As our group prepares for Capability Center East 2026, we have rounded up the most effective sources that will help you brush up on necessary matters earlier than you go.
The 2026 convention—held February 10-12 in Dubai—will deal with huge matters like how the Center East is getting ready for AI, and the way the telecom trade recovered from February’s Pink Sea cable cuts.
What’s on the agenda at Capability Center East?
There are a number of headlines that weave out and in of this yr’s agenda.
Capability Iraq Join
The 2026 occasion has been paired with Iraq Join, a one-day program meant to unite the area’s digital infrastructure executives; authorities officers and traders dedicated to constructing the digital way forward for Iraq.
The Iraqi Telecom market was valued at $2.5 billion in 2024, and is projected to develop because of growing smartphone penetration, rising web utilization, and authorities initiatives selling digital infrastructure improvement. Iraq’s strategic location as a bridge between the Center East and Europe, and its potential to supply low-latency, land-based connectivity routes additionally makes it a sexy proposition to create different terrestrial routes from Asia to Europe bypassing the standard Pink Sea cables touchdown in Southern Europe.
February 9 is devoted to programming on this subject.
Subsea Cables
Because the week continues, there will likely be a lot dialog round undersea cables. A number of new cable methods have been introduced or will likely be RFS within the subsequent yr, together with intercontinental methods like SEAMEWE 6 which, connects Europe and Asia.
TeleGeography Analysis Director Rob Schult will lead a panel centered on these new cables coming to the area. And Senior Analysis Supervisor Paul Brodsky will ship an outline of the regional cable market. Atone for Paul’s slides from final yr.
Assets that will help you prepare for Capability Center East
There are just a few gadgets that can get you up to the mark earlier than the February convention:
On Digital Infrastructure
On Interconnectivity
The place can I register for the occasion?
Should you’re not registered already, you are able to do so over right here. TeleGeography readers can save on admission with the code TELEGEOGRAPHY10.
