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Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as Verizon secured $3.3 billion from a tower deal with Vertical Bridge, the industry got set for MWC Las Vegas and OpenAI attracted $6.6 billion in funding.

MWC Las Vegas will feature a melting pot of CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, developers and mobile operator executives gathering to drill down on key insights and trends across the enterprise 5G ecosystem.

LIVE FROM M360 APAC, SEOUL: GSMA director general Mats Granryd (pictured) highlighted the organisation's three-pronged approach to accelerate a move to its Open Gateway initiative, which has attracted about 270 operators representing 74 per cent of global mobile connections.

The GSMA’s M360 APAC conference returns to Seoul with pundits sharing insight on the trends shaping the mobile ecosystem, from new opportunities in the AI era to policies for equitable and sustainable digital connectivity.

The GSMA claimed the telecoms sector was taking a leading role in the development of responsible AI with the release of tools it believes will unlock a revenue opportunity estimated at $680 billion over the next 15-to-20-years.

Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week, as Apple unveiled the AI-packed iPhone 16 to much fanfare a day before Huawei’s tri-fold smartphone launch, calls for telecoms market consolidation grew and Vivek Badrinath was named the GSMA’s next director general.

The GSMA welcomed the findings from a report written by former Central Bank president Mario Draghi about the state of Europe’s telecoms industry, with the association warning the continent’s competitiveness is clearly at risk on the global stage.