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Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2026

Mobile World Congress Shanghai (MWC Shanghai) is the Asia’s largest and most influential event for the mobile industry, organized by GSMA. It brings together C-level executives, tech-savvy consumers, and the wider mobile ecosystem. The event features a world-class exhibition, trend-setting conference sessions, and various summits focused on topics such as Io…

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51Speakers
90Sponsors
98Exhibitors
34On the bill · sessions
199Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Mobile, in alphabetical order.
Alexander Antukh
CISO · Aboitiz Power
Allaukik Abhishek
Senior Director, Engineering · Arm Ltd
Antonio Xu
Founder, Chairman, and CEO · BillionConnect
Azita Arvani
CEO · Arvani Group
Boon Chee Loo
CEO · Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd
Carl Cruz
Executive Director, President and CEO · Globe Telecom
Cathy Hackl
Futurist, Tech Innovator, CEO · Future Dynamics
Chao Cai
Marketing Director · AEROFUGIA
Chee Kheong Foong
Group Chief Regulatory & Govt Affairs Officer · Axiata Group
Chen Zhongyue
Chairman · China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.
Cui Li
Chief Development Officer and Chief of Staff to CEO · ZTE
Damir Seissembekov
Chairman of the Telecommunications Committee · Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Dan Ouchterlony
EVP and Head of Telenor Amp · Telenor ASA
Dan Zhuang
Executive Director & President · YOFC
Dianfeng Liu
Chairman · China Mobile Group Device Co., Ltd
Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker
Director General, Condensed Matter Physicist · Matter Group
Fang Fei
President of Products · Honor
Goldfrey Sun
SVP, Chief Product Officer · MetaX
Gu Jianying
Party Committee Secretary and Vice President · Zhongshan Hospital
Guo Xue
Engineer · CAICT
Igor Tovberg
Director, Product Marketing and Strategic Partnerships · Altair Semiconductor
Jia Huo
VP · Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Agile TelcoSupporting Partner
AILINK
Beijing Capital shouhuigroup
Bloomberg BusinessweekOfficial Media Partner
C114Strategic Media Partner
ccidcomFeature Media Partner
CctimeFeature Media Partner
CEC Huada
China Broadband Capital
China Galaxy
China Telecom
China Unicom
CITIC
Communications todaySupporting Partner
Communications TodaySupporting Partner
Communications worldSupporting Partner
Communications WorldSupporting Partner
Computer WeeklySupporting Partner
Cygnusemi
DazeinfoSupporting Partner
Deloitte
Digital Reality
Eastcompeace
Ee times asiaSupporting Partner
EE Times AsiaSupporting Partner
EE Times ChinaSupporting Partner
EuobizSupporting Partner
Fast modeSupporting Partner
Fast ModeSupporting Partner
Financial TimesOfficial Media Partner
FortuneOfficial Media Partner
Fortune ChinaOfficial Media Partner
FT ChineseStrategic Media Partner
Funny technologySupporting Partner
GasgooSupporting Partner
GTI
HONOR
Huawei
Ic viewsSupporting Partner
IfengFeature Media Partner
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Agenda

Selected from 34 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00 - 15:00 • G100, Hall N4, SNIEC

    Humanoid Robot Football Penalties Challenge Show Time

    Networking
  • 09:30 - 10:15 • G100, Hall N4, SNIEC

    Humanoid Robot Football Penalties Challenge Heros Behind the Scenes

    Networking
  • 09:30 - 10:45 • N4, Tech Talks Stage

    Changkun Technology’s 6G Development Strategy

    Tech Talks
  • 09:30 - 11:30

    Opening Ceremony & Keynote 1: Powering the Intelligent Age

    Keynotes
  • 09:30 - 11:30 • Kerry Hotel, Level 3, Tower Function Room 1

    Fusion Automotive Roundtable - Driving the Future of Intelligent Connected Vehicles Through Programmable Networks

    Roundtable
  • 09:30 - 12:00 • Kerry Hotel, MWC Main Stage, level 3, Grand Shanghai Ballroom 2

    eSIM Summit - China’s eSIM Era

    Summits
  • 09:30 - 12:30 • Kerry Hotel, Level 3, Function Room 3

    APAC Business Roundtable - Accelerating AI Monetization: Powering APAC Industries with 5G-A

    Roundtable
  • 10:00 - 11:30 • Kerry Hotel, Pudong Ballroom 1–3

    The Intelligent Data Centre Summit

    Summits
  • 10:00 - 12:00 • N2, MWC SNIEC Stage

    Agentic AI Summit

    Summits
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 199 companies show up — and 22 bet on three roles at once?

199 companies. 22 are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
22All threespeak · spons · exh
68Sponsoringsponsor only
77Exhibitingexhibitor only
32Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

YOFC·Honor·Huawei·ZTE·AILINK·Bloomberg Businessweek·Financial Times·Fortune·Lenovo·Mobile world capital·Mobileworldlive·Vivo·WSJ·China Galaxy Securities·Deloitte·Fortune China·GSMA·Qualcomm·Beijing GuoDian High-Tech Technologies Co., Ltd.·Beijing Starway Technology Co.,Ltd·Billion Connect·China Mobile

Speakers by seniority

75% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite2345%
  • Founder / Owner12%
  • VP-level612%
  • Director / Head of816%
  • Manager / Lead24%
  • Engineer · IC12%
  • Other roles1020%

Of 51 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01YOFCSpEx2V
  2. 02HonorSpEx1V
  3. 03HuaweiSpEx1V
  4. 04ZTESpEx1V
  5. 05AILINKSp2V
  6. 06Bloomberg BusinessweekSp·OEx
  7. 07Financial TimesSp·OEx
  8. 08FortuneSp·OEx
  9. 09LenovoSpEx
  10. 10Mobile world capitalSp·GEx
  11. 11MobileworldliveSp·OEx
  12. 12VivoSpEx
  13. 13WSJSp·OEx
  14. 14China Galaxy SecuritiesEx2V
Sponsors by tier
feature media partner7
8% of 90
official media partner6
7% of 90
official broadcast partner1
1% of 90
strategic media partner4
4% of 90
supporting partner35
39% of 90
global partner1
1% of 90
unspecified36
40% of 90
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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