As our crew prepares for Capability Center East 2026, we have rounded up one of the best assets that will help you brush up on essential matters earlier than you go.
The 2026 convention—held February 10-12 in Dubai—will deal with massive matters like how the Center East is getting ready for AI, and the way the telecom business recovered from February’s Crimson 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 attributable to growing smartphone penetration, rising web utilization, and authorities initiatives selling digital infrastructure growth. 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 horny proposition to create different terrestrial routes from Asia to Europe bypassing the normal Crimson Sea cables touchdown in Southern Europe.
February 9 is devoted to programming on this matter.
Subsea Cables
Because the week continues, there will likely be a lot dialog round undersea cables. A number of new cable techniques have been introduced or will likely 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 centered on these new cables coming to the area. And Senior Analysis Supervisor Paul Brodsky will ship an summary of the regional cable market. Atone for Paul’s slides from final yr.
Assets that will help you prepare for Capability Center East
There are a couple of gadgets that may get you in control earlier than the February convention:
On Digital Infrastructure
On Interconnectivity
The place can I register for the occasion?
Should you’re not registered already, you are able to do so over right here. TeleGeography readers can save on admission with the code TELEGEOGRAPHY10.
