The 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC) is taking place from March 2-5 in Barcelona, Spain, focusing this year on how AI and smart connectivity are driving industry upgrade momentum in “The IQ Era.” Taiwan Mobile’s delegation to MWC 2026 will be headed by company president Jamie Lin, accompanied for the first time by chief information officer Rock Tsai, who points to the increasingly cloud-based and software-driven nature of both core networks and network management as the global telecom industry advances in integrating AI.

The Indonesian government’s move to cut nickel ore production from 2026 is expected to tighten raw material supply and weaken low-price competition from Chinese steelmakers, Walsin Lihwa said, adding that its Indonesian plant shipments remain unaffected.

According to The Information, Meta has signed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year agreement to rent artificial intelligence chips from Google, marking a significant shift in the competitive landscape of AI hardware and signaling growing efforts by major technology companies to reduce dependence on Nvidia’s dominant processors. Under the agreement, Meta will use Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs) to train next-generation AI models, including future versions of its Llama systems. The deal expands Meta’s computing options at a time when demand for AI infrastructure is surging and access to advanced chips has become a strategic constraint across the industry.