As our workforce prepares for Capability Center East 2026, we have rounded up the very best assets that will help you brush up on necessary subjects earlier than you go.
The 2026 convention—held February 10-12 in Dubai—will deal with large subjects like how the Center East is getting ready for AI, and the way the telecom business 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 buyers 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 rising 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 pretty proposition to create various terrestrial routes from Asia to Europe bypassing the normal Pink Sea cables touchdown in Southern Europe.
February 9 is devoted to programming on this matter.
Subsea Cables
Because the week continues, there can be a lot dialog round undersea cables. A number of new cable techniques have been introduced or can be RFS within the subsequent yr, together with intercontinental techniques like SEAMEWE 6 which, connects Europe and Asia.
TeleGeography Analysis Director Rob Schult will lead a panel targeted 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.
Sources that will help you prepare for Capability Center East
There are just a few gadgets that can get you in control earlier than the February convention:
On Digital Infrastructure
On Interconnectivity
The place can I register for the occasion?
When you’re not registered already, you are able to do so over right here. TeleGeography readers can save on admission with the code TELEGEOGRAPHY10.
