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At MWC 2026, AI Surge Spurs Network Overhauls, New Data Platforms and Device Experiments

Soaring intelligent‑agent activity is pushing operators to refit infrastructure for low‑latency, high‑bandwidth services.

Overview

  • Huawei’s Yang Chaobin said global daily token use has climbed nearly 300× in two years with more than 30 million agents operating, calling the next five years pivotal as 5G‑A reaches 300+ cities.
  • Huawei launched a ‘3+1’ AI data platform that organizes knowledge, KV cache and memory under UCM management to boost retrieval accuracy above 95% and cut first‑token latency by up to 90%.
  • China Telecom reported it shares over 1.54 million 5G sites and more than 2 million 4G sites with China Unicom, citing $56.5 billion in investment savings, $6.5 billion in annual operating cost reductions and 13 million tons of CO2 avoided.
  • IDC forecast China’s active enterprise intelligent agents will exceed 350 million by 2031 with a CAGR above 135%, driving exponential growth in token consumption projected to average more than 30‑fold annually.
  • Honor framed AI as human‑centric and unveiled a Robot Phone concept while urging open ecosystems, as Alibaba’s Jack Ma pressed educators to help students adapt to AI and highlighted new consumer adoption efforts.