Orangewatch MWC recap: AI is all around
Anne Morris2026-03-26T15:25:00
Orange’s senior execs were out in force at this year’s Mobile World Congress, with Group CEO Christel Heydemann highlighting the benefits of AI, while also warning of “unknown threats” from the evolving tech. Separately, AI supremo Steve Jarrett spelled out how Orange plans to realise €600m in value from AI by end-FY28…
This article includes:
- Organisations: Aduna; AST SpaceMobile; Bharti Enterprise; BT; CAMARA; Deutsche Telekom; European Commission; GSMA; Hiya; KPN; Lightsonic; Linux Foundation; MásOrange; Orange Business; Orange Group; Orange Wholesale International (OWI); RealNetworks; Satellite Connect Europe; Skylo; SpaceX; Starlink; Swisscom; Telenor; Telecom Italia (TIM); Telefónica; TOTEM; Viavi; Vodafone Group.
- Geographies: Africa; Europe; France; Germany; Middle East; North America; Spain; United States of America (USA).
- People: Vivek Badrinath; Margherita Della Valle; Christel Heydemann; Tim Höttges; Steve Jarrett; Laurent Leboucher; Marc Murtra; Emmanuel Rochas; Yasser Shaker; Michaël Trabbia.
- Themes: 4G; 5G; 5G network slicing; Agentic AI; Application programming interfaces (API); Artificial intelligence (AI); Branded calling; Cloud; Customer relationship management (CRM); Direct-to-device services (D2D); Drones; Edge-cloud; Environmental monitoring; Fibre sensing; Geopolitics; Large language models (LLM); Network APIs; Network resilience; Platform strategy; Private cloud; Satellite; Softwarisation; Strategy; Technology sovereignty; Wildfire prevention.