Telco AI events
161 conferences, government meetings, standards plenaries, awards and investor events where telecom AI gets discussed, in every region. Compiled by MTN Consulting from each organizer's own pages; updated 28 October 2026. Dates change; check the organizer's site before booking travel. A note under an event says when its date came from another source.
Upcoming, dates confirmed
88 events with published dates between now and the end of 2027. Events leave this list after their last day.
October 2026
IEEE Future Networks World Forum 2026
Key topics include AI and machine-learning applications for future networks.
ACM MobiCom 2026
Top mobile networking research venue; includes a real-world AI workshop.
Fiber Connect LATAM Chile 2026
Fibre as infrastructure for cloud, AI and data centres, with a dedicated AI space.
AI wording from itsitio.com coverage.
November 2026
World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit
China-hosted internet summit; AI governance and open-source AI dialogues.
Brooklyn 6G Summit 2026
Industry-academic summit themed on AI-native 6G.
FYUZ 2026
TIP flagship: open RAN, AI-native infrastructure and AI-driven network automation.
ITU-T Focus Group on AI Native for Telecom Networks (FG-AINN), 10th meeting
Free, open working meeting on AI-native network use cases and gap analysis; registration closes 29 Oct 2026.
Working meeting, not a conference.
Cairo ICT 2026
Theme "AI in Action"; dedicated AI in Telecoms track; sovereign AI roundtable with Smart Africa.
MWC26 Doha
GSMA operator show with an "AI in Action" track; runs alongside ITU PP-26.
AI-RAN Summit 2026 and AI-RAN Alliance General Assembly
Public summit (9-10 Nov) on AI-native RAN and 6G standardisation; members-only assembly 11-13 Nov.
Source is the host university page (Korean).
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-26)
Sets ITU strategy and mandates for four years, including its role on AI and emerging tech.
Building Europe's connected future
EU connectivity policy event during the Digital Networks Act debate.
IETF 127
IETF is standardising AI-agent protocols (agentproto, DMSC, DAWN BoFs) and automated network management.
AI work per ietf.org/blog/ietf126-bofs/.
VEON Capital Markets Day
Strategy and long-term targets for VEON's digital-operator model.
Date from VEON's announcement.
EU Apply AI Summit
EU Apply AI Strategy event on AI adoption across sectors, telecom included.
Kyivstar Capital Markets Day
Strategic priorities and outlook for Ukraine's largest operator.
Date from Kyivstar's announcement.
Africa Tech Festival 2026 (AfricaCom)
AI and data-centre themes; MTN, Vodacom and Airtel Africa leaders speak.
TM Forum Innovate Asia 2026
Autonomous networks, AI-driven orchestration, GenAI and trustworthy AI tracks; ANLAV certificates announced here in 2025.
Microsoft Ignite 2026
Hyperscaler AI and agent platform launches that operators build on; no telco track confirmed.
Dates from the Moscone Center listing.
AI for Good: AI agents for RAN challenge launch
Launch of an ITU machine-learning challenge on AI agents that diagnose and optimise the RAN.
Format assumed online; page gives title and date only.
Network Automation Summit 2026
Operator summit on the move from cloud-native to AI-native operations.
NTT R&D Forum 2026
NTT's research showcase: IOWN, tsuzumi LLM, AI-native infrastructure (invitation only).
Morgan Stanley European TMT Conference
Main European telco investor gathering; capex, AI and consolidation commentary.
Start date from a presenting company's IR calendar; full span not published.
World Communication Awards 2026
Telecom awards with an AI Innovation Award; 2026 shortlist includes operator AI-RAN and AI agent entries.
Venue Grand Connaught Rooms.
NVIDIA GTC Washington, DC
AI factories, agentic AI and AI policy tracks; no telecom track named.
AWS re:Invent 2026
Hyperscaler AI launches that operators build on; telco sessions not confirmed.
December 2026
Glotel Awards 2026 (Global Telecoms Awards)
Telecom awards with categories for Best Application of Agentic AI and Developing Artificial Intelligence.
Venue Plaisterers Hall, One London Wall.
UBS Global Technology and AI Conference
Semis and hardware investor forum; Analog Devices, SiTime, Dell and Navitas presented in 2025.
Private investor conference. Dates from a presenting company IR page.
Datacloud Asia 2026 with ITW Asia
Data-centre and AI-infrastructure event co-located with a carrier wholesale meeting.
The Digital Sovereignty Forum 2026
Digital sovereignty, secure cloud and data governance for telecom.
The Great Telco Debate 2026
Debates on AI and process automation, network evolution and telco business models.
BEREC plenary meetings
EU telecom regulators due to adopt the 2027 work programme.
3GPP plenaries TSG#114
Release 20 6G scope and AI/ML for the radio interface.
GITEX Global 2026
Theme "AI Sovereignty & Scalability"; operators, Huawei and data-centre exhibitors. Moved from October this year.
IEEE GLOBECOM 2026
Flagship communications conference with large ML-for-networks and 6G tracks.
UN Internet Governance Forum 2026
Multistakeholder forum on internet and AI governance and connectivity.
January 2027
CES 2027
Operator and chipmaker AI device and connectivity announcements; telco AI is a minor strand.
Needham Growth Conference
Large growth conference covering semis, AI infrastructure and communications; Lattice, MKS and Anterix present.
Private investor conference. 14 Jan 2027 from a presenting company IR page; full span not yet published.
PTC'27
Subsea, telecom and data-centre meeting framed around the AI and digital infrastructure era.
TM Forum Tour: Tokyo 2027
Regional operator meeting on autonomous networks and AI-driven operations.
February 2027
Metro Connect USA 2027
Fibre, data-centre and capital executives on AI-driven capacity demand.
Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2027
Pan-African tech summit; 2027 telco and AI sessions not yet published.
March 2027
MWC Barcelona 2027
GSMA flagship; the 2027 programme centres on AI, agentic AI and digital sovereignty.
IETF 128
Continues IETF work on AI-agent communication protocols and automated network management.
AI work per ietf.org/blog/ietf126-bofs/.
Capacity LATAM and Datacloud LATAM 2027
Regional wholesale and data-centre investment meeting; AI data-centre build-out.
Capacity Middle East 2027 with Datacloud Middle East
Carrier wholesale and data-centre meeting; operator AI executives speak.
NVIDIA GTC 2027
NVIDIA's flagship AI conference; AI-RAN and telco AI-factory sessions in past editions.
Page banner says 15-18 Mar; FAQ says 14-18 Mar.
3GPP plenaries TSG#115
Plenary week targeted for Release 20 stage-3 completion.
Fibre Horizons 2027 (formerly FTTH Conference)
Europe's main fibre event, with an AI and data centres track on fibre capacity for AI.
April 2027
IEEE WCNC 2027
Track on machine learning for wireless systems, covering LLMs, generative AI and AI-RAN.
AI track text from a call-for-papers mirror; official site not reachable.
Upperside World Congress 2027
Operator networking and cloud congress; AI infrastructure and AI networking sessions.
LEAP 2027 with DeepFest
Gulf AI and tech show; stc strategic partner, Mobily and Zain sponsor; sovereign-AI investment angle.
Google Cloud Next 2027
Hyperscaler AI and agent platform launches that operators build on.
World IT Show 2027
Korea's largest ICT show; SKT, KT and LG Uplus have shown AI services here.
GITEX Africa 2027
Connectivity sector with agentic-AI and sovereign AI data-centre tracks; Ericsson and Vodacom partner.
GITEX AI Asia 2027
Telco and data-centre solutions is a core theme; operators including Singtel, China Telecom and Telkom Indonesia take part.
Venue Marina Bay Sands.
May 2027
Connect (X) 2027
Wireless infrastructure show with an AI-at-the-edge track, Open RAN and private networks.
ITW Global 2027
Wholesale carriers, data centres and hyperscalers on capacity for AI.
IEEE INFOCOM 2027
Premier networking research conference; AI/ML for networking.
Asia Tech x Singapore 2027
ATxEnterprise covers telecom, AI and satellite; Singtel and NTT DOCOMO speakers.
IEEE ICC 2027
Flagship communications conference; AI-native networks and 6G symposia.
June 2027
Datacloud Global Congress 2027
Data-centre and cloud investment congress; operators attend for AI capacity deals.
Registration site says 1-4 Jun.
Cisco Live 2027
Networking vendor flagship on AI networking and infrastructure.
Nareit REITweek: 2027 Investor Conference
REIT investor conference; tower REITs American Tower and Crown Castle presented in 2026.
New York Hilton Midtown.
EuCNC & 6G Summit 2027
Europe's main 6G research event; EU projects on AI-native networks.
Organizer calls these dates indicative.
Fiber Connect 2027
Topics include AI infrastructure, neoclouds and agentic AI; AI and quantum infrastructure pavilion.
3GPP plenaries TSG#116
Plenary week targeted for Release 20 freeze.
Canadian Telecom Summit 2027
Canadian operator strategy and policy summit; AI among listed topics.
IEEE VTC2027-Spring
Call for papers has a track on AI and machine learning for communications, plus 6G and open-network tracks.
Geneva AI Summit 2027
Next head-of-government AI summit after India's AI Impact Summit; AI governance.
AI for Good Global Summit 2027
ITU's AI summit; AI standards, AI-native networks and 6G sessions.
MWC Shanghai 2027
GSMA's China edition; 2026 themes included mobile AI and AI-ready infrastructure.
DTW Ignite 2027
TM Forum flagship: autonomous network levels, AI-native operations, catalyst projects.
July 2027
IETF 129
Continues IETF work on AI-agent communication protocols and automated network management.
AI work per ietf.org/blog/ietf126-bofs/.
August 2027
ACM SIGCOMM 2027
Premier networking research venue; ML for networks and systems.
Deutsche Bank Technology Conference
Technology hardware and semis investor forum; Lumentum presented in 2026.
Private investor conference. Waldorf Astoria Dana Point.
Datacloud USA / Metro Connect Fall 2027
Data-centre and metro fibre investment; AI data-centre demand.
September 2027
Mexico Connect 2027
Mexican and Latin American telecom and digital-infrastructure meeting.
3GPP plenaries TSG#117
Release 21 normative 6G work, including AI-native air interface and core.
Connected Britain 2027
UK operators and policymakers; AI data-centre infrastructure sessions.
Nova Future Summit 2027
Invite-only summit on AI-telecom convergence; has taken over MWC Las Vegas's web presence.
SCTE TechExpo 2027
Cable operators' tech show; AI for self-healing access and autonomous networks.
Dates from Light Reading and Lightwave coverage.
October 2027
Futurecom 2027
Latin America's largest telecom show; AI in congress topics.
ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-27)
Approves ITU-R study structure, including IMT-2030 (6G) work.
ACM MobiCom 2027
Top mobile computing and wireless networking research venue.
World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-27)
Treaty-level spectrum decisions, including candidate 6G bands.
November 2027
IETF 130
Continues IETF work on AI-agent communication protocols and automated network management.
AI work per ietf.org/blog/ietf126-bofs/.
December 2027
3GPP plenaries TSG#118
Release 21 6G normative work.
Recurring, next dates not yet announced
73 recurring events whose next edition has no published date yet, ordered by the month they usually run. Bank conferences are private; their dates surface when presenting companies announce them.
SK AI Summit
SK Group's annual AI summit; in 2025 the SK Telecom CEO keynoted on SKT's AI infrastructure and AI data centres.
No 2026 announcement found by 27 Oct 2026.
Wells Fargo TMT Summit
T-Mobile, Lumen, Cisco and Microchip presented at the 2025 edition (Terranea Resort).
Private investor conference. 2026 edition not yet announced; presenter releases usually appear 1-2 weeks before.
APT General Assembly (GA-17)
Sets APT's work programme on telecom and ICT policy, including AI.
Last held: provisionally 14-15 Dec 2026 in APT's calendar, venue TBD.
Barclays Global Technology Conference
AI semis and connectivity names present, including AMD, Astera Labs, Credo and Microchip.
Private investor conference. Dec 2026 dates not yet announced.
China Telecom Digital-Intelligence Ecosystem Conference
China Telecom's partner conference; AI agents, intelligent computing, large models.
Last held: 4 Dec 2025.
IEEE GLOBECOM 2027
Flagship communications conference with AI/ML and 6G tracks.
Last held: next is the 7-11 Dec 2026 edition, listed above.
UBS Global Media and Communications Conference
Main December telecom and cable investor event; AT&T, Verizon, Charter, Comcast, American Tower and Crown Castle presented in 2025.
Private investor conference. Dec 2026 dates not yet announced.
Commonwealth Digital Diplomacy Forum 2027
CTO forum on internet governance, cyber threats and AI; CTO schedule lists the 2027 edition for February in London.
Feb 2027 from the CTO schedule PDF; no exact day.
ETSI AI and Data Conference
2026 edition covered AI in telco networks (BT, Telefonica), ITU-T SG13 AI work and an ETSI ENI proof of concept.
No 2027 edition announced.
Fiber Connect Council MENA Conference
2026 edition centred on AI-enabled fibre infrastructure, with an Oman TRA keynote on regulating AI infrastructure.
Last held: Feb 2026, Muscat.
BNP Paribas Exane TMT Conference
European telcos and vendors on capex, AI efficiency and consolidation.
Last held: 9 Mar 2026.
Fiber Connect LATAM Mexico
2026 edition linked fibre optics with AI among its topics.
Last held: 25 Mar 2026.
GLOMO Awards 2027 (at MWC Barcelona 2027)
GSMA's global mobile awards include AI categories such as Best AI-Powered Network Solution.
2027 ceremony date not published; MWC27 runs 1-4 Mar 2027.
Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
Flagship early-year TMT conference; Verizon, T-Mobile, Equinix, Dell and Nebius presented in 2026.
Private investor conference. 2026 dates from Verizon, Equinix and Nebius IR pages; Mar 2027 dates not yet published.
Scotiabank TMT Conference
Canadian telcos (BCE, Cogeco) on capex, fibre and AI data centres.
Last held: 3 Mar 2026.
IEEE ICMLCN
Dedicated conference on machine learning for communications and networking.
Last held: 8 Jun 2026 (Abu Dhabi).
Connected Africa Summit
AI and advanced computing track; compute and AI policy sessions.
Last held: 27 Apr 2026.
Digital China Summit
State digital-economy summit where China's operators show computing and AI work.
Last held: 29 Apr 2026.
Global 6G Technology and Industry Ecosystem Conference
China's 6G conference; AI-native and autonomous 6G forums.
Last held: 21 Apr 2026.
SAMENA Council Leaders' Summit
2026 theme on intelligent networks for sovereign futures; operator AI at scale.
Last held: 1 Apr 2026.
Bernstein Pan-European Strategic Decisions Conference
European CEOs, telcos included, on strategy, AI and capital allocation.
Last held: 21 May 2026.
Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference (US)
CEO and CFO fireside chats across sectors, including Texas Instruments and TE Connectivity in 2026; Verizon presented in 2025.
Private investor conference. 2026 span from presenter IR pages; 2027 not announced.
DSP Leaders World Forum
Telco C-suite forum on transformation, including AI and sovereignty.
Last held: 19-20 May 2026.
GSMA M360 LATAM
Operator AI deployments and monetisation, GSMA Open Telco AI.
Last held: 13 May 2026.
ITU Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR)
Regulators' annual meeting; regulatory approaches to AI and spectrum.
Last held: 12 May 2026 (Ankara).
J.P. Morgan European TMT Conference
European telcos and vendors on capex, AI and tower and fibre deals.
Last held: 21 May 2026.
J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference
Nokia (CEO Justin Hotard) and Calix presented in 2026, alongside IT services and media companies.
Private investor conference. 2027 not announced.
MoffettNathanson Media, Internet & Communications Conference
Telecom and cable investor conference; T-Mobile, Comcast and American Tower presented in 2026.
Private investor conference. 2027 not announced.
Network X Americas
Operator network-transformation show (formerly Big 5G Event); AI symposium in 2026.
Last held: 18 May 2026.
Next G Alliance 6G Summit
2026 summit had sessions on the network as an AI ally and AI-driven defence; held with Network X Americas.
Last held: 18-20 May 2026.
TD Cowen Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
Cogent Communications and network-intelligence vendor Allot presented in 2026.
Private investor conference. InterContinental New York Barclay; 2027 not announced.
Twimbit Telecom Summit
APAC telco leaders on AI-native operations and enterprise AI monetisation.
Last held: 21 May 2026.
BofA Securities Global Technology Conference
AI infrastructure names present, including Marvell, CoreWeave, Nebius and Credo, plus broadband access vendor Calix.
Private investor conference. 2026 dates from presenting company IR pages; 2027 not announced.
CommsDay Summit
Australian telco summit; AI and digital-infrastructure energy demand.
Last held: 2 Jun 2026.
Evercore Global TMT Conference
Invite-only TMT conference on AI infrastructure, networking and telecom connectivity; T-Mobile and Cisco took part in 2026.
Private investor conference. 2027 not announced.
GLOMO Awards Asia 2027 (at MWC Shanghai 2027)
Asian GLOMO awards presented at MWC Shanghai, whose themes include AI+ industry transformation and AI infrastructure.
2027 ceremony date not published; MWC Shanghai 2027 runs 23-25 Jun.
Huawei Global MBB Forum
Huawei's operator forum; 2026 theme on agentic AI for mobile networks.
Last held: Jun 2026.
IEEE NetSoft 2027
Network softwarization and AI-driven autonomous network management.
Last held: 29 Jun 2026 (Berlin).
Interop Tokyo
2026 theme "Internet for AI, AI for Internet"; AIOps and AI infrastructure.
Last held: 10 Jun 2026.
Rosenblatt Technology Summit: The Age of AI
AI infrastructure line-up (NVIDIA, AMD, Arista, Cisco, Coherent, Lumentum) plus telecom vendors Adtran, Calix, Ribbon and Viavi.
Investor conference; bank page. Virtual in 2026, in two parts.
APT ICT Development Forum (ADF-24)
APT development forum listing AI and sovereign data centres as a digital-transformation priority.
Last held: ADF-23, Bangkok, 14-15 Jul 2026.
ITU Kaleidoscope
ITU academic conference; 2026 theme was AI and frontier technologies.
Last held: 7 Jul 2026 (Geneva).
WAIC (World Artificial Intelligence Conference)
China's flagship AI conference.
Last held: 17 Jul 2026.
Jefferies Semiconductor, IT Hardware & Communications Technology Conference
Meetings-only conference for semis, hardware and communications technology; Extreme Networks, Tower Semiconductor and FormFactor attended in 2026.
Private investor conference. Four Seasons Chicago; 2027 not listed.
KeyBanc Capital Markets Technology Leadership Forum
Micron, Equinix, Lattice and Extreme Networks presented in 2026, plus operators Cogent Communications and Shenandoah Telecommunications.
Private investor conference. Montage Deer Valley; 2027 not listed.
Oppenheimer Technology, Internet & Communications Conference
Networking and communications names present, including Extreme Networks, RingCentral and Anterix.
Private investor conference. Virtual in 2026; span from presenter pages.
APT Policy and Regulatory Forum (PRF-27)
Forum for regional telecom policy-makers and regulators; AI was a listed topic at PRF-25.
Last held: PRF-26, Paro, 15-17 Sep 2026.
BofA Asia Pacific Conference
Asian telcos, including Bharti Hexacom, meet investors.
Last held: 23 Sep 2026.
BofA Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference
US media, cable and telecom on broadband, wireless and capex.
Last held: 9 Sep 2026.
CLSA Investors' Forum
Asian telcos meet investors on capex, tariffs and AI.
Last held: 22-23 Sep 2026.
Citi Global TMT Conference
Citi's largest conference (150+ companies); Verizon, T-Mobile, Cisco, American Tower, Uniti and Nebius presented in 2026.
Private investor conference. 2027 not announced.
Deutsche Bank European TMT Conference
European telcos and vendors on capex, AI efficiency and M&A.
Last held: 2 Sep 2026.
Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference
High-yield cable, telecom and tower issuers on leverage and capex.
Last held: 29 Sep 2026.
Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference
Large TMT investor conference; NVIDIA, Cisco, T-Mobile, SBA and Credo presented in 2026.
Private investor conference. 2026 dates from Cisco, SBA, T-Mobile and NVIDIA IR pages; 2027 not announced.
HUAWEI CONNECT
Huawei's AI strategy launches, including AI networks for the agentic era.
Last held: 17 Sep 2026.
ICICSP (IEEE Intl Conf on Information Communication and Signal Processing)
Academic conference on 5G, massive MIMO and ISAC with deep-learning and IoT/AI sessions.
Site icsp.org hosts ICICSP; no 2027 dates posted.
Jefferies AI Summit
Jefferies' dedicated AI investor event; no presenter list published.
Private investor conference. 2027 not listed.
Jefferies India Forum
Bharti Airtel and peers on tariffs, capex, data centres and AI.
Last held: 17 Sep 2026.
PT EXPO China
China's main ICT exhibition, backed by the three state operators; AI and robotics expo.
Last held: 22 Sep 2026.
PTC'DC
One-day Washington-area policy and finance meeting on network, subsea and data-centre infrastructure, including AI-driven demand.
2026 venue and AI wording from subtelforum.com listing.
RBC Capital Markets Global Communications Infrastructure Conference
Towers and data-centre investor conference; SBA, Crown Castle and Equinix CFOs presented in 2026.
Private investor conference. 2026 date from SBA release (The Fairmont, Chicago).
TM Forum Innovate Americas
Agentic AI across IT and networks; Level 4 autonomous networks.
Last held: 6-7 Oct 2026.
The AI-Native Telco Forum
Agentic AI, autonomous networks, AI-native OSS/BSS; operator deployment cases.
Last held: 8-9 Sep 2026.
ZTE Global Summit & User Congress
ZTE's operator congress; "AI for Network, Network for AI".
Last held: 8 Sep 2026.
China Mobile Global Partner Conference
China Mobile's main partner conference, framed around its AI+ strategy.
Last held: 10 Oct 2025.
GITEX Global 2027
Largest regional tech show; AI, telco and data-centre exhibitors.
Last held: next is the 7-11 Dec 2026 edition, listed above.
China Unicom Partner Conference
China Unicom's ecosystem conference on its digital-intelligence business.
Last held: 10 Sep 2026.
MWC Kigali
GSMA's Africa edition; the 2026 programme had a ConnectAI theme.
Last held: 2026 edition postponed on 2 Jun 2026.
Recently held
Events from the past few weeks whose announcements are still feeding the news.
DCD>Connect MENA 2026
AI-era data-centre build and GPU capacity planning; e& among sponsors.
ETSI Security Conference 2026
Security standardisation, including securing AI (ETSI SAI) and network security.
Telecom Review Leaders' Summit 2026
Operator CXO summit; theme covers AI in telco operations and strategy.
Dates from an exhibitor page and Telecom Review TV; summit site not yet updated.
NGMN Forum Vienna
Operator-led alliance forum (members); NGMN runs work on agentic AI for network operations.
Network X 2026
Operator network show; keynotes on AI and sovereignty, AI-native networks, AI data-centre networking track.
Capacity Europe 2026
Wholesale carrier and digital-infrastructure meeting; data-centre and connectivity deals for AI capacity.
IIC Communications Policy and Regulation Week 2026
Includes the International Regulators Forum, with sessions on agentic AI governance and AI with data centres and cloud.
Huawei Ultra-Broadband Forum 2026
Huawei's fixed-network operator forum.
India Mobile Congress
Pillars include AI-native telecom, AI infrastructure economics and responsible AI.
2026 edition dates per organizer page indiamobilecongress.com, checked 19 Oct 2026.
Futurecom 2026
Latin America's largest telecom show.
TM Forum Innovate Americas 2026
AT&T said it reached Level 4 autonomy in the RAN.
Deutsche Telekom AI Investor Day
AI revenue and savings targets: ~EUR800M AI revenue outside the US by 2030, ~EUR2.5bn indirect-cost savings.
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