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CGTN published an article on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s official visit to China from February 25 to 26. The article highlights the significance of the visit and analyzes – from economic and political perspectives – how China and Germany have written a successful story of win-win cooperation, and how their partnership injects stability into China-Europe relations and global governance.

BEIJING, Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — German automaker BMW announced plans in April 2025 to start integrating artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Chinese tech startup DeepSeek into its newest cars in China later in the year. Prior to that, BMW had signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba on AI large language models.

BMW is among the delegation of about 30 senior executives from companies that form Germany’s industrial backbone accompanying German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is paying an official visit to China from February 25 to 26.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Merz in Beijing on Wednesday, with both leaders vowing to strengthen coordination and cooperation.

‘A success story of mutual benefit’

The greater changes and turbulence the world faces, the more important it is for the two countries to enhance strategic communication, strengthen strategic mutual trust and work for new progress in China-Germany all-around strategic partnership, Xi said during the meeting.

China and Germany have pursued self-reliance and realized rapid development. Both have upheld mutual respect, mutual trust and open cooperation, and together written a success story of mutual benefit, Xi noted.

In recent years, annual trade between China and Germany has remained above $200 billion, with bilateral investment stocks exceeding $65 billion, each accounting for nearly a quarter of China’s overall engagement with the European Union. Last year, bilateral trade between China and Germany reached $292 billion, up 2.1 percent year on year. China became Germany’s largest trading partner.

The German business community attaches great importance to the Chinese market and hopes to further deepen cooperation with China to achieve mutual benefit and common development, said Merz.

Injecting stability into China-EU ties, global governance

Amid intertwined global risks and challenges, the stable development of China-Germany relations not only serves the bilateral interests of the two countries, but also carries broader regional and global significance.

As the world’s second- and third-largest economies, Xi called on the two countries to uphold the central role of the United Nations, reaffirm its leading role, and take the lead in safeguarding multilateralism, practicing international rule of law, defending free trade, and advocating for solidarity and coordination.

Calling for strengthened coordination and continued free trade with China, Merz said developing a reliable and lasting economic and trade cooperation relationship between the EU and China is in the interests of both sides and is also conducive to global stability and prosperity.

The shared interests between China and Germany far outweigh their differences, and the scope for cooperation far exceeds competitive tensions, said Jiang Feng, a research professor at Shanghai Academy of Global Government and Area Studies.

“This visit by Chancellor Merz to China could bring much-needed predictability and stability to a fragmented world and enable both countries to play their strategic roles in global governance,” Jiang said.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-25/Merz-s-China-visit-boosts-China-Germany-China-Europe-ties-1L3Bn4LgC0U/p.html

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Full stack energy efficiency for 5G Core and DT’s new architecture blueprint for telco cloud enables energy optimizations to scale across the entire core network

BONN, Germany, Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mavenir, the software company building AI-by-design mobile networks, today confirmed its role in two strategic Deutsche Telekom AG projects to optimize energy consumption in the 5G Core network.

First, as part of a multi‑year collaboration with Deutsche Telekom, Mavenir’s cloud‑native 5G Core software and energy‑aware automation capabilities have been central to achieving up to 65% energy savings in live network validation, setting a new benchmark for sustainable, high‑performance 5G Core operations in Europe. Supported by Mavenir with 5G software features that are being deployed for the first time, the Most energy efficient Core uses dynamic software and hardware scaling to reduce energy use and CO₂ emissions, striving for a “zero bit & zero watt” core. This is based on an innovative approach of Full Stack Energy Efficiency, developed by Deutsche Telekom and partners.

In addition, Mavenir is also a key technology partner in Deutsche Telekom’s transition to a unified cloud architecture, the Horizontal TelCo Cloud, a key enabler for scaling energy optimizations across the entire core network. This next generation architecture replaces fragmented, siloed systems with a shared, standardized, cloud-native platform capable of hosting all core network services at scale.

The new industry blueprint enables telcos to harness automation and thrive by replacing numerous isolated, standalone solutions with a shared, standardized platform for all services through a scalable, cloud-native core network. Going forward, Mavenir intends to continue to play a central role in contributing to the evolution of the Horizontal TelCo Cloud, with expertise in:

• Energy‑optimized cloud‑native design
• Kubernetes platform evolution
• Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) tailored for telecom workloads
• AI‑driven intelligent resource management

These capabilities will help Deutsche Telekom progress toward fully automated, energy‑aware, next‑generation core operations.

Christoph Hilz, Group SVP Core Network & Services of Deutsche Telekom, said, “Energy efficiency is a core design principle for our networks. This achievement shows how software-driven intelligence, cloud-native architecture, and hardware optimization combine to deliver measurable impact. Mavenir’s cloud-native core as part of DT’s Horizontal Telco Cloud Architecture were instrumental in enabling our full stack energy management approach. In collaboration with several partners including Mavenir, Telekom has developed a concept that reduces energy consumption across all layers of the network. We are rethinking the cloud architecture of the core network, creating a blueprint for the entire telecommunications industry.”

Michael Cooper, EVP & General Manager, Packet Core, Security & Messaging at Mavenir, said, “Deutsche Telekom’s leadership demonstrates what Tier1 operators can achieve when software innovation is applied to sustainability at scale. Innovative approaches to cloud architecture are critical to simplifying operations, reducing complexity, and accelerating innovation. As mobile network operators enter an AI-native era and undergo a transformation from Telco to TechCo, we will see an evolution from AI-integrated operations being built today to the power of a fully agentic, AI-native ecosystem.”

Joint activities at Mobile World Congress (#MWC26):

• Unlocking telco value in the agentic era will be a major theme at MWC Barcelona 2026, where Mavenir executives will be joined by senior representative from Deutsche Telekom in a moderated panel on Tuesday, 3rd March at 11:00 – 11:30 AM on Mavenir’s stand in Hall 2, 2H60. To secure your spot and join in-person or via live streaming, please register here: https://www.mavenir.com/ai-integrated-to-ai-native-unlocking-telco-value-in-the-agentic-era/
• Most energy efficient Core: Deutsche Telekom and Mavenir introduce Full Stack Energy Efficiency for 5G Core, using dynamic software and hardware scaling to reduce energy use and CO₂ emissions, striving for a “zero bit & zero watt” core. Join Tuesday 3^rd March at 15:00 – 15:30 on Deutsche Telekom’s stand in Hall 3, 3M31 https://mwc.telekom.com/session/most-energy-efficient-core

Mavenir has been a long-term strategic player in Deutsche Telekom’s cloud transformation journey, providing the operator with a cloud-native, converged (4G/5G) packet core with proven network slicing applications. This fully containerized packet core enables advanced 5G standalone (SA) services including live video production, mobile gaming and RedCap.

About Mavenir
Mavenir is enabling intelligent, automated, programmable networks through the development of telco-first, cloud-native, AI-by-design software solutions for mobile operators. The company’s deep telco domain expertise has been proven through deployments with 300+ operators globally in over 120 countries, which together serve more than 50% of the world’s subscribers. Mavenir combines its deep telco experience with the cloud and IT expertise and data science skillsets essential to solving real customer challenges. Its proven software solutions are AI by design, delivering the AI-native future and operators’ evolution to TechCos. For more information, please visit www.mavenir.com

Mavenir PR Contact:
Emmanuela Spiteri
[email protected]

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Adoption of cloud-native Mavenir BSS and Core aligns with TextNow’s focus on long-term innovation

SAN FRANCISCO and RICHARDSON, Texas, Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TextNow, the leading ad-supported U.S. free wireless service, and Mavenir, the disruptive cloud-native telco technology provider, today announced the integration of Mavenir’s cloud-native mobile BSS and Core into TextNow’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) infrastructure.

Mavenir’s cloud-native BSS and Core platform solution is designed to help TextNow to onboard new users faster, launch differentiated service tiers, and expand its free wireless model to reach even more of the millions of Americans looking for great wireless service without overpaying for it. Highlighting TextNow’s focus on innovation, this Mavenir integration delivers a range of features to better support TextNow’s 8 million+ active users, including the ability to manage sponsorship partners, develop roaming relationships, and provision users with independent SIM profiles.

“TextNow has spent 17 years proving that wireless service can be free, can be supported by advertising, and can deliver a great experience on a nationwide 5G network,” said Tristan Huntington, Senior Vice President, Partnerships & Innovation, of TextNow. “Partnering with Mavenir allows us to remain at the forefront of innovation, giving us more control over the customer experience and a faster path to launching new features — which means we can keep pushing the boundaries of what free wireless should be.”

Mavenir’s flexible cloud native modular platform can support every MVNO model and their go-to-market strategy, whether launching a sub-brand, adding mobility to an existing portfolio, or scaling a challenger brand.

“The MVNO market continues to evolve as operators look to innovate and differentiate their offerings – but this is simply not possible without the flexibility and scale enabled by the underlying cloud-native platform,” said Sandeep Singh, SVP & General Manager, Business Solutions, of Mavenir. “TextNow’s adoption of Mavenir is a prime example of how Mavenir’s cloud-based technology is helping to take an MVNO to the next level, shifting from ‘Thin’ to ‘Thick’, enabling a high degree of service innovation and differentiation, and bringing free connectivity to millions more customers.”

The Mavenir platform allows thin MVNOs to enter the market with a world class BSS platform, enabling personalization, differentiation, and smart bundling of customer offers to help maximize revenues. It will also offer thick MVNOs full network level control to innovate and build deep network integration, which includes features like QoS segments, Standalone 5G connectivity monetization, and IoT traffic handling.

Mobile World Congress [#MWC26]: 
Mavenir Convenes MVNO Leaders for High-Impact MWC26 Panel

Mavenir, in collaboration with Mobile World Live, will host an MVNO panel at MWC26, “MWC26 Panel: Built for More, Bound by Less: The Rise of a New Breed of MNO Embracing AI, Cloud & 5G – Mavenir” at its stand in Hall 2, 2H60. The session will highlight how MVNOs can accelerate growth through cloud-native architectures, AI-driven insight, and flexible monetization, offering practical tactics to differentiate on experience rather than price.
Register – For In-Person or on the Live Streaming of the panel.

About TextNow:
TextNow is on a mission to make phone service free, easy, and accessible to all as the only mobile provider to offer unlimited calling and texting, and free essential data on the nation’s largest 5G network. Founded in 2009, TextNow is the largest provider of free mobile phone service in the U.S., and the only one offering free service supported by advertising. We have offices in San Francisco and Waterloo, Ontario and our app has been downloaded more than 300 million times globally. Our phone service helps millions of people connect freely every month. For more information, visit https://www.textnow.com/, and follow us on Instagram.

About Mavenir:
Mavenir is enabling intelligent, automated, programmable networks through the development of telco-first, cloud-native, AI-by-design software solutions for mobile operators. The company’s deep telco domain expertise has been proven through deployments with 300+ operators globally in over 120 countries, which together serve more than 50% of the world’s subscribers. Mavenir combines its deep telco experience with the cloud and IT expertise and data science skillsets essential to solving real customer challenges. Its proven software solutions are AI by design, delivering the AI-native future and operators’ evolution to TechCos. For more information, please visit www.mavenir.com

Mavenir PR Contact:
Emmanuela Spiteri [email protected]

TextNow PR Contact:
Tali Fischer [email protected]

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• New virtual agent capabilities reduce customer effort, prevent repeat contacts, and give service leaders confidence to scale automation
• With 43% of consumers saying chatbots fail to resolve their issues, Zoom Virtual Agent 3.0 can help organizations close that gap

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today Zoom Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) unveiled Zoom Virtual Agent 3.0 (ZVA), the next evolution in agentic automation. ZVA introduces a new execution architecture and expanded AI capabilities designed to resolve customer issues end to end, seamlessly hand off to human agents, and help enterprises shift from transactional service interactions to connected customer relationships.

Organizations face growing pressure to automate more customer service interactions as volumes rise and cost efficiency becomes a priority. Enterprises are entering what Zoom calls the “resolution economy,” where competitive advantage is defined not by speed, but by first-contact resolution, reduced repeat contacts, and end-to-end workflow completion. Yet disjointed virtual agents can get stuck in silos, unable to seamlessly transfer full context to human agents, creating bottlenecks for complex issues. A recent Morning Consult report commissioned by Zoom found that the top three chatbot frustrations among the groups surveyed are failure to resolve the issue (43%), getting stuck in a loop (38%), and having to repeat information (37%).

“Agentic AI was just the beginning,” said Chris Morrissey, general manager of Zoom CX. “Zoom Virtual Agent 3.0 orchestrates multi-step workflows across systems, continuously learns from human resolutions, and provides full transparency into every agentic action. This allows organizations to confidently automate complex interactions. It’s more than a product update, it’s another step toward more connected customer relationships, where AI and humans work together to resolve issues faster and build trust.”

What’s new in Zoom Virtual Agent 3.0

The next evolution of Zoom Virtual Agent operates across voice and chat, and introduces a new execution architecture designed to automate complex, cross-system interactions with enterprise governance. Unlike competing solutions focused primarily on conversational containment, ZVA is built for execution and resolution, securely orchestrating multi-step actions across systems with observability, control, and measurable outcomes. The following new features are now available:

• Enhanced AI execution framework: Zoom Virtual Agent 3.0 is built on the latest Zoom AI Companion 3.0 architecture, allowing multi-step workflows to run across compatible CRM, billing, order management, and other enterprise systems with full observability and governance. This extends Zoom’s agentic AI capabilities by enabling full-cycle resolution rather than just single-step responses.
• Agent journey transparency and governance enhancements: Account admins can now see the data sources, decision logic, and workflow paths behind automated actions. CX teams can audit performance, troubleshoot breakdowns, and refine automation policies, enabling responsible scaling without sacrificing adherence or control.

The following next-generation enhancements, expected to be generally available in Spring 2026, will expand ZVA’s ability to handle more complex workflows while improving reliability, oversight, and operational efficiency:

• Multimodal large language model (LLM) intelligence: ZVA will be able to interpret and act on customer-submitted documents, images, and structured identifiers such as serial numbers and forms. By extracting relevant data directly from visual and document inputs, the virtual agent can automate service scenarios that previously required manual review, helping reduce customer effort and the need for escalation.
• Continuous learning: When integrated with Zoom Contact Center, ZVA extracts insights from escalated engagements that human agents successfully resolved and applies those validated recommendations, with oversight and controls, to similar future requests. This creates a structured feedback loop based on human-agent resolutions, reducing repeat contacts and improving resolution consistency over time.
• Proactive outbound engagement: The virtual agent can initiate contact, confirm updates, and complete tasks based on known events. This helps organizations resolve issues before customers reach out, reducing inbound volume and customer effort.

Zoom Virtual Agent in action

Modern customer issues rarely fit into a single scripted response. Zoom Virtual Agent (ZVA) is designed to move beyond basic automation, including authenticating users, interpreting inputs, orchestrating backend systems, and completing real business actions within a single, connected workflow.

By reducing repetitive steps and minimizing handoffs, ZVA helps increase first-contact resolution while lowering handling time and operational effort. An example of this is below:

• Scenario: End-to-End Warranty Fulfillment
  • When a customer submits a warranty claim, ZVA can authenticate the user, extract a serial number from an uploaded image, validate eligibility across backend systems, schedule device pickup, initiate a replacement order, and confirm shipment, all within one continuous interaction.
  • If escalation is required, the complete workflow history, including verified inputs and actions already taken, transfers seamlessly to a live agent. The customer does not need to repeat information or restart the process, accelerating resolution and improving the overall experience.

Raising the bar for resolution

As organizations automate more interactions to manage rising volumes and cost pressures, performance is increasingly measured by resolution quality — not containment rates alone. In the resolution economy, automation must accurately interpret intent, execute across systems, and meaningfully reduce operational load.

Zoom is already seeing measurable results internally after implementing the latest updates to ZVA in its own virtual agents:

• Query understanding accuracy: Zoom’s no-match rate (the percentage of total conversation turns in which a virtual agent failed to understand the user’s input) has dropped from 35% to 0%, meaning almost all customer requests are accurately interpreted on the first attempt, reducing repeat queries and friction.
• Significant time savings: On Zoom’s billing team, deflection rates (measuring the percentage of customer support inquiries resolved through self-service tools) rose from 0% to 30% in just three months, saving over 1,000 agent hours per month.

Zoom Virtual Agent 3.0 reflects Zoom’s broader ambition to power intelligent, connected customer experiences where AI and human agents work together to complete complex interactions with speed, transparency, and trust. This is automation designed not just to scale, but also to earn trust with every interaction.

See Zoom Virtual Agent in action

Read the Zoom blog to see how ZVA supports Zoom’s own customers by improving resolution at scale, and stop by Zoom’s booth (#519) at Enterprise Connect 2026, March 10–12 in Las Vegas, to see a live demo.

About Zoom

Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM) provides the AI-first, open work platform built for human connection and purposefully designed to move conversations to completion. From entrepreneurs to global enterprises, customers choose Zoom to seamlessly collaborate, communicate, and drive outcomes across meetings, chat, phone, contact center, events, and more — all with the built-in assistance of Zoom AI Companion. Founded in 2011, Zoom is headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit zoom.com.

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Travis Isaman
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HOUSTON, Feb. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LyondellBasell (NYSE:LYB) today announced updates to its 2030 climate and circularity goals amid the need for disciplined capital allocation, evolving market conditions and regulatory developments. The goals remain ambitious, while balancing the need to adjust for near-term achievability. The company’s three-pillared strategy remains unchanged: growing and upgrading the core, building a profitable circular and low-carbon business, and stepping up performance and culture. To ensure alignment with the strategy and reflect the realities of today’s operating environment, the updated goals are as follows:

• Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions reduction: 32% by 2030, relative to a 2020 baseline.¹
• Circularity: produce and market 800,000 metric tons of recycled and renewable-based polymers annually by 2030.²

“Over the past several years, we have made measurable progress and gained a deeper understanding of factors that enable us to deliver value from circular and low carbon solutions, including the pace of policy adoption and implementation, market demand and technology readiness. At the same time, maintaining capital discipline is essential in the current economic environment,” said Peter Vanacker, chief executive officer of LYB. “We will continue to create value for our stakeholders through being a leader in sustainability in the chemical industry and executing our strategy. These updates to our goals ensure we remain focused on advancing sustainability as a key value driver of our business at a pace aligned with market conditions and the regulatory environment.”

To date, the company has achieved significant milestones, including advancing construction of the MoReTec-1 plant, the company’s first commercial-scale catalytic chemical recycling plant using its proprietary MoReTec technology in Wesseling, Germany, targeting future profitable growth in circular and low-carbon solutions. The company has also made progress in reducing emissions, including at the Houston Refinery site, and through value-creating energy efficiency measures at its manufacturing sites via its Value Enhancement Program, and securing sufficient projects to reach the company target of procuring a minimum of 50% of electricity from renewable sources by 2030 (based on 2020 procured levels).

The updated goals will not impact supply commitments or commercial contracts.

Details on LyondellBasell’s refreshed sustainability approach and the enablers that impact the achievement of its sustainability goals will be shared in the company’s annual Sustainability Report in April 2026.

About LyondellBasell

We are LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) – a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through advanced technology and focused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy. Across all we do, we aim to unlock value for our customers, investors and society. As one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin technologies, we develop, manufacture and market high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.

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The statements in this release relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon the expectations and assumptions of management of LyondellBasell, including expectations based on third-party information and projections, which are believed to be reasonable at the time made and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. When used in this release, the words “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “strategy,” “goal,” “ambition,” “”achieve,” “pathway,” “enable,” “target,” “should,” “will,” “expect,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. In addition, any statements that refer to LyondellBasell’s sustainability goals and related efforts are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially based on factors including, but not limited to, market conditions, the business cyclicality of the chemical, polymers and refining industries; the availability, cost and price volatility of raw materials and utilities, particularly the cost of oil, natural gas, and associated natural gas liquids; our ability to meet our sustainability goals, including the ability to  operate safely,  increase production of recycled and renewable-based polymers, and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage; implementation of new technology and the ability to realize the expected benefits therefrom; our ability to access capital to fund our climate related initiatives; our ability to complete construction and successfully operate MoReTec-1; actions by our suppliers and customers, including the use of the Circulen family of products; our ability to procure renewable energy and reduce our reliance on coal; competitive product and pricing pressures; labor conditions; operating interruptions (including leaks, explosions, fires, weather-related incidents, mechanical failure, unscheduled downtime, supplier disruptions, labor shortages, strikes, work stoppages or other labor difficulties, transportation interruptions, spills and releases and other environmental risks); the supply/demand balances for our and our joint ventures’ products, and the related effects of industry production capacities and operating rates; our ability to manage costs; future financial and operating results; climate change developments; legal and environmental proceedings; tax rulings, consequences or proceedings; technological developments, and our ability to develop new products and process technologies; and potential governmental regulatory actions, including climate related disclosure requirements. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the “Risk Factors” section of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2026 and in our subsequent filings with the SEC, which can be found at www.LyondellBasell.com on the Investors page and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, and are urged to carefully review and consider the disclosures, including but not limited to those regarding the risks we face, in the documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There is no assurance that any of the actions, events or results of the forward-looking statements will occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on our ability to achieve our strategies or goals, our results of operations or our financial condition. Many of the standards, metrics, technology and assumptions used in preparing the company’s goals and strategy continue to evolve and are based on management assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation but should not be considered guarantees. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made and are based on the estimates and opinions of management of LyondellBasell at the time the statements are made. LyondellBasell does not assume, and expressly disclaims, any obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management’s estimates or opinions change, except as required by law. The company is not obligating itself to provide any specific disclosure in the future (including with respect to the goals and progress reported herein), except as it determines to do so.

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¹ Previous goal: 42% reduction by 2030, relative to a 2020 baseline.
² Previous goal: produce and market 2 million metric tons of recycled and renewable-based polymers annually by 2030. Production and marketing includes: joint venture production marketed by LYB plus our pro rata share of the remaining production produced and marketed by the joint venture, and production via third-party tolling arrangements.

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From MVNO to MNO Enabled by Mavenir’s Cloud-Native OSS/BSS Platform

Tune Talk now operates an independent, software‑defined network by modernising its OSS and BSS layers with Mavenir’s cloud‑native platforms

Tune Talk now operates an independent, software‑defined network by modernising its OSS and BSS layers with Mavenir’s cloud‑native platforms

KUALA LUMUR, Malaysia and RICHARDSON, Texas, Feb. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tune Talk, one of Malaysia’s most recognized mobile brands, has completed its evolution into a fully independent, cloud-native mobile network operator (MNO) through a strategic partnership with Mavenir, the network software provider building AI‑driven mobile infrastructure. The deployment enables Tune Talk to operate its own network systems end‑to‑end, unlocking new speed, agility, and innovation capabilities ahead of its next phase of growth.

The shift has been enabled by adopting Mavenir’s cloud-native OSS and BSS solutions, giving Tune Talk full control of its network operations and digital service platforms, and providing a software-driven foundation for future growth.

By modernising its OSS and BSS layers with Mavenir’s cloud‑native platforms, Tune Talk now operates an independent, software‑defined network. This upgrade enables faster service deployment, more personalised AI‑driven customer experiences, and improved network reliability.

The new architecture has already accelerated the rollout of digital services, including MyDigital ID integration, Mastercard ID Theft Protection, free Personal Accident Insurance, foodpanda benefits, and in‑app streaming content such as drama and game subscriptions.

Tune Talk’s new cloud-native operational environment features zero-touch processes and self-healing automation, improving network stability while reducing operational overheads.

Phase two will deepen Tune Talk’s AI‑driven transformation, introducing advanced orchestration, next-generation BSS. These capabilities will further enhance network performance, accelerate service delivery, and unlock new revenue streams through contextual, personalised offers.

“Becoming a fully cloud-native MNO marks the start of a new chapter for Tune Talk and reinforces our ambition to build a smarter, more agile mobile network for Malaysia and beyond,” said Tune Talk CEO Gurtaj Singh Padda. “These foundations enable us to move faster, personalise services at scale, and unlock new value through AI-driven innovation for our growing customer base.”

“We’re proud to have successfully delivered this first phase of our partnership with Tune Talk, advancing their evolution as a fully cloud-native MNO,” said Mavenir President and CEO Pardeep Kohli. “The Tune Talk team is committed to constant innovation, always pushing boundaries to deliver for their customers – our fully cloud-native approach is essential to enabling the speed, flexibility and efficiency they rely on to keep delivering.”

With this deployment, Tune Talk becomes a reference model for cloud-native MNO operations not just in Malaysia but to also the ASEAN region, demonstrating how modern OSS/BSS architectures can accelerate operator independence, agility, and long-term digital transformation.

Join the conversation at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona #MWC26:   

Mavenir, in collaboration with Mobile World Live, will host a panel discussion at MWC26, “Built for More, Bound by Less: The rise of a new breed of MNO embracing AI, Cloud & 5G” on Mavenir’s stand in Hall 2, 2H60 – Monday 2^nd March at 01:15 – 01:45 PM. Featuring Tune Talk’s CEO Gurtaj Singh Padda, alongside an executive speaker  from TextNow, and Mavenir’s Sandeep Singh, the session will highlight how mobile networks thrive when they combine cloud-native architectures, AI-driven insight, and flexible monetization, offering practical tactics to differentiate on experience rather than price.

To join in-person or via live streaming, please register here:
Built for More, Bound by Less: The Rise of a New Breed of MNO Embracing AI, Cloud & 5G

About Mavenir 

Mavenir is enabling intelligent, automated, programmable networks through the development of telco-first, cloud-native, AI-by-design software solutions for mobile operators. The company’s deep telco domain expertise has been proven through deployments with 300+ operators globally in over 120 countries, which together serve more than 50% of the world’s subscribers. Mavenir combines its deep telco experience with the cloud and IT expertise and data science skillsets essential to solving real customer challenges. Its proven software solutions are AI by design, delivering the AI-native future and operators’ evolution to TechCos.

For more information, please visit www.mavenir.com

Mavenir PR Contacts:
Emmanuela Spiteri
[email protected]

About Tune Talk

Tune Talk is the fastest-growing fully cloud native Mobile Network Operator in Asia. Since our launch in 2009, we have remained committed to offering affordable rates and exciting incentives. As a digital lifestyle telecommunications company, our services include unlimited calls, SMS, and high-speed internet packages, tailored to meet the demands for simple, value-driven products with easy accessibility and wide distribution. Our focus on innovation and digital disruption drives us to continuously provide cutting-edge telecommunication solutions, meeting the evolving needs of our customers, and keeping us at the forefront of the industry.

For more information, please visit www.tunetalk.com.

For media inquiries, please contact:
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