AI-Powered Connectivity: APAC Charts a Path to a Smarter Digital Future
The inaugural Broadband Development Summit in Bangkok brought together global regulators and tech leaders to discuss AI-ready infrastructure. Participants emphasized the need for cross-border connectivity and shared standards to drive the AI revolution.
Why it matters
This summit sets the strategic roadmap for digital infrastructure development in the Asia-Pacific region through 2030.
Asia-Pacific's first Broadband Development Summit brings regulators and operators to Bangkok to set the agenda
BANGKOK , July 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Government officials, standards bodies and telecom operators gathered in Bangkok on 14 July for the inaugural Broadband Development Summit APAC 2026, convened by the World Broadband Association (WBBA) to build consensus on AI-era networks.
Participants included the ITU, Thailand's National Board of the Digital Economy and Society, WBBA, IAB, FNCAP, WAA, NIDA and the IPv6 Council, alongside operators Telkomsel, XLSmart, Surge, Globe, AIS, CMI and HKT and Huawei.
Denny Deng, President of Huawei Asia Pacific Carrier Business, envisions a "faster, smarter, greener" Asia-Pacific.
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