events

Day Two | 2.10 PM

Case Study Presentation: Data Readiness for AI deployments at Scale