MWC Shanghai: 5G, AI, and Satellite Tech Transform the Mobile Landscape

MWC Shanghai highlights China's tech leadership in 5G, AI, and satellite integration. GSMA fosters global collaboration for innovative mobile tech across Asia Pacific, showcasing advancements and future trends.

Vivek Badrinath, Supervisor General, GSMA said: “China is an industry-leading market, specifically in terms of 5G roll-out and utilisation. I have actually had a series of effective and insightful discussions today with the GSMA Board and our brand-new tactical MWC Shanghai companions from across the mobile and innovation ecosystem. These conversations focused on the breadth of technology – from 5G monetisation, satellite and NTN, with to the influence of the GSMA’s Open Gateway, and Mobile AI – and I thank them for their collaboration and assistance.”

GSMA’s Vision for Mobile Innovation

Sihan Bo Chen, Head of Greater China, GSMA said: “In Chinese society, 12 years is a full cycle and with the 13th edition of MWC Shanghai, we invite the international electronic environment to get in a brand-new, transformative period with us. MWC is the optimal platform to showcase China and Asia Pacific’s tech advancement – from robotics and AI to 5G-Advanced and 6G – to a global target market.”

The companions revealed consist of China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, and China BroadNet, reflecting the proceeded significance of domestic drivers ahead of time the mobile market across the area.

Strategic Partnerships Driving Mobile Advancement

This initiative will certainly focus on non-terrestrial networks, direct-to-device modern technologies, and satellite-mobile merging. Marking the GSMA’s very first committed satellite market zone, it will certainly also feature conversations on the future of satellite communication in the mobile field.

With these additions, the GSMA is emphasising the function of MWC Shanghai in cultivating worldwide partnership and increasing the deployment of brand-new interaction technologies throughout China and the Asia Pacific. The GSMA, the organiser of MWC Shanghai, describes the most up to date edition as marking a transformative new era in case’s background.

MWC Shanghai: A Transformative Era

MWC26 Shanghai will include a series of idea management motifs such as Intelligent Framework, ConnectAI, and AI4Enterprise, setting the schedule for its main seminar, tops, the GSMA Plan Leaders Forum, and 4YFN rooms.

The previous MWC Shanghai occasion attracted 45,000 in-person participants from 12,500 companies and 128 areas and countries, highlighting the occasion’s setting as a significant platform for sector specialists around the world.

Extra innovation services to sign up with the calculated partnership roster are CICT, HONOR, Huawei, Lenovo, Qualcomm, YOFC, and ZTE. The listing is completed by organisations such as 5G-ACIA, AIIA, CHINA EV100, GTI, Mobile World Capital, and the United Nations Industrial Advancement Organisation (UNIDO).

The GSMA has actually additionally kept in mind that registration is open for MWC25 Doha, featuring the inaugural Digital Leaders Programmeme between East, along with for MWC26 Barcelona and M360 ASEAN later on in the year.

Vivek Badrinath, Supervisor General, GSMA claimed: “China is an industry-leading market, specifically in terms of 5G roll-out and utilisation. I’ve had a range of insightful and productive discussions this week with the GSMA Board and our new calculated MWC Shanghai partners from across the mobile and modern technology ecological community. These conversations focused on the breadth of innovation – from 5G monetisation, satellite and NTN, with to the effect of the GSMA’s Open Portal, and Mobile AI – and I thank them for their cooperation and assistance.”

“We are grateful to our strategic partners for their collaboration and solid endorsement. I look forward to revealing new partners eventually and inviting our participants and partners to MWC Shanghai in June 2026, where every conversation has the prospective to trigger something absolutely interesting.”

Focus on Mobile-First AI Ecosystem

This zone will focus on the mobile-first AI ecological community, underpinned by 5G-Advanced and edge networks. It will consist of live demonstrations of chipsets, AI web servers, and hardware such as glasses, lorries, phones, and robotics.