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The wholesale telecommunications sector is undergoing a dynamic transformation, reshaping its role in the broader digital ecosystem.

One hundred and eighty-one zettabytes of data is expected to be created, captured, copied, and consumed globally in 2025, according to the World Economic Forum, underscoring the urgent need for faster, more efficient, and intelligent communication networks.

Akamai is a leading security provider with unparalleled visibility into internet activity. The company partners with service providers to secure business assets, web resources, and workers. Akamai’s subscriber-facing services grow revenues, enhance differentiation, and improve retention.

The digital communications industry supports the highest levels of global internet use, social media interaction, and financial inclusion. At the core of this transformation lies the telecom industry—specifically the mobile sector, as mobile users generate approximately 60% of global internet traffic.

Among the ICT innovations set to dominate in 2025 is edge computing. This technology will continue to transform data processing by bringing it closer to the source of the data, improving response times and optimizing network resources.

The telecommunications industry stands at the forefront of the global technical revolution, with the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and radio access network (RAN) technologies reshaping the wireless connectivity landscape.

Dubbed its most powerful Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) API release to date, MEF’s ninth LSO API release solves (for the first time) complex addressing and operational challenges, including observability. Additionally, this release introduces a suite of advancements designed to enhance service provider and enterprise adoption of standardized, open ecosystem automation for Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offerings.

Even though there are currently over 1.4 million kilometers of subsea cables crisscrossing the ocean, the demand for more resilient, high-capacity networks is continuing to surge by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1%. In an era where artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technologies are impacting data usage and storage, subsea cables are more critical now than ever before as they power everything from cloud services to real-time analytics.

Gulf nations are hailed as global leaders in 5G roaming speeds, delivering an unparalleled digital experience for travelers in 2024.

In 2030, the digital and physical worlds will seamlessly converge as the way people communicate with each other, communities, nature, and machines will be redefined to form new ways of living, working, and conducting business.