At MWC Barcelona 2026, Capacity’s Saf Malik speaks with Tomislav Topic, CEO of Telconet Latam, and Zhou Wei, President of the Overseas ISP Business Unit at Huawei, about how the rise of AI is transforming the global Internet Service Provider (ISP) landscape.

The discussion explores how AI is reshaping the role of Internet service providers, from enabling smarter home broadband and driving new enterprise services to improving network operations through AI-powered automation.

Telconet shares how it is preparing for the AI era by expanding data center capacity, increasing network bandwidth and deploying new infrastructure to support AI workloads across Latin America. Meanwhile, Huawei outlines the technologies and platforms it is delivering, from Wi-Fi 7 home networks to full-stack AI infrastructure, to help ISPs evolve beyond connectivity. Looking ahead, both companies discuss how partnerships will play a critical role in helping ISPs build the advanced, AI-ready infrastructure needed to support the next wave of digital services.