News Summary:
ZTE outlined a strategy on September 17, 2026, to expand the role of telecom operators in the home, aiming to generate new revenue through AI services delivered on top of connectivity, reflecting a broader company shift. Earlier on the same day, the 15th ZTE Global Summit & User Congress, themed "Architecting Infinity–From Connectivity to Digital Value," officially opened in Kuala Lumpur. Co-located for the first time with the GSMA M360 ASEAN, this event represented ZTE's largest annual overseas self-hosted forum. Also on September 17, seventeen European telecom CEOs, through the Connect Europe lobby group, warned that the bloc’s Digital Networks Act, unveiled in January, could cost the sector €40 billion. This Act would give operators a three-year window to remove equipment from any supplier designated "high-risk" on cybersecurity grounds, a category expected to include Chinese vendors like ZTE and Huawei. Previously, on September 16, ZTE, in collaboration with Antel, Uruguay's largest telecommunications operator, completed the first validation of symmetric 50G PON technology in Latin America during the Antel Summit 2026.
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