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BDC Shanghai 2026
25th June 2026
9:00am - 12:00pm (BST +7) (MWC Day 2) | Kerry Hotel PudongShanghai

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Smarter Infrastructure: Converging AI and Broadband

BDC Shanghai 2025 delivered compelling insights into the transformative convergence of AI and broadband technologies, revealing how this synergy is reshaping the telecommunications landscape and society at large. Key discussions centered on the demanding infrastructure requirements of AI applications - including high bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and exceptional reliability - necessary to support AI device-cloud synergy, intelligent computing training, and emerging innovations like humanoid robots, which were presented as mankind's "third computer" following PCs and smartphones. The overarching message was clear: the future belongs to those who can successfully integrate AI capabilities with robust, end-to-end digital infrastructure, creating a trinity of cloud-network-device intelligence that will define the next era of technological advancement.