It’s a pleasure to be here in Newfoundland and Labrador. I want to thank the St. John’s Board of Trade for the invitation to speak to you today. There is no better place to talk about trade than a community of exporters. The sea routes that begin and end in St. John’s have helped feed, supply and build Canada and the world.
Port cities are attuned to global commerce. And until recently, the global economy had been recovering well from the hard years of the pandemic. Canada, a country that depends on foreign trade, was benefiting. At the end of 2024, inflation in Canada had been close to the 2% target for months. Substantial interest rate reductions had boosted household and business spending, and exports were strengthening. The economy had renewed momentum.
But then something happened. Since President Trump took office in January, the world has faced a dramatic escalation in tariffs and pervasive uncertainty. In Canada, trade has been disrupted and jobs have been lost. Businesses have re-evaluated their investment plans. Consumers have become more cautious. And Canadians have told us that they expect higher prices for many imported goods.
The recent announcement that Canada and the United States agreed to negotiate a new economic and security relationship within 30 days is very welcome news. Restoring open trade between our countries is critical to jobs and growth in Canada. It is also important for prices and inflation.
Many times in life, everything seemed almost hopeless – bombing, COVID, many smaller or more personal crises – but life has always inevitably returned to normal. Never the same, but still normal. What is destroyed is rebuilt, what is broken is fixed, but only people remain permanently damaged by the behaviours they have experienced, and they remain outside of the normality that implies living in accordance with natural laws and cycles and in accordance with divine laws. And that is the greatest loss for humanity, but also for each individual. Especially for those for whom unnatural states offer an illusion of fulfilment – an illusion, and one of a limited duration. Anyone who doesn’t understand how illusory those feelings are – I reminded my fellow bankers yesterday – should read the book “The Circulation of Elites” by Vilfredo Pareto or Peter Turchin’s book on the hyperproduction of elites, of which there are more and more, while the seats in parliament, leadership positions in banks, and other institutions are limited in number. There is no room for everyone who believes they deserve a place in the elite.
And now, a response to my friend and colleague, Mr Zoran Petrović:
These days We owe a debt to future days and souls unborn Even if it means a sacrifice that won’t be recognised, acknowledged or cared for For it is only when good times pass heavy days come and people have none to blame that they will remember that someone once knew how to create much from little because he respected even those who tripped him up and those who envied him They will recall the one who dared to stand to guard his roots and take the future in his hands For he believed in humankind. The rage will pass, the children will grow The immature will learn what wise men know Some will always blame others for being somebody’s pawns for not realising in time that they lost much and gained little and that time – once gone – can’t be reclaimed.
We won’t be able to recover what was missed in the first part of the year, but we will do our best to make up for everything that was lost.
And before I move on to the topic of the state’s relationship with foreign investors – because of whom I put all other obligations aside to be here with you, just as I stand with you through every challenge you face – I would like to share some good news with you. News that illustrates how someone can always create something great from something small and leave it as a gift to the future. As of today, Serbia will have over 50 tonnes of gold in its FX reserves – and those who understand economics know that even the great Yugoslavia, since World War II, never had that much. This only illustrates what can be achieved with skill, knowledge and ability, as well as the determination not to let others do our job worse than us.
Esteemed colleagues, honoured hosts,
Let us remind ourselves of Adam Smith, and what he says in “The Wealth of Nations”:
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest”, said Adam Smith. Everyone has their own interest and views movements from the perspective of their own interest, while the state is the one that considers the common good and works in the interest of all. When we go to the butcher, the baker, or anywhere else, we don’t address the humanity of the butcher or the baker. We don’t even appeal to their vanity, and we never talk to them about our needs. Instead, we speak about their advantages. For the most sustainable form of cooperation is one in which each side sees some benefit for themselves. This is the cooperation that endures. This does not mean that altruism does not exist, but it is most important to rely on predictable interests, rather than on good will.
When we apply this in the context of investments and policies, while taking into account the specificities of the time in which we operate, contributing to investment growth requires that we first question ourselves on a personal level, and then collectively. If we simply wait for others to provide us with ideal conditions, without examining what we can do ourselves, then we are already set up for failure.
In Serbia, we have ensured a favourable business environment, and it is up to the economy to take advantage of it – which it is doing successfully. Of course, when the period of the pandemic is analysed from a certain time distance, there will be individuals who will comment on what could have been done differently. Regardless of professional integrity, when evaluating any decision each of us must consider the context of the time and circumstances in which it was made. And that means we should draw lessons from everything that has happened and is happening, and never have a one-sided perspective. If, under difficult geoeconomic conditions, you manage to resolve inflation and ensure high growth in GDP, wages, and profits, while preserving fiscal parameters and FX reserves – I’d like to see the person who would say that Serbia doesn’t have good policies!
What are the conditions?
We are working in a time of sudden and significant changes across all areas.
We are living in a time of growing divisions in the world – not only between economies but also within national economies – with increasingly pronounced social polarisation and a deepening gap between the rich and the poor.
We are making decisions in a period marked by forced measures, as a response to the measures of others, which were also imposed by necessity.
We are entering a new era in which the common denominator for all developments is uncertainty, and the source of success lies in creativity of approach!
What should the responses be – global and local?
Cooperation instead of division;
Proactive rather than reactive policy;
Respect for the short term, but without losing focus on the long term and on sustainable growth;
The common good above personal interest!
And let us not forget that, as important as it is to make a good decision, it is equally important to avoid making a bad one! And it is well known that investments are never bad; only our decisions can be such.
Therefore, I will now talk about the investment environment in Serbia, global trends in investing, and our responses.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I assume that the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions the National Bank of Serbia is not investment, although there is a direct and strong connection and interdependence. If we consider that a stable and predictable economic environment is the first pillar of sustainable investment, then the association is clear!
Similarly, I believe that the relatively stable exchange rate of the dinar to the euro is the first association with the National Bank of Serbia, both for citizens and for the economy! And that stability, which makes decision-making and long-term project planning easier, is an important pillar of the investment environment.
I also believe that the best answer to the question of whether we have created a favourable investment environment is provided by the data.
Fixed investment made up around 16% of GDP in 2014, while government investment stood at 2.2% of GDP. After ten years, fixed investment came to account for over 24% of GDP, and government investment exceeded 7.3% of GDP.
The implementation of investment projects has not only significantly improved the overall infrastructure, it has also had a multiplier effect on new investments.
The number of formally employed persons increased by almost 400 thousand and it is much easier to get a job today.
The unemployment rate, which used to exceed 20%, dropped to 8.6%, and youth unemployment rate was cut by more than a half.
The average GDP growth rate of Serbia over the past seven years of nearly 4%, and we are talking about real growth, speaks volumes about the environment we have created.
Even under the conditions of extremely challenging global circumstances and the slow recovery of external demand, our growth of 3.9% last year was one of the highest in Europe.
A job well done is always the best marketing, and so Serbia’s image in the world has changed significantly.
Crucially, last year we obtained the status of an investment-grade country, a status we have long deserved.
And the fact that investors have long rated us as an investment-grade country is evident from the data, which shows that over the past seven years, an average of around EUR 4 bn in foreign direct investments have been invested in Serbia annually, or 6.8% of GDP on average. A record was set last year with EUR 5.2 bn.
Around 55% of these inflows go to export-oriented sectors, thus contributing to their growth even under conditions of anaemic external demand.
The fact that around 80% of foreign direct investments consist of investments in equity capital and reinvested earnings shows that investors in Serbia are expanding existing projects and launching new ones, despite the challenges in their home markets. These investments simultaneously bring new technology and more modern equipment, as well as new knowledge, which has also enabled the growth of overall factor productivity.
And when individuals – because they truly are few – ask us whether we are able to maintain stability without depleting FX reserves, and how long we can defend the exchange rate, I respond with a question: And did anyone believe that Serbia, during fiscal consolidation, when everyone predicted a decline in GDP, would achieve growth? We achieved growth, just as during the pandemic we experienced the smallest decline in GDP compared to all other economies. These are the results of well-calibrated policies and the recognition of opportunities, which are based on the diversification of markets, sources of financing, and projects.
Moreover, it is a fact that no one can dispute, that our FX reserves are at an exceptionally high level, measured by all criteria, and they cover nearly seven months of goods and services imports! In the reports of all rating agencies, one of the key elements that positively distinguishes us from countries with comparable credit ratings is precisely the high level of FX reserves, which we have built over the past more than ten years.
No less important – we have become part of SEPA, for which we have long been prepared, but now we have the opportunity to make payment transactions with EU countries as well more efficient and cheaper. I say payment transactions with EU as well because we have long introduced in the domestic payments, which account for the majority of daily payments by citizens and businesses, the most modern services based on transactions that are completed in just 1.2 seconds. We have also developed a modern DOMESTIC payment card, taking care about the independence and reliability of the national payment system. And what is the EU doing now? It is developing its own card system, not wanting to depend on other systems and their operational stability.
For our DinaCard, we have carefully selected partners, guided by the goal of international functionality, but also full security and independence of our system. We have achieved this through a partnership with Discover, which will positively impact the economy of Serbia, primarily merchants, who will now be able to accept payments by these cards, issued anywhere in the world.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I said that we follow all relevant global trends, including global investment trends. We analyse where global capital is going today as the world rapidly changes under the influence of technological transformation, energy transition, and geopolitical tensions, because investments have never been evenly distributed across regions, sectors, or asset types. We are in a phase of structural capital reallocation on a global level.
One trend that stands out is digital transformation and the overwhelming allocation of the majority of capital towards artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, big data, cybersecurity, and fintech. These are no longer sectors of the future; they are the sectors of today, and here, funds from the United States and China dominate. In Serbia as well, the IT sector is experiencing strong growth, as seen in the export value of EUR 4.13 bn last year, which is ten times higher compared to ten years ago, when it was only around EUR 400 mn. The fact that its share in total service exports has increased from around 12% to nearly 29% confirms that this is substantial growth.
Another direction is green and sustainable investment, focusing on renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydrogen, with funds also turning towards regenerative agriculture. Serbia’s potential in this area is significant, and investments are increasingly following environmental, social, and governance standards.
The third trend is regionalisation, or investing closer to home markets (nearshoring), as a result of supply chain disruptions caused by the outbreak of the pandemic and the energy crisis. Shifting production closer to the European market opens up opportunities for countries like Serbia, which has an excellent geographic location, much like our DinaCard, which is expanding both East and West. Many companies are increasingly choosing Serbia as a manufacturing hub precisely for this reason, but especially because of the skilled workforce and free trade agreements with many countries, in whose conclusion a great deal of effort has been invested.
The fourth trend is infrastructure projects and the return of the state as an investor, including investments in infrastructure: roads, railway, energy, telecommunications, and digital infrastructure… Serbia stands out in this regard with strong investments in all parts of the country. I would like to remind you, Mr Colangeli, of the presentation of the EBRD’s Transition Report, which dealt with navigating industrial policy, where you stated that by establishing good infrastructure, such as roads, railway, electricity, and the internet, Serbia facilitated investment and the opening of factories in its less developed regions. Such a policy has contributed to reducing regional income inequality, which is a goal as important as the quality of investments.
However, one of the important questions is: what next?
When it comes to the National Bank of Serbia, investors, as well as all agents in the country’s economic system, can count on our full support for a stable macroeconomic environment.
According to our May projection, inflation will continue to slow down and by the end of the year approach the target midpoint of 3% – the level around which it will hover until the end of the projection horizon. The data for May inflation, according to our now-cast model, support such an outcome, and I believe the data to be released on Thursday will confirm this.
In June last year, we began to ease monetary policy at a cautious pace, assessing that it should remain restrictive for some time yet.
Caution is important always, but even more so today when we are witnessing pronounced volatility in global commodity and financial markets. In such circumstances, it is expected that global inflation will decline somewhat more slowly, and that global economic growth will be lower due to disruptions in trade flows and production chains, as well as weaknesses in key growth drivers such as foreign trade, investments, and consumption.
In Serbia, past monetary policy easing has fully passed through to interest rates in the money market and dinar lending market, while the easing of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy has affected the price of euro borrowing. With the growth in credit demand due to the increase in disposable income, we have a y-o-y growth in credit activity of 10.5% in April, which is also one of the channels supporting investments.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Colangeli, Mr Petrović,
I will reiterate that a job well-done is the best marketing, and also the best indicator as to how we will work in the future.
I will repeat today that for the continued growth and development of every economy and society, including ours, stability and business certainty are key. Therefore, we must preserve stability in a challenging and competitive global environment, where changes are happening faster than ever in all areas of life and work! Without it, even the best-designed investment policies will not yield sustainable results!
On behalf of the National Bank of Serbia, I can promise:
that relative exchange rate stability has no alternative,
that we will support every investment that is in the interest of Serbia and our citizens.
We carefully follow all the creativity of the new era and respond cautiously – so that no measure becomes a target for us.
And let us never forget those who laid the foundations of the market economy, as I began with Adam Smith: The baker does not bake bread because he wants to feed us, but because he wants to make a profit. May our cooperation continue as honestly and openly as that.
Headline: Huawei and China Telecom Win TM Forum’s Excellence Award 2025 in Data and AI Innovation
[Copenhagen, Denmark, June 18, 2025] At the Digital Transformation World (DTW) 2025 hosted by TM Forum, the project AI Agents Driving New Era of O&M and Transforming Customer Experience jointly created by Huawei and China Telecom won the Excellence Award 2025 in Data and AI Innovation. This prestigious international award is a testimony to the industry’s recognition of their efforts in integrating AI with communication technologies.
Huawei and China Telecom win the excellence award in data and AI innovation
Implementing the AI+ Strategy and Making Groundbreaking Joint Innovations
China Telecom has spent years fine-tuning their AI+ strategy. Collaborating with its strategic partner Huawei, China Telecom established the Future Agent Joint Innovation Center to explore the application of network foundation models and agents in cloud-network operations. Through substantial advancements in key technologies like domain-specific model training and chain-of-thought optimization, the two companies have developed and deployed the Home Broadband Installation and Maintenance Agent and the Wireless Network Optimization Task Model. These developments have significantly enhanced O&M efficiency and helped upskill O&M personnel.
Agent Applications Yield Outstanding Results and Boost Service Efficiency
China Telecom reports that it has developed a range of AI assistants and agent applications based on its network foundation model. By the end of 2024, the total number of service invocations exceeded 46 million, with monthly active users reaching 120,000. In addition, 39 ecosystem partners have utilized these tools to create more than 2,000 AI applications. The Home Broadband Installation and Maintenance Agent revolutionizes service experience through two key innovations:
Customer self-service: This agent supports real-time consultation and self-service troubleshooting, shifting the service model from reactive response to intelligent interaction.
O&M efficiency: This agent assists installation and maintenance personnel in accurately locating faults, shortening the troubleshooting duration by 30% and reducing the workload of inquiry center experts by 10%. It is now applicable in all home broadband, IPTV, and home Wi-Fi scenarios. Online self-service channel usage has risen by 10%, enabling tens of millions of households to enjoy intelligent services with instant responses and zero wait times.
The Wireless Network Optimization Task Model elevates traditional localized performance optimization, which relies on expert experience, to global experience optimization using high-precision network simulation and intelligent parameter adjustment. This enhances both quality and efficiency. In pilot regions, user experience has improved by 10% to 15%, the handling time of typical issues has reduced by 20% to 30%, and the test workloads in poor-QoE areas have decreased by 10% to 15%.
Leading Technical Standards and Building an Industry Ecosystem
Huawei and China Telecom have improved the accuracy of the foundation model and the success rate of agent tasks, significantly enhancing the effectiveness of AI applications. In addition, China Telecom, along with TM Forum and Huawei, has developed several standards, including lifecycle management for foundational models and technical specifications for AI agents. These standards aim to transform innovative practices into industry-wide frameworks, and expedite the intelligent transformation of the global ICT sector.
Prospects
This award underscores the leading role of Huawei and China Telecom in the AI+network domain. Both companies have committed to deepening their strategic partnership, driving technological innovation and standards development, and strengthening the digital transformation of the global communications industry.
Headline: China Mobile and Huawei’s AI Core Network Wins Best AI Innovation in Asia Award at GSMA’s Asia Mobile Awards
[Shanghai, China, June 19, 2025] During MWC Shanghai 2025, China Mobile and Huawei were honored with GSMA’s Best AI Innovation in Asia Award for its industry-first AI Core Network solution. This accolade highlights the industry’s recognition of China Mobile and Huawei’s technological innovation and business practices in core network and AI, cementing its role as a pioneer in the mobile AI era.
AI Core Network wins the Best AI Innovation in Asia Award
The convergence of 5G-A and AI technology heralds the era of mobile AI, allowing for exponentially more connections between people, homes, and industries. This evolution drives core networks to expand the boundaries of connectivity, and meet the service demands of individuals, families, enterprises, and AI agents.
To that end, China Mobile and Huawei have taken the lead in introducing AI to the core network, to accommodate intelligent applications with intelligent networks. The AI Core Network develops in two phases. The first phase is to build a 5G-A intelligent core network with AI agents, greatly improving the intelligent capabilities of the network, and allowing intelligent services, experiences, and O&M to be implemented. This phase also introduces computing-network convergence to address the computing power and energy challenges faced by user devices. The second phase is to reconstruct the core network as AI native, evolving into an Agentic Core. The Agentic Core can be self-generating, self-optimizing, and self-maintaining. It can dynamically adapt to diverse, real-time personalized service requirements.
As a frontrunner of service intelligence, New Calling has been put into large-scale commercial use in China, providing innovative services such as Visualized Voice Calling, Fun Calling, and Real-time Translation. For network intelligence, the Intelligent Personalized Experience (IPE) solution is commercially deployed across multiple provinces in China. IPE realizes service awareness, user awareness, and network awareness, helping operators shift from traffic-based to experience-based monetization. O&M intelligence has been integrated into operators’ production systems. This has allowed the reshaping of O&M models, and greatly enhanced operations, maintenance, and customer experiences. China Mobile Zhejiang branch has pioneered the commercial use of AI agents for fault management and complaint handling. China Mobile has also worked with Huawei to develop a low-carbon core network through hardware-software collaboration, to achieve E2E system-level energy efficiency.
George Gao, President of Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line, stated that “Integrating AI into the core network is a defining feature of the mobile AI era. Beyond this, the AI Core Network will provide a fertile ground for innovative services, accelerating the shift from an intelligent connectivity of things, to an intelligent connectivity of AI agents. Huawei will work with China Mobile and industry partners to develop more innovative services, empower more industries, and create greater business value.”
MWC Shanghai 2025 will be held from June 18 to June 20 in Shanghai, China. During the event, Huawei will showcase its latest products and solutions in Hall N1 of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC).
The commercial adoption of 5G-Advanced is accelerating in 2025. Huawei collaborates with global carriers, industry experts, and opinion leaders to explore how innovations in AI can be used to reshape telecom services, infrastructure, and operations to generate new revenue sources and accelerate the transition towards an intelligent world.
For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwcs2025
Headline: China Mobile and Huawei’s AI Core Network Wins Best AI Innovation in Asia Award at GSMA’s Asia Mobile Awards
[Shanghai, China, June 19, 2025] During MWC Shanghai 2025, China Mobile and Huawei were honored with GSMA’s Best AI Innovation in Asia Award for its industry-first AI Core Network solution. This accolade highlights the industry’s recognition of China Mobile and Huawei’s technological innovation and business practices in core network and AI, cementing its role as a pioneer in the mobile AI era.
AI Core Network wins the Best AI Innovation in Asia Award
The convergence of 5G-A and AI technology heralds the era of mobile AI, allowing for exponentially more connections between people, homes, and industries. This evolution drives core networks to expand the boundaries of connectivity, and meet the service demands of individuals, families, enterprises, and AI agents.
To that end, China Mobile and Huawei have taken the lead in introducing AI to the core network, to accommodate intelligent applications with intelligent networks. The AI Core Network develops in two phases. The first phase is to build a 5G-A intelligent core network with AI agents, greatly improving the intelligent capabilities of the network, and allowing intelligent services, experiences, and O&M to be implemented. This phase also introduces computing-network convergence to address the computing power and energy challenges faced by user devices. The second phase is to reconstruct the core network as AI native, evolving into an Agentic Core. The Agentic Core can be self-generating, self-optimizing, and self-maintaining. It can dynamically adapt to diverse, real-time personalized service requirements.
As a frontrunner of service intelligence, New Calling has been put into large-scale commercial use in China, providing innovative services such as Visualized Voice Calling, Fun Calling, and Real-time Translation. For network intelligence, the Intelligent Personalized Experience (IPE) solution is commercially deployed across multiple provinces in China. IPE realizes service awareness, user awareness, and network awareness, helping operators shift from traffic-based to experience-based monetization. O&M intelligence has been integrated into operators’ production systems. This has allowed the reshaping of O&M models, and greatly enhanced operations, maintenance, and customer experiences. China Mobile Zhejiang branch has pioneered the commercial use of AI agents for fault management and complaint handling. China Mobile has also worked with Huawei to develop a low-carbon core network through hardware-software collaboration, to achieve E2E system-level energy efficiency.
George Gao, President of Huawei Cloud Core Network Product Line, stated that “Integrating AI into the core network is a defining feature of the mobile AI era. Beyond this, the AI Core Network will provide a fertile ground for innovative services, accelerating the shift from an intelligent connectivity of things, to an intelligent connectivity of AI agents. Huawei will work with China Mobile and industry partners to develop more innovative services, empower more industries, and create greater business value.”
MWC Shanghai 2025 will be held from June 18 to June 20 in Shanghai, China. During the event, Huawei will showcase its latest products and solutions in Hall N1 of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC).
The commercial adoption of 5G-Advanced is accelerating in 2025. Huawei collaborates with global carriers, industry experts, and opinion leaders to explore how innovations in AI can be used to reshape telecom services, infrastructure, and operations to generate new revenue sources and accelerate the transition towards an intelligent world.
For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwcs2025
Headline: 5G-A Powers All-Scenario IoT to Enable Intelligent Connections for All
[Shanghai, China, June 19, 2025] At the GSMA IoT Summit during Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2025, Eric Zhao, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Solution, delivered a keynote speech titled “5G-A Powers All-Scenario IoT, Turbocharging a New AIoT Era for All”. In his speech, Zhao discussed how IoT and AI are converging and mutually enabling to make intelligent connections ubiquitous for all. “Three elements are key to achieving full AIoT. They are: all-scenario IoT that expands IoT connections to all scenarios, ultra-broadband networks that link all data to the cloud and computing resources, and intelligent applications that are driven by industry-specific models,” said Zhao.
Eric Zhao, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Solution, delivered a keynote speech
AI and cellular IoT are becoming more deeply intertwined, which means more and more things that are helpful in everyday lives will be connected, such as intelligent vehicles and embodied AI robots. This also means, an increasing number of intelligent applications will leverage these connections across diverse scenarios, like production lines and smart ports, to transform industries with intelligent technology. Moreover, the previously unconnected spaces will become connected, and this will enable a plethora of innovative applications, including drone-based power grid inspection, to boost smart urban governance.
There are three key things that make these connections intelligent. First, all-scenario IoT expands connections to all scenarios, enabling the collection of all production data. Second, 5G-A ultra-broadband networks transport these data from the physical world to models in the cloud in real time. Third, industry-specific and scenario-specific models transform core production processes across industries by making applications intelligent.
All-scenario IoT provides a growing range of devices with diverse IoT connections. 5G RedCap and Ambient IoT are joining existing technologies like NB-IoT to make all-scenario IoT possible. This will enable a great number of innovative applications, including embodied AI robots requiring real-time connections, AI-based product quality inspection requiring super-fast connections, and others applications that operate with low latency and power consumption.
Ultra-broadband networks are possible with 5G-A technology, which offers a wide array of new capabilities, including Gbps uplink, ultra-low latency, and extensive coverage. By adding these powerful functions to networks, 5G-A allows a single network to provide IoT connections for diverse services, like those that need hyperscale data collection and on-the-fly data movement to cloud computing and industrial application platforms for AI training and inference.
Intelligent applications are playing an increasingly prominent role, as demonstrated by the soaring numbers of deployments of industry-specific and scenario-specific models. A massive amount of quality data is needed to make these models more effective. In one intelligent manufacturing factory in Guangdong, China, AI algorithms have been integrated into 5G HD cameras to enable intelligent product quality inspection. This has not only improved overall product quality, but reduced equipment repair rates by 20% and saved annual costs by more than CNY1 million.
Zhao concluded his speech by calling for industry-wide efforts to promote the development of cellular IoT. “We will continue to work with industry partners to develop more converged applications of cellular IoT and AI. We will develop a thriving ecosystem to usher in a new age of full intelligent IoT connectivity,” said Zhao.
MWC Shanghai 2025 will be held from June 18 to June 20 in Shanghai, China. During the event, Huawei will showcase its latest products and solutions in Hall N1 of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC).
The commercial adoption of 5G-Advanced is accelerating in 2025. Huawei collaborates with global carriers, industry experts, and opinion leaders to explore how innovations in AI can be used to reshape telecom services, infrastructure, and operations to generate new revenue sources and accelerate the transition towards an intelligent world.
For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwcs2025.
Headline: 5G-A Powers All-Scenario IoT to Enable Intelligent Connections for All
[Shanghai, China, June 19, 2025] At the GSMA IoT Summit during Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2025, Eric Zhao, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Solution, delivered a keynote speech titled “5G-A Powers All-Scenario IoT, Turbocharging a New AIoT Era for All”. In his speech, Zhao discussed how IoT and AI are converging and mutually enabling to make intelligent connections ubiquitous for all. “Three elements are key to achieving full AIoT. They are: all-scenario IoT that expands IoT connections to all scenarios, ultra-broadband networks that link all data to the cloud and computing resources, and intelligent applications that are driven by industry-specific models,” said Zhao.
Eric Zhao, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Solution, delivered a keynote speech
AI and cellular IoT are becoming more deeply intertwined, which means more and more things that are helpful in everyday lives will be connected, such as intelligent vehicles and embodied AI robots. This also means, an increasing number of intelligent applications will leverage these connections across diverse scenarios, like production lines and smart ports, to transform industries with intelligent technology. Moreover, the previously unconnected spaces will become connected, and this will enable a plethora of innovative applications, including drone-based power grid inspection, to boost smart urban governance.
There are three key things that make these connections intelligent. First, all-scenario IoT expands connections to all scenarios, enabling the collection of all production data. Second, 5G-A ultra-broadband networks transport these data from the physical world to models in the cloud in real time. Third, industry-specific and scenario-specific models transform core production processes across industries by making applications intelligent.
All-scenario IoT provides a growing range of devices with diverse IoT connections. 5G RedCap and Ambient IoT are joining existing technologies like NB-IoT to make all-scenario IoT possible. This will enable a great number of innovative applications, including embodied AI robots requiring real-time connections, AI-based product quality inspection requiring super-fast connections, and others applications that operate with low latency and power consumption.
Ultra-broadband networks are possible with 5G-A technology, which offers a wide array of new capabilities, including Gbps uplink, ultra-low latency, and extensive coverage. By adding these powerful functions to networks, 5G-A allows a single network to provide IoT connections for diverse services, like those that need hyperscale data collection and on-the-fly data movement to cloud computing and industrial application platforms for AI training and inference.
Intelligent applications are playing an increasingly prominent role, as demonstrated by the soaring numbers of deployments of industry-specific and scenario-specific models. A massive amount of quality data is needed to make these models more effective. In one intelligent manufacturing factory in Guangdong, China, AI algorithms have been integrated into 5G HD cameras to enable intelligent product quality inspection. This has not only improved overall product quality, but reduced equipment repair rates by 20% and saved annual costs by more than CNY1 million.
Zhao concluded his speech by calling for industry-wide efforts to promote the development of cellular IoT. “We will continue to work with industry partners to develop more converged applications of cellular IoT and AI. We will develop a thriving ecosystem to usher in a new age of full intelligent IoT connectivity,” said Zhao.
MWC Shanghai 2025 will be held from June 18 to June 20 in Shanghai, China. During the event, Huawei will showcase its latest products and solutions in Hall N1 of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC).
The commercial adoption of 5G-Advanced is accelerating in 2025. Huawei collaborates with global carriers, industry experts, and opinion leaders to explore how innovations in AI can be used to reshape telecom services, infrastructure, and operations to generate new revenue sources and accelerate the transition towards an intelligent world.
For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwcs2025.
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received Deputy Secretary General of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand, Nattakrit Vongjarean, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. Dr. Kao congratulated Deputy Secretary General Nattakrit on his recent appointment and acknowledged Thailand’s active role in enhancing parliamentary engagement within ASEAN. Both sides exchanged views on strengthening collaboration between ASEAN and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), particularly in support of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 and the promotion of regional awareness.
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Headline: Build a Prosperous F5.5G All-Optical Network Industry for New Growth in the AI Era
[Shanghai, China, June 18, 2025] During MWC Shanghai 2025, the F5.5G All-Optical Industry Summit was successfully held with the theme of “10 Gbps Broadband and All-Optical Premium Transmission for a Win-Win AI Era.” At the summit, the booming F5.5G industry was a key topic of discussion among the Information and Communication Technology Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Maxis of Malaysia, and CTM. In particular, they shared the latest commercial practices of global carriers in 10 Gbps all-optical broadband as well as all-optical premium transmission. Huawei also shed light on its latest innovations in F5.5G all-optical networks from four aspects. These innovations help carriers develop four-in-one high-value packages to provide users with optimal AI application experience.
In recent years, as the industry has come to a consensus and successful pilots emerge, F5.5G all-optical networks have seen accelerated commercial deployment. In optical access, more than 70 carriers worldwide have launched 10 Gbps packages, and the large-scale commercial use of 10 Gbps all-optical broadband has paved the way for new AItoH services. In optical transmission, more than 240 networks, each operating at 400G, have been deployed worldwide. Meanwhile, the industry is exploring the construction of 1 ms latency metro networks for ensuring that end users can quickly access computing power over the cloud, enabling AItoB application innovation. Han Xia, Executive Deputy Director & Secretary-general of Information and Communication Technology Committee of MIIT, China, noted in his opening speech, “Accelerating the upgrade of 10 Gbps all-optical broadband and all-optical premium transmission and the development of the technology industry are of great significance to promote the integration of digital economy and real economy, drive information consumption and effective investment, and improve people’s livelihood and well-being.”
Deep cloud-intelligence-network-device collaboration drives new growth in the AI era
With AI poised to become the core driving force of the global digital economy and reshape life and production, global carriers are also actively embracing AI. In particular, frontrunners are transforming from connection service providers to connection + computing + application service providers. When expanding intelligent services based on their connectivity advantages, carriers also face challenges such as insufficient application ecosystems, non-unified terminal interconnection ecosystems, and lack of differentiated network assurance.
Li Peng, Huawei’s Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales & Service, delivering a speech
Li Peng, Huawei’s Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales & Service said in his speech, “Homes and enterprises will become the most valuable scenarios in carriers’ AI strategic transformation. Huawei hopes to work with the industry to promote the development of F5.5G all-optical networks, support deep cloud-intelligence-network-device collaboration, and drive the application of AI to households and industries, achieving win-win growth in the AI era.”
Continuous Innovation of AI-Centric F5.5G All-Optical Networks Stimulates New Growth of Home Broadband Services in the AI Era
In the AI era, the key to the growth of carriers’ home broadband services is to provide end users with new values and sense of worthiness. Bob Chen, President of Huawei Optical Business Product Line, shared Huawei’s latest innovations in F5.5G all-optical networks from four dimensions. He pointed out that, “To fully improve the sense of worthiness for home broadband users, and make bandwidth upgrades visible, differentiated experience assurance sensible, new home devices attainable, and new services more popular, Huawei has continuously innovated to help carriers build four-in-one high-value packages and provide users with ultimate AI application experiences.”
Bob Chen, President of Huawei Optical Business Product Line, delivering a keynote speech
Huawei’s solution is fully upgraded in bandwidth upgrade, differentiated experience, new terminals, and rich home applications. The innovative 50G PON solution supports upgrade to ultra-gigabit and 10 Gigabit. Besides, Huawei’ solution improves the end-to-end network capabilities to provide high-value users with differentiated experience assurance. In addition, Huawei’s new terminal — AI home hub — as a smart home hub for users and offers rich intelligent applications based on home AI interaction entry. Meanwhile, Huawei and carriers are jointly exploring the construction of 1 ms latency all-optical metro networks, allowing users to access cloud computing resources and AI applications through deterministic low-latency networks.
MWC Shanghai 2025 will be held from June 18 to June 20 in Shanghai, China. During the event, Huawei will showcase its latest products and solutions in Hall N1 of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC).
The commercial adoption of 5G-Advanced is accelerating in 2025. Huawei collaborates with global carriers, industry experts, and opinion leaders to explore how innovations in AI can be used to reshape telecom services, infrastructure, and operations to generate new revenue sources and accelerate the transition towards an intelligent world.
For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwcs2025
Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on June 20, 2025 (Friday).
As per the extant scheme of underwriting commitment notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:
(₹ crore)
Security
Notified Amount
MUC amount per PD
Minimum bidding commitment per PD under ACU auction
6.75% GS 2029
15,000
358
358
7.09% GS 2054
12,000
286
286
The underwriting auction will be conducted through multiple price-based method on June 20, 2025 (Friday). PDs may submit their bids for ACU auction electronically through Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) System between 09:00 A.M. and 09:30 A.M. on the day of underwriting auction.
The underwriting commission will be credited to the current account of the respective PDs with RBI on the day of issue of securities.
Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications)
Government of India has announced the sale (re-issue) of Government Securities, as detailed below, through auctions to be held on June 20, 2025 (Friday).
As per the extant scheme of underwriting commitment notified on November 14, 2007, the amounts of Minimum Underwriting Commitment (MUC) and the minimum bidding commitment under Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) auction, applicable to each Primary Dealer (PD), are as under:
(₹ crore)
Security
Notified Amount
MUC amount per PD
Minimum bidding commitment per PD under ACU auction
6.75% GS 2029
15,000
358
358
7.09% GS 2054
12,000
286
286
The underwriting auction will be conducted through multiple price-based method on June 20, 2025 (Friday). PDs may submit their bids for ACU auction electronically through Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) System between 09:00 A.M. and 09:30 A.M. on the day of underwriting auction.
The underwriting commission will be credited to the current account of the respective PDs with RBI on the day of issue of securities.
Ajit Prasad Deputy General Manager (Communications)
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today delivered the keynote speech at the Jakarta Forum on ASEAN-China Relations: New Areas, New Engines and New Opportunities, held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia. In his speech, Dr. Kao outlined key strategic priorities for shaping the future of ASEAN–China relations, including Digital Economy, Green Transition, Supply Chain Resilience, Transport Connectivity, and Tourism Cooperation, among others.
Download the full keynote speech here.
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“Time, memory and history must always be revisited and questioned. Art gives us the freedom to do so without constraint.”
— Basim Magdy, renowned artist
Basim Magdy is a visionary Egyptian artist whose work merges dreamlike imagery with thought-provoking, philosophical narratives. Through layered photography and vibrant, otherworldly visuals, he invites viewers into worlds shaped by memory, myth and speculative futures. Now featured on Samsung Art Store as part of the Art Basel in Basel collection, his distinctive aesthetic brings moments of reflection into daily life.
Magdy’s work reimagines living spaces as portals to imagined futures and poetic memories. Available exclusively on Samsung Art TVs, these pieces blur the line between art and atmosphere to deliver a gallery-quality experience at home. Expert-validated colors reveal every detail of his layered textures and experimental techniques — encouraging deeper engagement and sparking conversation.
Samsung Newsroom sat down with Magdy to explore his creative process and the transformative power of art in everyday environments.
▲ Artist Basim Magdy poses at Samsung ArtCube at Art Basel in Basel.
Partnerships, Presence and Possibilities
Q: How has Art Basel in Basel played a role in your career?
For over a decade, I’ve attended Art Basel in Basel every year — it continues to be one of the most exciting and inspiring art events for me. A recent highlight was having a large-scale photographic work presented in Art Basel Unlimited in 2022.
This year, alongside the presentation of my work at the Samsung ArtCube lounge, I’m exhibiting expanded photography with Gypsum Gallery (Cairo) and paintings with hunt kastner (Prague).
▲ “An Intergalactic Messenger Teleported us to a Cave Settlement Ruled by Shared Compassion and Humility” (2022) by Basim Magdy
Q: What led to your partnership with Samsung Art Store for this year’s Art Basel in Basel?
It happened naturally. I was drawn to the idea of my work existing in a different context — one where it could reach new audiences including those who may not typically visit galleries or museums but who are still curious about art.
Reframing Time Through Art
Q: How did your visual and conceptual style develop into something both surreal and poetic?
It took years of curiosity, experimentation and a desire to create a visual language that reflects who I am. Both poetry and the strange layers of reality have long shaped my thinking. Over time, my style evolved as I explored different artistic tools and mediums. Creating something surreal and poetic has allowed me to propose new ideas and reinterpret familiar ones in unexpected ways.
“Art expresses what can’t be said in words.”
— Basim Magdy, contemporary artist
Q: Storytelling, memory and imagined futures are recurring themes in your art. What drives your interest in these narratives?
I’ve become increasingly interested in how we perceive time. I think that awareness deepens with age — the realization that each passing moment is gone and what lies ahead will be different yet oddly familiar.
Though time is a construct, its rhythms — like sunrises and sunsets — form the backdrop of our lives. History shapes how we understand the past and determines how memories are kept alive — an incredibly subjective process, often told through one point of view.
That’s what fascinates me. It raises questions about what gets recorded and what was deemed unworthy of preservation. What about the countless lives that pass without being remembered or documented? Time, memory and history must always be revisited and questioned. Art gives us the freedom to do so without constraint.
Art Without Rules, Technology Without Limits
Q: Your media include chemically altered film and layered photography. How do you preserve their texture and nuance when translating these physical processes into digital formats for display?
The urge to experiment is what drives me to work across different media. It’s rooted in asking questions and pushing limits. Translating analog processes into digital form is one of those explorations — and with it comes the challenge of maintaining texture, depth and complexity.
▲ Artist Basim Magdy is well known for his fusion of dreamlike imagery with thought-provoking, philosophical narratives.
Q: With technology playing a bigger role in creating and experiencing art, how has it shaped your creative process or your approach to audience engagement?
Technology is evolving constantly, and with it, the way we experience the world — not just art. Today, reality often exists simultaneously in physical space and on screens. In the end, I think my lived experiences — whether encountered in real life or on a screen — inform my art just as much as my imagination does.
For me, art expresses what can’t be said in words. Technology is largely shaped by scientific research that operates within defined rules and systems. Art, on the other hand, is free from those constraints — so when artists engage with new technologies, the results are often surprising.
▲ Basim Magdy experiences the new Art Basel in Basel Collection at Samsung ArtCube.
From Exhibition to Everyday
Q: Your work is now featured on Samsung Art Store and displayed in homes around the world. How does being part of someone’s everyday environment shift your perspective on your art?
It’s humbling. We each experience art through our own lens — shaped by who we are and where we’ve been. I hope my work resonates in ways that invite thought, emotion or a quiet moment of connection. For me, that kind of unspoken, personal response is the most fulfilling outcome.
Q: Samsung Art Store turns a screen into a gallery. How do you feel your work resonates differently in a digital home setting compared to a traditional gallery or museum?
Seeing art in a gallery or a museum is still ideal — but it’s also limited. A piece only exists in one place and not everyone can travel to see it, especially if it’s halfway across the world.
Samsung Art Store offers a more intimate way to experience art. Someone can engage with a piece they connect with at their own pace, free from the limitations of gallery hours or institutional settings. The platform also gives access to audiences who may not have a chance to view my work through traditional means.
Digital representations of art continue to evolve — and so do the ways we engage with them. I look forward to a future where we can project fully detailed images into space and where the digital experience of art might one day include touch, texture or even scent.
“[Through Samsung Art Store, one] can engage with a piece at their own pace, free from the limitations of gallery hours or institutional settings.”
— Basim Magdy, contemporary artist
Q: If someone is encountering your work for the first time through Samsung Art Store in their home, what would you like them to notice or feel?
I hope they experience something that stays with them — whether it’s a thought, feeling or subtle moment of curiosity. The way someone connects to art is deeply individual, and I try not to shape or influence that. It’s more meaningful when that sense of intimacy is preserved.
Headline: Big data for big animals: how AI is helping save Tanzania’s endangered giraffes
In 1956, a 23-year-old Canadian scientist named Dr. Anne Innis Dagg did something extraordinary: she traveled alone to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild—becoming the first Western researcher to do so. Her discovery was simple but profound: the pattern of spots on a giraffe is as unique as a fingerprint, allowing scientists to re-identifyindividual animals over time.
Today,nearly seventyyears later, that insight is powering one of the most advanced AI conservation tools ever created.
We’reproud to announce the launch ofGIRAFFE(Generalized Image-based Re-Identification using AI for Fauna Feature Extraction)—an open-source AI tool developed by Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, in partnership with theWild Nature Institute, to help conservationists track and protect Tanzania’s endangered giraffe population. Built over a decade of collaboration, this tool is already helping to provide critical insights for conservationists to help stabilize key giraffe populations in the region, and giraffes are just the beginning.
Why it matters
Giraffes are found only in Africa—and in Tanzania, their numbers have declined by more than 50% in the last 30 years. Adult females are often targeted by poachers, leaving populations vulnerable and fragmented. Conservationists need data to reverse this trend: survival rates, migration routes, reproduction patterns, and more. But gathering and analyzing that data has traditionallyrequiredenormous manual effort.
That’swhere AI can help.
What GIRAFFE does
Our new tool—GIRAFFE—uses computer vision toidentifyindividual giraffes based on their spot patterns, alsofacilitatesautomated individual annotations and dataset curation.It’sfast, scalable, and designed for real-world conservation:
AI-Powered Recognition: Matches giraffes with over 90% accuracy, reaching 99% in many cases.
End-to-End Workflow: Supports every step of the process, from photo uploads to expert review to seamless catalog updates.
Accessible Design: A clean, user-friendly interface allows both scientists and field researchers to use it—no coding required.
Scalable Infrastructure: Handles thousands of images quickly, processing each match in under two seconds.
Open Source: Available now on GitHub, with tools for both technical and non-technical users.
Every time a giraffe is photographed—usually the right side, which serves as its “ID card”—the tool compares the image to a catalog and either identifies the individual or flags it for expert review. Each survey generates over 1,500 images; GIRAFFE turns what used to take days into minutes.
“Pattern matching software and computer vision has allowed us now to keep track of thousands of individual giraffes. We take photos of every giraffe we see, and we feed them into a pattern recognition software, which forms the basis of all of our data that we use to understand where they are doing well, and if they are not doing well, why—and we can develop effective conservation actions,” said Derek Lee and Monica Bond at Wild Nature Institute.”
A model for broader conservation
GIRAFFE’s architecture isn’t just for giraffes. It can be adapted for any species with distinctive visual patterns—zebras, tigers, whale sharks, and more. That’s the power of open science: we build once, and the benefits multiply.
We’re especially grateful to the Wild Nature Institute and the Masai Giraffe Conservation Project. Their tireless fieldwork, deep expertise, and shared commitment have made this progress possible.
At Microsoft, we believe that some of the world’s biggest challenges—climate, biodiversity, sustainability—require not only commitment, but collaboration. AI alone won’t save the giraffes. But in the hands of dedicated scientists, it can make a world of difference.
Let’s make sure the tallest land mammals on Earth still have a place to stand.
Headline: Strengthen business resilience with Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop
Build a future-ready IT strategy with secure, scalable cloud solutions
In the face of today’s complex and interconnected work ecosystems, resilience isn’t just a safeguard; it’s a strategic imperative for IT leaders driving sustainable transformation. True resilience means building an environment that proactively minimizes disruptions through robust systems, secured architectures and operational foresight. Resilience means an organization can anticipate, respond and recover swiftly, maintaining continuity without compromise. Security plays a foundational role in this approach.
That’s why cloud-powered solutions such as Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop are essential; they empower organizations to build resilience from the ground up. By enabling secure and scalable Windows experiences, these services help minimize disruptions, support flexible work and protect business continuity. Whether it’s seamless access to apps and data or built-in security and compliance, customers rely on these solutions to stay productive and protected, no matter where or how they work.
Building on that foundation, we’re introducing new experiences across Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop, each designed to strengthen organizational resilience through simplified, secured and flexible Windows solutions.
And to make it easier for organizations to take the first step, new customers can take advantage of a limited-time 20% discount on all Windows 365 plans. Visit Windows 365 todayto take advantage of the 20% promotional offer.
Introducing Windows 365 Reserve: uninterrupted access, secured and ready when users need it
Unexpected disruptions such as a lost, stolen, delayed or malfunctioning device can bring productivity to a halt and lead to considerable financial and operational losses. A recent study, which surveyed 1,000 ITDMs across a range of industries, highlighted the impact on business operations caused by device thefts and resulting data breaches. Seventy-six percent of those surveyed reported having been impacted by incidents of device theft in the last two years, with 33% reporting they were subjected to legal or regulatory consequences due to compromised data and 32% citing disruption to employee productivity. 1
With Windows 365 Reserve, a new offering from Microsoft, employees can have instant access to a temporary, pre-configured Cloud PC when their primary device is unavailable. Windows 365 Reserve provides a secure, cloud-hosted Windows desktop that looks and feels like a physical PC, and is accessible from any device, anywhere, so employees can continue being productive.
Device disruptions are more than an inconvenience — they’re a business risk that can lead to lost revenue, delayed service and reduced employee productivity.
Windows 365 Reserve helps mitigate these risks by enabling:
Business continuity during device loss, theft, delivery delays or outages
Temporary access for onboarding, remote work delays or testing new OS/app configurations
Faster recovery from disruptions, reducing downtime and IT burden
Windows 365 Reserve isn’t your traditional virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution — it’s a modern, secured and scalable offering designed for any type of worker across the entire organization to stay uninterrupted and productive, without the hassle or cost of managing cumbersome loaner PCs, temporary backup PC solutions or legacy VDI access. Each Reserve Cloud PC is preloaded with Microsoft 365 apps,2 corporate settings and security policies — ensuring data protection and compliance. IT teams can manage both physical and Cloud PCs — including these new Reserve Cloud PCs — through Microsoft Intune, streamlining endpoint oversight and reducing complexity. And because users can connect to their Reserve Cloud PC within minutes from any device using the Windows App or a browser to access the Windows 11 experience, there is minimal disruption to their workflow and business continuity.
Windows 365 Reserve will soon be available for preview. Complete this form or contact your Microsoft account team to express interest in participating in the preview.
Windows 365 Cloud Apps: app streaming without the full desktop
Now in private preview, Windows 365 Cloud Apps let organizations deliver secure access to individual apps hosted on Cloud PCs, without requiring a dedicated Cloud PC for every user. Windows 365 Cloud Apps are a great fit for enterprise customers whether they’re experienced with VDI or just starting their cloud journey. They also give IT teams more flexibility to support a range of user needs and scenarios, while maintaining centralized control. Organizations can use Windows 365 Cloud Apps to:
Streamline app delivery for frontline, seasonal or remote workers
Provide information workers with the line of business apps they require
Simplify management with Windows 365 and Microsoft Intune integration
Accelerate migration from on-premises VDI to the cloud
Windows 365 Cloud Apps will soon be available for preview. Complete this form or contact your Microsoft account team to express interest in participating in the preview.
Windows 365 Link: purpose-built Cloud PC device gets even better
Windows 365 Link — the first Cloud PC device purpose-built by Microsoft for Windows 365 — became generally available in select markets in April 2025 and is expanding to more markets later this year. To make the experience of using Windows 365 Link even better, we are excited to introduce the following updates:
Connection Center: access multiple Cloud PCs with ease
The Connection Center makes accessing multiple Cloud PCs from a Windows 365 Link simple and intuitive. For users with more than one Cloud PC and no default set, the Connection Center prompts them to choose the Cloud PC they want to use right at sign-in. This means less confusion and more control.
The Connection Center also empowers users with self-service tools to reboot, restore and manage their Cloud PCs without needing IT support. If something goes wrong, people can quickly access troubleshooting options — minimizing downtime and boosting productivity.
This experience is now generally available, and starting mid-July, the Connection Center can also be launched from the Ctrl+Alt+Delete screen, making it even more accessible.
Connection Center showing multiple Cloud PCs after sign-in
Enhanced multi-monitor support for a more flexible Windows 365 Link experience
For users who rely on multiple monitors to stay productive, Windows 365 Link now offers expanded display settings — available in preview. Users can easily configure duplicate or extend monitors, giving them the flexibility to mirror their screen or expand their workspace across displays.
We have also added intuitive controls to adjust resolution, scale and orientation — all fully integrated into the Cloud PC settings. That means they can personalize their display setup directly from the familiar Display Settings menu, just like on a local PC.
With these latest updates, Windows 365 Link makes it even easier to work more efficiently, multitask seamlessly and tailor your Cloud PC experience to meet your unique workflows.
Accessing display settings for Windows 365 Link
Making sign-in even easier with NFC reader support
We have heard from customers that using near-field communication (NFC) readers helps streamline the Windows sign-in experience — especially in environments where speed and security are critical. That is why, based on your feedback, we introduced preview support for NFC readers for FIDO2 security keys with the launch of Windows 365 Link in April 2025. Today, we’re excited to announce that NFC reader support is now generally available. Users can simply tap their FIDO2 security key on a USB NFC reader and enter their PIN to sign in. This enhancement helps organizations improve both security posture and user productivity, especially in shared device or frontline scenarios. To learn more, check out the documentation.
To purchase Windows 365 Link for desk-based and frontline users in your organization, contact your Microsoft account team or select resellers in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. We continue to expand availability to new markets, including Denmark, France, India, Netherlands and Sweden, with Switzerland anticipated later this year.
Cross-region Disaster Recovery is available for Windows 365 Frontline
Disaster recovery is a critical consideration for any IT desktop strategy. When it comes to virtualization, most organizations consider disaster recovery a primary objective. Since its introduction, Windows 365 has provided robust business continuity and disaster recovery options. Whether for compliance requirements, natural disasters, technical failure or human error, putting greater distance between your primary and backup environments can add an extra sense of security and peace of mind to any IT desktop strategy.
On July 1, 2024, we introduced Cross-region Disaster Recovery, an add-on feature for Windows 365 Enterprise that creates “snapshots” of Cloud PCs. These snapshots are placed in customer-defined, geographically distant locations, and they can be recovered to Cloud PCs running in the selected location during a disaster recovery event.
Today, we are excited to announce Cross-region Disaster Recovery is available in public preview as an add-on for Windows 365 Frontline. Now, in addition to Windows 365 Enterprise users, any user assigned to a dedicated Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PC will also be shielded against regional outages. If you’re interested in signing up for the public preview, please use this form. To learn more, read Cross-region Disaster Recovery in Windows 365 | Microsoft Learn.
Secure by default: New security settings for Windows 365 Cloud PCs
New default security settings are available for new and newly reprovisioned Cloud PCs. These updates mean Cloud PCs are more secure by default and include:
Disabling select redirections, such as USB and clipboard, making it easier for organizations to protect their data
Enabling additional security controls, including virtualization-based security, to better protect against credential theft and kernel-level exploits
These updates are part of Microsoft’s commitment to making our products more secure by default, one of the core principles of our Secure Future Initiative.
Powering high-performance scenarios: GPU support now available in HP Anyware for Windows 365
We’re expanding our collaboration with HP Anyware to support GPU-enabled Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PCs, now in preview. This integration brings the power of PC-over-IP (PCoIP) — a protocol known for delivering high-definition, low-latency performance — to Windows 365, making it ideal for graphics-intensive workloads such as 3D modeling, video editing and data visualization.
With HP Anyware for Windows 365, users can securely access their Cloud PCs through a familiar digital workspace, while IT admins benefit from simplified deployment and management with Intune — no additional gateways or network reconfiguration required.
To learn more or join the public preview of HP Anyware for Windows 365 GPU-enabled Enterprise Cloud PCs, contact your Microsoft account team or sign up to be notified.
Bridge legacy and modern app delivery: App-V support now available for App attach in Azure Virtual Desktop
Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) for Windows is now supported by App attach in Azure Virtual Desktop and is generally available, marking a major step forward in application delivery for virtual environments.
Organizations can incorporate existing App-V packages into the App attach framework without repackaging. This capability streamlines the transition to Azure Virtual Desktop by preserving investments in legacy applications while enabling more modern and scalable delivery.
The time for this update is critical, as App-V enters a phase of extended support. By bridging the gap between legacy application virtualization and modern desktop infrastructure, App attach combines continuity with innovation to help teams maintain stability while evolving their cloud strategy. To learn more about App-V support in App attach and to find information about partner solution integration with App attach visit our Azure Virtual Desktop documentation pages.
Windows App updates: better Microsoft Teams, printing and remote access
The Windows App is your gateway to securely connect to Windows on any device across Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Remote PC, Remote Desktop Services, Microsoft Dev Box and more. Available on Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS,3 web browsers and now Android,4 it brings a unified, modern experience across platforms, making it easier than ever to access your Cloud PCs, virtual machines (VMs) and remote resources anywhere on any device. With the latest updates, we are excited to announce several new capabilities that will enhance your experience and productivity.
Better Microsoft Teams performance on mobile: in public preview for Windows App on Android and iOS/iPadOS
Building on last year’s Teams optimizations for Windows App on Windows, new exclusive optimizations for the Windows App on Android and iOS/iPadOS will soon be available in the newest versions of Windows App. These enhancements improve audio and sound quality in Teams, reducing issues and enhancing the overall user experience. Learn more.
New Remote App launcher in Windows App on web
People connecting to Windows App via the web can access the Remote App launcher directly from the toolbar inside the web client. The Remote App launcher can be used to launch additional apps from the same workspace without switching between tabs, making app discovery and launching apps more seamless.
New printing capabilities in Windows App on web
Windows App on web now supports new printing capabilities for locally attached printers on Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop. Users can easily print documents directly to their locally attached printers, streamlining the printing process and eliminating extra steps between viewing and printing documents.
Native access to remote sessions in Windows App on web
You can now utilize the Windows App on web to access Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop remote sessions natively. By simply selecting the “Connect in desktop app” option from the dropdown menu, you can open the desktop version of the Windows App.
Users can also access their desktops and apps using direct launch URLs in Windows App on web. Learn more.
Resilience starts with the right tools so organizations can stay agile, secured and ready
Organizational resilience isn’t just convenient; it’s an essential approach to remain functional, flexible, prepared and competitive. With the latest enhancements to Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft is enabling organizations to safeguard business continuity, navigate disruptions with confidence and maintain control. Now is the time to explore how these innovations can help strengthen your resilience strategy.
Get 20% off Windows 365 today
Microsoft is currently offering a 20% discount on all Windows 365 plans for the first 12 months for new customers, making it an even more compelling option for those looking to transition smoothly. Visit Windows 365 today to take advantage of the 20% promotional offer.*
* Notice: Microsoft reserves the right to discontinue this promotion, and to modify these policies and the promotion’s terms and conditions at any time.
This offer runs from May 1 to Oct. 31, 2025, and is for customers not currently subscribing to Windows 365. Transactions must be processed through Microsoft’s operations center before 11:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Oct. 31, 2025. This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer or discount on Windows 365. This offer is available only once per customer. The discount price will be in effect for the duration of the purchase commitment. Purchases made prior to the effective date of the offer are not eligible. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient.
Source: Study Highlights Prevalence of Device Theft and the Impacts on Businesses in U.S. and Europe. April 22, 2025; Methodology: study conducted by market research firm, Vanson Bourne on behalf of Kensington Computer Products Group; Survey size: 1,000 IT decision-makers.
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Headline: Huawei and China Mobile win TM Forum’s 2025 Excellence Award for Autonomous Networks
[Copenhagen, Denmark, June 18, 2025] During DTW 2025, Huawei and China Mobile won the Excellence Award for Autonomous Networks for the End-to-End Autonomous Network Operation Center (Dark NOC) solution. This project focuses on high-value Autonomous Networks scenarios, leveraging telecom foundation model and agents, and has achieved significant achievements in end-to-end automation, quality & revenue enhancement, and efficient operations & maintenance, which has effectively accelerated the advancement of the telecom industry towards level 4.
Huawei and China Mobile win TM Forum’s Excellence Award for Autonomous Networks
To achieve the L4 industry goal of “end-to-end automation of NOC operations in high-value scenarios and self-service site operations”, Huawei and China Mobile have jointly created the End-to-End Autonomous Network Operation Center (Dark NOC) solution. Focusing on high-value scenarios such as fault handling and customer complaint resolution, the solution leverages telecom foundation model to build two main types of agents: role-based Copilots and scenario-based Agents. This solution was first deployed in Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, achieving significant results including a 30% improvement in maintenance efficiency and a 30% reduction in average MTTR. Currently, the solution has been commercially deployed across fault management and complaint handling scenarios in China Mobile Guangdong and Zhejiang, covering mobile bearer, wireless, core, and home broadband networks. It is now being promoted to other provincial subsidiaries, empowering operators to serve tens of millions of users.
The successful implementation of the End-to-End Autonomous Network Operations Center (Dark NOC) Solution provides a valuable practical reference for global operators accelerating their journey toward L4. In the future, Huawei and China Mobile will continue to deepen innovation and practical exploration in high-value scenarios, injecting new impetus into the automation and intelligent transformation of the telecoms industry.
Headline: Rosneft Volunteers Clean Up Over 140,000 m² of the Volga River Shoreline
As part of Volga Day, employees of Rosneft enterprises held a large-scale environmental event in Samara and Saratov. Volunteers cleaned more than 140,000 square metres of shoreline along Russia’s great river, removing 50 cubic metres of household waste and debris carried by the current.
During the campaign, employees from the Samaraneftegaz, Kuibyshev, Novokuibyshevsk and Saratov refineries, the Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company and the Novokuibyshevsk Oils and Additives Plant also landscaped coastal areas in the recreational zones of Samara and Saratov.
Environmental volunteering forms an integral part of the corporate culture of Rosneft’s subsidiaries. The Samara group of enterprises has been running volunteer campaigns for several years to collect plastic lids, waste paper and batteries and other environmental initiatives.
Water conservation is an important part of the Company’s environmental work. The Company’s subsidiaries pay great attention to measures aimed at improving wastewater treatment efficiency, developing a recycled water supply system and the rational utilisation and restoration of water resources.
Samaraneftegaz is implementing a comprehensive programme to conserve natural resources. To maintain reservoir pressure, the enterprise has stopped taking water from surface water bodies completely, and now only uses recycled water in production.
The Kuibyshev Refinery is carrying out projects to modernise its production facilities, including its treatment facilities. The share of recycled water in the enterprise’s water supply reached 91.5% by 2024 due to the reconstruction of recycled water supply units, water intake and water pipelines.
Over the past five years, the Novokuibyshevsk Refinery has reduced its wastewater volume by 45%. The refinery has increased its utilisation of recycled water to 96% and reduced its intake of river water by 10.6% thanks to the operation of a membrane bioreactor at the treatment facilities throughout the year.
The Saratov Refinery has also been working hard to reduce its water consumption. Over the past five years, it has reduced its intake of natural water by 57.3%. The Syzran Refinery is reducing its intake of water from natural sources for production purposes. The proportion of recycled water used by the enterprise was 95.6% at the end of 2024. The construction and commissioning of recycled water supply units at the Novokuibyshevsk Oils and Additives Plant increased the proportion of recycled water supplied to 95%.
Rosneft’s subsidiaries are working systematically to replenish the Volga basin’s aquatic bioresources. In 2024, the Company released more than 430,000 fish fry, including the valuable sterlet species, into the Volga.
The effectiveness of the environmental policy of Rosneft’s enterprises in Volga Federal District has been repeatedly recognized at regional and national competitions. Enterprises have won the «Leader of Environmental Protection in Russia» competition many times over the years.
Department of Information and Advertising Rosneft May 23, 2025
Headline: Rosneft Volunteers Clean Up Over 140,000 m² of the Volga River Shoreline
As part of Volga Day, employees of Rosneft enterprises held a large-scale environmental event in Samara and Saratov. Volunteers cleaned more than 140,000 square metres of shoreline along Russia’s great river, removing 50 cubic metres of household waste and debris carried by the current.
During the campaign, employees from the Samaraneftegaz, Kuibyshev, Novokuibyshevsk and Saratov refineries, the Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company and the Novokuibyshevsk Oils and Additives Plant also landscaped coastal areas in the recreational zones of Samara and Saratov.
Environmental volunteering forms an integral part of the corporate culture of Rosneft’s subsidiaries. The Samara group of enterprises has been running volunteer campaigns for several years to collect plastic lids, waste paper and batteries and other environmental initiatives.
Water conservation is an important part of the Company’s environmental work. The Company’s subsidiaries pay great attention to measures aimed at improving wastewater treatment efficiency, developing a recycled water supply system and the rational utilisation and restoration of water resources.
Samaraneftegaz is implementing a comprehensive programme to conserve natural resources. To maintain reservoir pressure, the enterprise has stopped taking water from surface water bodies completely, and now only uses recycled water in production.
The Kuibyshev Refinery is carrying out projects to modernise its production facilities, including its treatment facilities. The share of recycled water in the enterprise’s water supply reached 91.5% by 2024 due to the reconstruction of recycled water supply units, water intake and water pipelines.
Over the past five years, the Novokuibyshevsk Refinery has reduced its wastewater volume by 45%. The refinery has increased its utilisation of recycled water to 96% and reduced its intake of river water by 10.6% thanks to the operation of a membrane bioreactor at the treatment facilities throughout the year.
The Saratov Refinery has also been working hard to reduce its water consumption. Over the past five years, it has reduced its intake of natural water by 57.3%. The Syzran Refinery is reducing its intake of water from natural sources for production purposes. The proportion of recycled water used by the enterprise was 95.6% at the end of 2024. The construction and commissioning of recycled water supply units at the Novokuibyshevsk Oils and Additives Plant increased the proportion of recycled water supplied to 95%.
Rosneft’s subsidiaries are working systematically to replenish the Volga basin’s aquatic bioresources. In 2024, the Company released more than 430,000 fish fry, including the valuable sterlet species, into the Volga.
The effectiveness of the environmental policy of Rosneft’s enterprises in Volga Federal District has been repeatedly recognized at regional and national competitions. Enterprises have won the «Leader of Environmental Protection in Russia» competition many times over the years.
Department of Information and Advertising Rosneft May 23, 2025
Bashneft (Rosneft subsidiary) continues its large-scale reforestation programme in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The company’s employees planted over 41,000 tree seedlings in the region in the spring of 2025.
Seedlings of various tree species adapted to the climatic conditions of the regions were planted as part of environmental campaigns. All work was carried out under regional forestry control.
The Asly-Kul Nature Park in the Davlekanovo District of Bashkiria is a specially protected natural area and an important recreational site. Bashkir oil workers planted 24,000 pine seedlings as part of the all-Russian patriotic campaign Memory Garden. The planting is part of a large-scale programme aimed at preventing waterlogging of Aslikul, the largest lake in Bashkortostan. The action makes a significant contribution to strengthening the ecosystem and preserving the unique natural system of the reservoir. Bashneft-Dobycha employees (Bashneft’s oil and gas production operator) have been systematically restoring the forest frame of Lake Aslikul since 2023. With the support of oil workers, over 100 thousand pine and larch seedlings have already been planted on the territory of the natural park, which in a few years will form four massive forest areas with a total area of 25 hectares.
The significance of Bashneft’s initiative is also confirmed by experts from the Biology Research Centre of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Scientists believe that the establishment of a coniferous forest in the north-western part of Lake Aslikul will help to stop the processes of waterlogging of the shores and preserve the lake for future generations.
In addition, employees of the Bashneft-Novoil plant cleaned the shores of the lake from household rubbish as part of the federal environmental project Water of Russia. The anthropogenic load on the coastal area is high, as the water body is very popular with tourists. Almost 22 kilometres of coastline were cleaned during the campaign.
Over the last 5 years, thanks to the initiatives of Bashkir oil workers, more than 5.2 million trees have been planted on over 1.5 thousand hectares. The young green expanses will soon transform into robust coniferous forests, facilitating the restoration and conservation of ecological balance of the areas.
Preservation of the environment for future generations is an integral part of the corporate culture of Rosneft. The Company implements large-scale environmental programmes aimed at minimising environmental impact, improving the eco-friendly production, and preserving and replenishing natural ecosystems.
For reference:
Basheft is one of the oldest oil and gas enterprises in the country engaged in oil extraction and processing. The company’s key assets are located in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Oil and gas exploration and production are also carried out in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area-Yugra, Nenets Autonomous Area, Orenburg Region and the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Department of Information and Advertising Rosneft May 26, 2025
Bashneft (Rosneft subsidiary) continues its large-scale reforestation programme in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The company’s employees planted over 41,000 tree seedlings in the region in the spring of 2025.
Seedlings of various tree species adapted to the climatic conditions of the regions were planted as part of environmental campaigns. All work was carried out under regional forestry control.
The Asly-Kul Nature Park in the Davlekanovo District of Bashkiria is a specially protected natural area and an important recreational site. Bashkir oil workers planted 24,000 pine seedlings as part of the all-Russian patriotic campaign Memory Garden. The planting is part of a large-scale programme aimed at preventing waterlogging of Aslikul, the largest lake in Bashkortostan. The action makes a significant contribution to strengthening the ecosystem and preserving the unique natural system of the reservoir. Bashneft-Dobycha employees (Bashneft’s oil and gas production operator) have been systematically restoring the forest frame of Lake Aslikul since 2023. With the support of oil workers, over 100 thousand pine and larch seedlings have already been planted on the territory of the natural park, which in a few years will form four massive forest areas with a total area of 25 hectares.
The significance of Bashneft’s initiative is also confirmed by experts from the Biology Research Centre of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Scientists believe that the establishment of a coniferous forest in the north-western part of Lake Aslikul will help to stop the processes of waterlogging of the shores and preserve the lake for future generations.
In addition, employees of the Bashneft-Novoil plant cleaned the shores of the lake from household rubbish as part of the federal environmental project Water of Russia. The anthropogenic load on the coastal area is high, as the water body is very popular with tourists. Almost 22 kilometres of coastline were cleaned during the campaign.
Over the last 5 years, thanks to the initiatives of Bashkir oil workers, more than 5.2 million trees have been planted on over 1.5 thousand hectares. The young green expanses will soon transform into robust coniferous forests, facilitating the restoration and conservation of ecological balance of the areas.
Preservation of the environment for future generations is an integral part of the corporate culture of Rosneft. The Company implements large-scale environmental programmes aimed at minimising environmental impact, improving the eco-friendly production, and preserving and replenishing natural ecosystems.
For reference:
Basheft is one of the oldest oil and gas enterprises in the country engaged in oil extraction and processing. The company’s key assets are located in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Oil and gas exploration and production are also carried out in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area-Yugra, Nenets Autonomous Area, Orenburg Region and the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Department of Information and Advertising Rosneft May 26, 2025
Headline: Huawei Showcases 5G-A Development and Value of Scenario-based AI
[Shanghai, China, June 18, 2025] During MWC Shanghai 2025, Huawei is showcasing new developments in 5G Advanced (5G-A) experience monetization and scenario-based services powered by AI agents. The company’s exhibition at this year’s event has been titled “Accelerating the Intelligent World” as they intend to meet with global carriers, industry partners, and opinion leaders to discuss new paths for carrier development that focus on creating value using AI.
Huawei’s showcase is focusing on their latest innovations in three areas:
Services: Huawei is expected to announce the success of a number of 5G-A experience monetization and scenario-based AI application (AI-to-X) projects they have carried out in collaboration with China’s three major carriers.
Infrastructure: Huawei is hosting presentations by their carrier partners on their recent experience in building AI-centric networks, and will discuss how to create AI computing hubs that can enable business success with AI. The company will also launch a new comprehensive AI Ultra-Broadband (AI UBB) solution that covers all network layers from home broadband to transport networks. The solution will come with end-to-end built-in computing power and comprehensive performance enhancements aimed at accelerating network evolution towards higher-level autonomy, which will in turn improve AI application experience and enable business growth.
Operations: Huawei and China’s three major carriers will jointly share their latest best practices and achievements in intelligent wireless network operations and intelligent home broadband operations, as well as AI computing services for training and inference. These practices help carriers build, maintain, and utilize computing power.
Commercial 5G-A adoption is expected to accelerate in a number of regions in 2025, including China, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Carriers in these regions are actively exploring experience monetization models.
Eric Xu, Huawei’s Deputy Chairman and Rotating Chairman, gave a keynote on pathways for driving growth in the telecoms industry. Xu began his speech by sharing observations about the current status of the telecoms industry: “After nearly four decades of rapid growth, the industry has entered a period of steady development, while facing some challenges to new growth.”
He proceeded to expand on four potential pathways to growth:
Ramping up for changes in user needs and meeting new demands with high growth potential
Boosting HD video supply and consumption through coordinated effort across the ecosystem
Bringing 5G to every car for new growth in intelligent connected vehicles
Bringing FTTR to micro and small businesses to make the most of opportunities in AI
“Of course, every carrier is different,” concluded Xu. “Their markets are different, their business environment is different – and so is their competitive landscape. So the pathways to growth are different too. We’re ready and willing to work together, helping carriers explore opportunities unique to them and carve out the right pathways to long-term, sustainable growth.”
Huawei’s booths in Hall N1 at MWC Shanghai 2025
China has emerged as a global pioneer in 5G-A, with 5G-A already available in over 300 of its cities. Carriers now offer 5G-A mobile plans in more than 30 Chinese provinces and the country currently has over 10 million 5G-A users. Carriers in China, the Middle East, and other regions are also exploring the new value framework for experience monetization by introducing premium upgrade initiatives. 5G-A offers users ultra-fast networks and fuels intelligent transformation in multiple sectors, including smart living, transportation, and manufacturing.
The communications industry is facing significant disruption thanks to AI-driven innovation. The success of new experience monetization models also indicates the industry will soon enter a new era of growth. These changes are expected to reshape the way people interact with each other, with organizations, and with society.
Carriers are uniquely positioned to embrace this surge in AI and explore new AI applications because of their inherent strengths in cloud, network, intelligence, and computing. They are using AI to transform their services, infrastructure, and operations, which is unlocking new drivers for business growth.
Many carriers are rebranding themselves as providers of personalized, integrated, and high-quality AI agents that are accessible to consumers anytime and anywhere. Within the smart home market, they are upgrading existing services by enabling coordination between various smart devices to enhance smart home companionship. Carriers are also moving into the in-vehicle services market by integrating AI agents with vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies to create smart, mobile third spaces that deliver new experiences for monetization. For businesses, they are upgrading their capabilities by enhancing computing-network services and model-based services that will deeply empower production and operations.
MWC Shanghai 2025 will be held from June 18 to June 20 in Shanghai, China. During the event, Huawei will showcase its latest products and solutions in Hall N1 of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC).
The commercial adoption of 5G-Advanced is accelerating in 2025. Huawei collaborates with global carriers, industry experts, and opinion leaders to explore how innovations in AI can be used to reshape telecom services, infrastructure, and operations to generate new revenue sources and accelerate the transition towards an intelligent world.
For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwcs2025
The Czech National Bank ranks among the best employers in the Czech Republic, according to the results of the prestigious Pluxee Employer of the Year 2025 competition, which recognises companies with an excellent approach to their employees. In the national round of the contest, the central bank placed third in the category for organisations with up to 5,000 employees, based on an assessment of a whole range of objective indicators in the human resources area.
The award was accepted on behalf of the CNB by Helena Dybová, Director of the Human Resources Division. “We greatly appreciate being ranked among the top employers in the Czech Republic. This is confirmation for us that we offer an attractive, fair and motivating work environment to both job applicants and current employees,” Helena Dybová said.
The CNB creates conditions that allow employees to grow professionally and personally, while simultaneously emphasising work-life balance. For example, it offers a broad range of training programmes both in the Czech Republic and abroad, and flexible working arrangements, including the option of working from home. Five weeks of annual leave, sick days, health care, a canteen, CNB-operated banking services, pension scheme contributions and the Cafeteria benefits system offering contributions for sport, culture, travel and health come as standard. Various social and cultural events and club-based activities (such as sports) help to build a stronger employee community.
Every year, the Pluxee Employer of the Year competition evaluates employers using the globally recognised Saratoga methodology, overseen by PricewaterhouseCoopers Czech Republic. It assesses 14 objective indicators in areas such as training, employee benefits, staff turnover, corporate social responsibility, and financials.;
Manama, Bahrain – 18 June 2025: H.E. Khalid Humaidan, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), recently participated in the opening session at the HSBC GCC Exchanges 2025 Conference in a fireside chat titled “Bahrain’s Financial Sector: Reform Momentum, Market Confidence and Talent-Led Growth”. Held from 16th to 19th June in London, United Kingdom, the event brings together representatives from GCC exchanges, alongside a number of international officials and investors.
Moderated by Mr. Joseph Ghorayeb, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bahrain, the fireside chat with H.E. the Governor underscored the CBB’s pivotal role in developing a regulatory framework that fosters innovation and advances financial services in the Kingdom. Leading the conversation, H.E. the Governor highlighted CBB’s efforts to attract foreign investments, enhance market competitiveness, and support national economic growth through sound regulatory reforms. He also emphasized the importance of human capital development aligned with global standards as a pillar of long-term sectoral advancement.
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s delegation includes H.E. Khalid Humaidan, Governor of the CBB; Mr. Yousif Al Yousif, Chairman of Bahrain Bourse; Shaikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa, Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Bourse; Mrs. Hesa Al Sada, Executive Director of Central Banking and Macro-Prudential Oversight at the CBB; and Mr. Mubarak Nabeel Matar, Assistant Undersecretary of Financial Operation at the Ministry of Finance and National Economy.
During the event, the Bahraini delegation attended a meeting with senior global fund and asset managers to strengthen cross-border investment relations and highlight Bahrain’s capital market offerings. The conference serves as a platform for GCC exchanges to convene and reaffirm their commitment to enhancing cooperation, fostering productive partnerships, and driving the growth of capital markets across the region. These engagements aim to contribute to opening broader investment horizons at the regional level.
Manama, Bahrain – 18 June 2025: H.E. Khalid Humaidan, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), recently participated in the opening session at the HSBC GCC Exchanges 2025 Conference in a fireside chat titled “Bahrain’s Financial Sector: Reform Momentum, Market Confidence and Talent-Led Growth”. Held from 16th to 19th June in London, United Kingdom, the event brings together representatives from GCC exchanges, alongside a number of international officials and investors.
Moderated by Mr. Joseph Ghorayeb, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bahrain, the fireside chat with H.E. the Governor underscored the CBB’s pivotal role in developing a regulatory framework that fosters innovation and advances financial services in the Kingdom. Leading the conversation, H.E. the Governor highlighted CBB’s efforts to attract foreign investments, enhance market competitiveness, and support national economic growth through sound regulatory reforms. He also emphasized the importance of human capital development aligned with global standards as a pillar of long-term sectoral advancement.
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s delegation includes H.E. Khalid Humaidan, Governor of the CBB; Mr. Yousif Al Yousif, Chairman of Bahrain Bourse; Shaikh Khalifa bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa, Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain Bourse; Mrs. Hesa Al Sada, Executive Director of Central Banking and Macro-Prudential Oversight at the CBB; and Mr. Mubarak Nabeel Matar, Assistant Undersecretary of Financial Operation at the Ministry of Finance and National Economy.
During the event, the Bahraini delegation attended a meeting with senior global fund and asset managers to strengthen cross-border investment relations and highlight Bahrain’s capital market offerings. The conference serves as a platform for GCC exchanges to convene and reaffirm their commitment to enhancing cooperation, fostering productive partnerships, and driving the growth of capital markets across the region. These engagements aim to contribute to opening broader investment horizons at the regional level.
Lufthansa is further expanding its innovative baggage collection and check-in service for its passengers. In cooperation with its technology partner ‘Airportr’, Lufthansa already offers this convenient service to all travelers departing from Frankfurt. As of today, the service is also available to passengers traveling to Frankfurt Airport by train from the Cologne and Siegburg/Bonn areas. In addition, travelers with Discover Airlines can now also enjoy this innovation – both in the Frankfurt and Cologne areas.
The idea is simple and convenient: passengers can have their suitcases and luggage collected from their home or hotel. The luggage is sealed, brought securely to the airport and checked in there. Travelers receive real-time updates via a personalized tracking link and a digital baggage tag receipt. Passengers can travel to the airport conveniently and without heavy luggage and go straight to the security checkpoint – they only collect their checked baggage at their destination.
The convenient premium service saves time, is comfortable and makes travel easier, especially by public transport.
Interested guests can book the offer via https://www.lufthansa.com/de/de/prepare-for-your-trip/baggage up to 36 hours before departure. The service has been available to customers from the greater Frankfurt, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Hanau, Aschaffenburg, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Darmstadt and Bensheim areas since February. With immediate effect, passengers at Lufthansa Express Rail locations in Cologne and Siegburg/Bonn can also take advantage of the service: the service region has been extended to include the greater Cologne, Bonn, Leverkusen, Hürth and Brühl areas. The baggage collection service is available from as little as 29 euros, with prices varying depending on location and collection time.
From June 19 to 22, 2025, Samsung Electronics will collaborate with globally renowned artists to celebrate global diversity, artistic innovation and the power of display technology at Art Basel in Basel 2025, the world’s largest art fair held in Basel, Switzerland.
▲ As Art Basel’s official display partner, Samsung Electronics offers exclusive access to curated exhibition artworks via the Samsung Art Store, also on display onsite at Art Basel in Basel 2025.
With participation from approximately 280 galleries across 42 countries, Art Basel in Basel 2025 offers a comprehensive view of the latest ideas shaping contemporary art today. As the official display partner, Samsung Electronics presents a new digital art experience that brings together art and technology through its premium screens including The Frame, Micro LED and Neo QLED 8K.
Immersive Digital Art Experience: ‘ArtCube’ Draws Visitors Into the World of Art
At Art Basel in Basel 2025, Samsung Electronics unveiled ‘ArtCube,’ a lounge dedicated to digital art experiences on Samsung devices. Created under the theme “Borderless, Dive Into the Art,” ArtCube offers a progressively immersive journey as visitors navigate the space.
Passing through a large LED entrance where the Art Basel in Basel Collection from Samsung Art Store is reinterpreted as digital artworks, visitors discover a space showcasing the full lineup of Samsung Art TVs in the ArtCube. Artworks from the Samsung Art Store, displayed across ‘The Frame,’ ‘Micro LED’ and ‘Neo QLED 8K’ screens, envelope the front and side walls to create a deeply immersive experience — one that makes visitors feel as though they have stepped directly into the art itself.
▲ Samsung Art TVs — including The Frame Pro, MICRO LED and Neo QLED 8K — line the interior walls of ArtCube.
▲ A visitor views Basim Magdy’s artwork on display at ArtCube, part of the Samsung Art Store collection at Art Basel in Basel 2025.
An interactive experience zone, powered by Samsung Art Store, is also featured. Visitors can select an artist showcased in the exhibition, take a photo and generate a personalized selfie in the chosen artist’s style, using generative AI — offering a distinctive and engaging experience.
Bringing Art Into Everyday Life Through the Samsung Art Store
Earlier this week, Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new collection featuring 38 highlighted pieces from Art Basel in Basel 2025, now available on the Samsung Art Store. With this launch, Samsung Art Store subscribers around the world can enjoy a diverse selection of Art Basel artworks from the comfort of their homes — without needing to travel to Basel, Switzerland.
As the official display partner of Art Basel for 2025, Samsung Electronics will continue its participation in the annual exhibitions held in Basel, Hong Kong, Paris and Miami. Through Samsung Art Store, the company aims to make art more accessible and seamlessly integrated into everyday life.
The Samsung Art Store* is a subscription-based art service available on Samsung’s The Frame and QLED TVs. Now accessible in 117 countries, the Samsung Art Store offers more than 3,500 artworks in stunning 4K resolution through collaboration with over 70 leading partners.
▲ Basim Magdy, featured in the Samsung Art Store collection at Art Basel in Basel 2025, views his own work on display at ArtCube.
▲ Visitors take in the vibrant, dreamlike works of Basim Magdy on display at ArtCube, part of Samsung’s digital art showcase at Art Basel in Basel 2025.
▲ A visitor captures Lee Kun-yong’s artwork on display at Samsung ArtCube.
▲ A visitor views Marc Dennis’ artwork on display at Samsung ArtCube.
▲ A vivid portrait in the style of Marc Dennis captures visitors’ attention at ArtCube, part of Samsung’s digital art showcase at Art Basel in Basel 2025.
▲ A vivid portrait in the style of Saya Woolfalk captures visitors’ attention at ArtCube, part of Samsung’s digital art showcase at Art Basel in Basel 2025.
▲ The experience zone highlights the Samsung Art Store and lets visitors create immersive, AI-powered photos with animated elements from featured artworks.
▲ One of the most striking pieces at ArtCube, Basim Magdy’s “The Dictator and His Cockroach Count Their Blessings” merges satire and dreamlike visuals in Samsung’s digital art showcase.
▲ Visitors explore the immersive artworks by Marc Dennis at ArtCube, where his vivid, hyperreal art pieces are brought to life with digital projections.
* All artworks in Samsung Art Store are available with a membership subscription. Artwork availability is subject to change without prior notice and may vary by region.
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the Kyrgyz Republic play a significant role in the economy but also present potential fiscal risks. This paper assesses these risks through both aggregate and firm-level lenses. At the aggregate level, the total amount of liabilities of largest SOEs liabilities amounted to approximately 25 percent of GDP, raising concerns about contingent fiscal liabilities. The firm-level assessment based on key financial indicators – profitability, solvency, and liquidity- confirms vulnerabilities, particularly among large SOEs in the energy sector, where low profitability largely reflects tariffs set below cost-recovery levels. These findings underscore the importance of strengthening SOE oversight, financial transparency, and advancing reforms to mitigate fiscal risks.