Thought leadership themesat MWC26 Shanghai

AI4Enterprise explores pragmatic, sector-specific solutions that can boost productivity, reduce risk and unlock growth – and how China is leading this competitive imperative.  

From predictive maintenance and real-time fraud prevention to Agentic AI that empowers the workforce, AI-driven insights open new possibilities for the workforce and operations. With ROI, governance and sustainable adoption at the core, this is enterprise transformation that is measurable, responsible and ready for impact.

China is leading this shift with its rapid digitalisation, strong industrial AI ecosystem and national push for AI-driven productivity across manufacturing and services. For enterprises, AI is not optional! It is a competitive imperative and a catalyst for the emerging AI economy. 

ConnectAI reveals how networks are gaining intelligence as well as bandwidth – exploring the areas of AI where China is becoming a global leader.  

AI and machine learning are reshaping planning, slicing, operations, and security, while operators open high-value data and APIs to the wider ecosystem.

With China accelerating 5G-A, edge computing and AI industrialisation, it’s becoming a global leader in distributed AI, ultra-low-latency inference and AI-powered devices. ConnectAI showcases self-optimising radios, predictive cybersecurity and autonomous agentic systems, along with new AI-driven services that boost efficiency, create fresh revenue and advance the shift to the AI-Native Telco. 

Intelligent Infrastructure spotlights the rise of next-generation networks and AI-driven automation that are reshaping global connectivity – highlighting the value China is bringing. 

Networks are shifting from static pipes to AI-native, self-optimising systems driven by automation, cloud–edge intelligence and sustainable engineering. With 5G-A, open gateways, satellite integration and quantum-ready data centres, a new digital fabric is emerging that’s faster, greener and built for high-performance AI.

Asia’s largest digital economy, China, is accelerating this transformation and setting new benchmarks for scale through massive 5G rollouts, rapid 5G-A pilots and bold investments in next-gen compute. 

Mobile AI showcases how intelligent devices are becoming the primary interface to the AI era and how China is driving this global shift.  

Smartphones, PCs, wearables and IoT devices are now powerful computing nodes enabling on-device inference, multimodal interaction and personalised experiences. As embodied and physical AI expand—including robotics and real-world sensing—agentic systems bring autonomous assistants that act, decide and coordinate across mobile ecosystems.

China is at the forefront of this change with its leading device makers, rapid rollout of AI phones, strong robotics ecosystem and policies accelerating edge intelligence. Mobile AI is essential to China’s ambition to scale mass-market AI adoption and shape next-generation user experiences.