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Circles, Greyskies, and HCLTech Collaborate in TM Forum Catalyst Program to Accelerate AI-led Autonomous Network Operations

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NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, SEATTLE, and NOIDA, India, June 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Circles, GreySkies, and HCLTech today announced their participation in the TM Forum Catalyst Program, a collaborative innovation initiative that brings together Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and technology partners to co-create and showcase next-generation solutions for the telecommunications industry.

As part of this program, Circles, Greyskies, and HCLTech are collaborating with leading telecom operators such as Circles.Life, KDDI, Orange, and TELUS to jointly develop a new AI-powered multi-agent framework to unify customer experience, network operations, and business processes into an intelligent, real-time operational ecosystem. The new solution is designed to accelerate end-to-end automation, enhance service assurance, and improve customer engagement while unlocking new monetization opportunities through AI-driven insights.

The initiative combines the complementary strengths of the three partners. Circles brings its AI-native digital telco platform and customer engagement capabilities, GreySkies contributes its expertise in AI-enabled intelligent network operations and data-driven automation, while HCLTech contributes its expertise in AI, automation, and TM Forum Open APIs within an Open Digital Architecture (ODA) framework. Together, the partners aim to help telecom service providers continuously analyze customer and network signals, anticipate issues, and enable autonomous decision-making across domains.

By integrating advanced AI capabilities with open, standards-based architectures, the solution supports the transition to self-optimizing networks that are more responsive to changing customer needs and operational complexities. The approach is intended to improve operational efficiency, accelerate insight-to-action, and enhance customer lifetime value.

“As service providers look to meet rising customer expectations, AI will play a critical role in delivering more personalized, anticipatory, and seamless experiences,” said Sanjay Kaul, Chief Revenue Officer at Circles. “Through this collaboration, we are bringing together complementary capabilities to help operators connect customer insights with network and business operations in real time, creating new opportunities for growth and differentiation.” 

“Autonomous operations start with truly understanding the network. By bringing AI-driven observability and assurance into this Catalyst, we are helping operators anticipate and resolve issues before customers ever feel them,” said Dr. Ibrahim Ghaleb, Chief Operating Officer at GreySkies. “Together with Circles and HCLTech, we are showing how intelligent network operations connect directly to customer and business outcomes, turning real-time network signals into faster, self-driven decisions across the entire operation.” 

“Inclusion in the TM Forum Catalyst program reflects our commitment to co-innovate with the global telecom ecosystem and accelerate the industry’s transition to AI-driven, autonomous operations,” said Anil Ganjoo, Chief Growth Officer and Global Head of Telecom, Media and Technology at HCLTech. “By bringing together multi-agent AI capabilities with open, standards-based architectures, we are enabling service providers to deliver more intelligent, agile and differentiated customer experiences at scale.”

The Catalyst projects will be showcased at TM Forum’s DTW Ignite event in Copenhagen (June 23-25), bringing together industry leaders to explore collaborative innovation and the future of telecommunications transformation. 

About Circles

Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its innovative SaaS platform, empowering telco operators worldwide to effortlessly launch innovative digital brands or refresh existing ones, accelerating their transformation into techcos.

Today, Circles partners with leading telco operators across 14 countries and 6 continents, including KDDI Corporation, Etisalat Group (e&), AT&T, and Telkomsel, creating blueprints for future telco and digital experiences enjoyed by millions of consumers globally.

Circles is backed by renowned global investors, including Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia), Warburg Pincus, Founders Fund, and EDBI (the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board), with a track record of backing industry challengers.

To learn more about how Circles enables digital transformation for leading telcos worldwide, visit circles.co.

About Greyskies

GreySkies provides telecom operators and large enterprises with a cutting-edge AIOps Service Assurance platform that delivers full-stack observability across networks, infrastructure, applications, and services. By combining AI-driven anomaly detection, event correlation, and automation with real-time analytics and predictive insights, GreySkies helps service providers improve reliability, enhance user experience, and streamline operations while preparing for next-generation network and IT demands. 

To learn more about GreySkies can partner with you on your Autonomous Network Transformation journey, visit greyskiesinc.com.

About HCLTech

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 227,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around AI, digital, engineering, cloud, and software, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Semiconductor, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, Mobility and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending March 2026 totaled $14.7 billion. To learn how we can supercharge progress for you, visit hcltech.com.

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China Resources Group Participates in the 4th CISCE, Unveils “China Resources Low-Carbon Eco-Community”

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BEIJING, June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 4th China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) was held from June 22 to 26 at the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall) in Beijing, attracting over 676 companies and institutions from 85 countries, regions and international organizations.

Under the theme “CR Ecosystem: Green Connectivity, Building the Future Together,” China Resources Group (CR) brought together its 24 business units to showcase its achievements in green transformation, circular development and sustainable supply chain development both at home and abroad.

Based in Hong Kong, CR operates across six major sectors: consumer products, integrated energy, urban construction and operation, healthcare, industrial finance, and technology and emerging sectors. The company ranked 67th on the 2025 Fortune Global 500 list.

For this year’s expo, CR introduced one Group Governance Zone and seven themed supply chain zones. Spanning 1,325 square meters, the exhibition area is the group’s largest-ever at CISCE and the largest standalone exhibition space at the venue. The Group Governance Zone presents the group’s strategy for building the supply chain for a world-class listed company, while the seven themed zones showcase the latest achievements of its business units.

The Specialty Supply Chain for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area showcases the group’s support for green and low-carbon development in the Greater Bay Area. The Green Energy Supply Chain Zone presents the vision of a zero-carbon future driven by digital and intelligent technologies. The Urban Ecosystem Supply Chain Zone features smart and energy-efficient home solutions. The Dynamic Consumer Supply Chain Zone highlights green practices in low-carbon manufacturing and photovoltaic green electricity. The Health Protection Supply Chain Zone presents CR’s integrated healthcare industry layout. The Technology and Smart Manufacturing Supply Chain Zone showcases core technology breakthroughs in advanced manufacturing and energy-saving, carbon-reduction practices. The Eco-Service Supply Chain Zone demonstrates the group’s efforts to promote digital and intelligent transformation and green and low-carbon development for internal and external industrial chains.

In recent years, by implementing green supply chain initiatives, CR has brought remarkable environmental, economic and social benefits. Through resource sharing and collaborative innovation with global partners, the group has played a leading role in advancing the green and low-carbon transformation of global supply chains. Today, 270,000 supply chain enterprises have opted to work with the CR to build business ecosystem. Among them, more than 2,600 partners are from abroad.

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GSMA MWC26 Shanghai Set to Gather Global Mobile Community as Mobile is Forecasted to Add Over $2 Trillion to China’s Economy by 2030

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From robot footballers and industry leading speakers to Formula E and immersive zones, MWC26 Shanghai opens tomorrow showcasing the innovations and ideas shaping the future of global connectivity

SHANGHAI, June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the global connectivity community prepares to meet at MWC26 Shanghai, the GSMA has published new research showing China accounts for over 40% of global 5G connections.

Ahead of event, GSMA launch Mobile Economy China 2026 report, as well as preview the innovations, and live experiences, attendees can expect. Highlights include Humanoid Robot Football Penalties Challenge, and launch of GLOMOs Asia.

Sihan Bo Chen, Head of Greater China, GSMA, said: “China now accounts for more than 40% of global 5G connections, with mobile technologies generating $1.5 trillion in economic value in 2025. Those numbers tell the story of an industry that’s moved far beyond connectivity into something much more ubiquitous: a platform for productivity, AI-driven services and sustainable economic growth. Seeing that come to life in person, through the people living and breathing it, is what makes MWC Shanghai so special. Tomorrow cannot come soon enough.”

Tech leaders including AgiBot, Honor, Huawei, Siemens China, Vodafone Asia and ZTE will join a packed speaker line up exploring AI, robotics and the future of connected industries.

Also, CircuitX, a GSMA Foundry initiative, will bring Formula E to MWC. Attendees can experience the thrill of the race from 10 Formula E simulators.

MWC26 Shanghai will spotlight the ecosystem’s ambition and exciting technological advances. Including  Mobile AI Innovation Frontiers, debut of  6G Zone; and Constellations of the Future, highlighting the growing role of space-ground integration.

Mobile Economy China 2026 key findings

China now accounts for more than 40% of global 5G connections, with 5G-Advanced now commercialised across more than 330 mainland cities and surpassing 10 million usersMobile technologies and services generated $1.5 trillion in economic value in 2025 (7.2% of GDP), projected to reach $2.1 trillion by 2030Despite 91% internet connectivity, a usage gap of 8% remains, representing millions of people yet to benefit fully from China’s digital economyThe mobile ecosystem supported 7.9 million jobs in 2025Operator revenues are projected to grow from $191 billion in 2025 to $222.8 billion by 2030, with $194.1 billion in capex planned for the period

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Sophia Space Selects Apex to Power RealTime Computing in Orbit

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PASADENA, Calif., June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sophia Space, Inc.,  a leader in space-based edge computing, today announced it has selected Apex,  the leading supplier of productized satellite platforms, to supply a satellite bus to bring real-time orbital computing to enterprise, government, and defense customers.

Sophia Space will fly one of Apex’s Nova bus platforms for a demo mission in 2027, demonstrating Sophia Space’s TILE (Thermal Integrated LEO Edge) compute modules.  

The  deal comes at a pivotal moment, as the volume of data generated in orbit grows, driven by new constellations designed to deliver persistent Earth observation, communications, security, and scientific insights. Traditional approaches, reliant on downlinking petabytes of data to ground stations, simply cannot keep pace with mission-critical timelines, making a new layer of on orbit edge processing essential.

“This is a force multiplier for Sophia Space’s mission to bring orbital computing mainstream,” said Rob DeMillo, CEO and Co-Founder of Sophia Space. “With Apex as our strategic bus supplier, we’re bringing computing into orbit where it’s needed most. This isn’t just about faster data. It’s about enabling satellites to make intelligent decisions autonomously, accelerating innovation across defense, commercial space, and Earth observation industries.”

“Apex was built to power innovative space missions, helping teams move from breakthrough technology to operational spacecraft faster,” said Ian Cinnamon, CoFounder & CEO of Apex. “Sophia’s vision for real-time orbital computing is exactly the kind of mission our Nova platform is designed to support, giving them a reliable, scalable path to bring edge computing capabilities to orbit.”

The announcement fast-forwards Sophia’s on-orbit success, closing a critical gap in the emerging space-based edge computing market, enabling faster responses in national defense, disaster management, Earth observation, and commercial operations where latency and bandwidth are limiting factors.

“We’re building the backbone for the next era of space-to-space and space-to-Earth infrastructure,” added Leon Alkalai, CTO and Founder of Sophia Space. “With Apex as a collaborator, satellites become autonomous computing hubs, able to act on data the moment it’s generated.”

Open for Engagement

Organizations across defense, space, energy, and emergency response sectors are invited to explore partnership and deployment opportunities as orbital computing moves from concept to commercial reality.

About Sophia Space Inc.
Sophia Space is building the future of orbital computing and in-space data centers. Its modular TILE (Thermal-Integrated LEO Edge) technology enables passive computing alongside in-situ data processing, AI acceleration, and edge computing for satellites, defense systems, and commercial space stations—dramatically reducing latency and delivering actionable insights where and when they are needed. Learn more at www.sophia.space

About Apex Apex is the world’s leading manufacturer of productized, configurable satellite bus platforms designed to meet the demands of the rapidly expanding space industrial base. Founded in 2022 by Ian Cinnamon and Max Benassi, Apex manufactures scalable spacecraft solutions for both commercial and government customers. The company set a world record with its first satellite bus as the fastest clean-sheet design to production spacecraft operating in space. Backed by some of the country’s leading investors, Apex is committed to accelerating space innovation through high-rate manufacturing of productized, reliable satellite platforms that enable the next generation of critical constellations. Learn more at www.apexspace.com

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