[Barcelona, Spain, March 5, 2026] During MWC Barcelona 2026, Huawei supported by content from GSMA Intelligence, hosted the third “Green & Resilience Elite Club.” The event, themed ” CHB Collaborative Development with Better OPEX & Resilience,” convened key participants including UNFCCC, GSMA Intelligence, ITU-T, and over 20 leading global operators such as Telkom SA, Telkomsel, Azerconnect, HKT and Turkcell, to engaged in deep discussions regarding the challenges and global best practices of the ICT industry’s dual-track transformation toward “Green + Resilience.”
Green Network Index Round 2
Standard Advancement: Launch of “Green Network Index(GNI) Round 2”
In his opening speech, Mr. Peter Jarich, Head of GSMA Intelligence, noted that the GNI has become pivotal metrics for measuring the industry’s green transformation. During the event, representatives of the GNI project members jointly launched the “GNI Round 2,” focusing on two major leaps:
- Full-Scenario Coverage: Expanding from a focus on mobile network to deep synergy between mobile and fixed networks.
- Enhanced Participation: The number of operators participating in the GNI index has surged from 6 in 2024 to 24 today.
The upgraded assessment standard will further guide the construction of green and resilient networks, supporting the collaborative development of ToC, ToH, and ToB (CHB) services and bolstering the sustainable growth of the ICT industry.
Global Practice: Win-win in “Cost Reduction” and “Business Success”
Massamba Thioye, Principal Consultant of UNFCCC, emphasized that the ICT industry acts as a “catalyst” for dual green and digital transformation. He argued that “connectivity” should drive social evolution from simple efficiency optimization toward deep-seated circular development.
Ms. Mpho, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Telkom SA, shared the triple transformation—Green Central Offices (CO) and Green Sites, Network architecture optimization, and Green energy transition. Despite the severe challenges of frequent load shedding, Telkom has ensured the stable operation of national critical infrastructure, achieving a win-win for business growth and network resilience.
Mr. Lloyd, VP of Strategic Transformation at HKT, stated that HKT has moved beyond Green CO and Green Sites to complete network restructuring that supports AI and computing power. These initiatives not only reduce OPEX and convert idle resources into high-value assets but also lay the foundation for future AI and edge computing. HKT’s high-reliability, low-latency interconnection network in the Northern Metropolis, bridging to the Greater Bay Area, signals its successful evolution from a traditional carrier to a “technology leader.”
AI empowerment: Solving the triangular challenge of “Development, Green, and Resilience”
Singleton Zhou, President of Huawei Global Technical Service Network Consulting and System Integration Service Domain, noted that modern networks face the challenge of “entropy increase” caused by the coexistence of multiple generations and service convergence. On one hand, cross-domain data across infrastructure, site, access, bearer, and service layers is massive and often inaccurate. On the other hand, there is a complex trade-off between service development, green, and network security/resilience; a single comprehensive full service area can generate hundreds of potential modernization scenarios.
By leveraging AI agents to bridge the gap between physical and logical networks, Huawei continues to solve the long-standing “ICT Triangle” conflict: balancing service development, green, and network security/resilience. This helps customers efficiently build green and resilient networks while fostering CHB collaborative development.
Summit Dialogue: A New Blueprint for AI-Ready Green & Resilient Networks
During the panel discussion, experts from industry standards organizations, operators, and service providers reached three key consensuses on ” Challenges on ToC/H/B Collaborative Development with Green and Resilience”:
- Strategic Balance: Collectively seeking the optimal solution for service development, green & resilience, and return on investment (ROI).
- Standard Guidance: Utilizing the GNI as a benchmark to guide CHB synergy and drive continuous improvements in energy efficiency.
- Technical Innovation: Applying network simulation and AI technology to simultaneously enhance energy efficiency, resilience, and commercial returns.
AI without robust connectivity remains an information silo. Leveraging cross-domain collaborative planning and simulation for service-network- synergy, we are continuously accelerating the modernization of sites and COs. This initiative empowers customers to build green, resilient, and high-quality network connectivity, ensuring that every connection is “Ready for AI.”
The era of agentic networks is now approaching fast, and the commercial adoption of 5G-A at scale is gaining speed. Huawei is actively working with carriers and partners around the world to unleash the full potential of 5G-A and pave the way for the evolution to 6G. We are also creating AI-Centric Network solutions to enable intelligent services, networks, and network elements (NEs), speeding up the large-scale deployment of level-4 autonomous networks (AN L4), and using AI to upgrade our core business. Together with other industry players, we will create leading value-driven networks and AI computing backbones for a fully intelligent future.
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