GSMA’s Jawad Abbassi on Building MENA’s AI-Ready Ecosystem

Against the backdrop of rapid 5G-Advanced rollouts and surging digital investments among enterprises, spectrum policy and compute capacity will determine whether artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced connectivity can deliver real-world impact at scale. In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, Jawad Abbassi , Head of MENA at GSMA , reiterated that resilience must be embedded across the full technology stack and highlighted the role of MWC26 Doha in shaping the ICT region’s AI-ready ecos