Shahid Ramzan

Based on a keynote by Sameh Yamany, Chief Technology Officer, VIAVI Solutions  |  Global 6G Conference VIAVI turned 100 in 2023, marking a century of leadership in test and measurement, from the optics that move data through fibre to the wireless instruments that have measured every generation from 1G to AI-RAN. The reason that history matters now is that 6G will not be designed in a lab.

19 May 2026 Across the telecom industry, artificial intelligence is moving from pilots into scale up and scale out. Operators are beginning to embed AI across networks, automation platforms and service architectures, with proofs of concept now delivering measurable results. The focus is shifting from experimentation to building the environments needed to deploy AI at scale in production networks.

SCWS bring together operators, neutral hosts, equipment vendors, enterprises, regulators and connectivity users for two days of content knowledge sharing, networking and exhibition. Forecast as a defining year for small cells, with demand growing at pace, the reality of future deployment figures will be determined by the choices and decisions made by the industry this year. The event will have a significant role to play in shaping the commercial outlook for 2027-2030.