ZTE Intelligent Computing Congress successfully concludes in Italy

• ZTE's Intelligent Computing Congress, a key sub-forum of the ZTE Global Summit & User Congress 2025, successfully concluded
• ZTE pledges to unlock the potential of the digital economy and move towards an efficient, green, and intelligent sustainable future through open collaboration and intelligent computing solutions

Milan, Italy, October 10, 2025 — ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, successfully concluded its Intelligent Computing Congress in Milan, Italy on October 7, 2025. This major industry event brought together leaders from across the intelligent computing ecosystem, including AMD, Turkcell, Red Hat, Fastweb&Vodafone, and Whale Cloud, to explore the future of AI integration and digital transformation.

The congress focused on building an open digital intelligence ecosystem and accelerating industrial cooperation. Discussions centered around full-stack, all-scenario intelligent computing solutions and multi-form smart terminals under the concept of "AI for All", with all participants committing to promoting the joint development of the global digital future.

Zhang Wanchun, Senior Vice President of ZTE, opened the congress by emphasizing the company's commitment to fostering global collaboration in intelligent computing. His address underscored the importance of partnership. Looking ahead, he expressed ZTE's dedication to open innovation and building a cooperative ecosystem, believing that shared efforts and technological synergy will create a win-win future for all partners in the intelligent computing landscape.

Yang Rui, Technical Director of Cloud & Core Network Product, ZTE, detailed the company's approach in her speech titled "Intelligent Computing Ecosystem Landscape" at the event, stating: "ZTE's strategy centers on 'Full-Stack Intelligent Computing' solution, offering a complete suite from hardware to software platforms. ZTE uses AI internally to boost R&D efficiency and collaborates with partners to deliver tailored end-to-end industry clouds, accelerating the commercial deployment of AI across various industries by making it more accessible and practical for businesses."

The event demonstrated how partnerships and open platforms are driving the evolution toward AI-native networks:

Piotr Weglicki, Global Telco Lead of AMD Server Business Unit, said in his speech themed "AMD EPYC a Game Changer for Telco: Performance that Scales, Efficiency that Delivers": "In collaboration with ZTE, AMD is helping to advance next-gen, AI-powered networks designed to support modern telco workloads, with a focus on flexibility, performance, and innovation."

Aycan Ramazan GÜNDÜZHEV, Principal Telco Cloud Planning at Turkcell, noted in his speech "Turkcell Future-ready Telco Infrastructure", "As a premier telecom operator in Türkiye, Turkcell has been driving its transformation into a full-fledged digital service provider. Focusing on enhanced horizontal scalability and agile service delivery, Turkcell aims to maximize operational efficiency and service excellence. To realize this vision, the company launched the Unified Telco Cloud platform — a future-ready virtualization infrastructure, developed together with ZTE/Netas. That platform already powers over 4,000 servers and supports more than 40 applications."

Federico Nebiolo, EMEA Lead Architect of Telco Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Red Hat, delivered a speech themed "Red Hat with ZTE: Telco Ecosystem and AI Opportunities". The speech explored how the collaboration between Red Hat and ZTE accelerates 5G core innovation and leverages artificial intelligence within the telco sector. He also discussed the evolution from cloud-native to AI-native mobile networks and outlined a pathway towards autonomous infrastructure and distributed intelligence.

Mario Volonterio, Head of Digital Networks and AI at Fastweb&Vodafone, said in his speech themed "Autonomous Telco Fabric: Al for Resilience, Security and Performance": "Autonomous fabrics powered by telco cloud deliver resilience, security, and performance across industries. From finance to healthcare, manufacturing, energy, and public cloud, Al enables mission-critical reliability and efficiency. Partnerships between operators, vendors, and verticals accelerate innovation, shaping intelligent ecosystems for the future."

Chen Yishi, Global Managing Director of Ant Digital Technologies, delivered a speech named "How AI & Technologies Drive the Future of Digital Transformation", showcasing their practices about AI and related latest technologies, sharing AI based IT infra with successful cases.

Sami Muhammad Salman, Director of Transformation & Strategy at Whale Cloud, closed the program with the keynote "AI – Powering the Next Wave of Business Transformation". He showcased how AI is reshaping telecoms and enterprise operating models globally, moving from pilots to scaled value. His talk addressed practical challenges — data privacy, integration complexity, and industry-specific constraints, and mapped them to concrete concepts adopted featuring GenAI, intelligent agents, and enterprise-grade AI platforms. Through telecom-focused examples, he detailed how AI integrates with BSS/OSS, elevates customer engagement, and streamlines operations, enabling faster time-to-value and sustained competitiveness. The session wrapped up with a clear roadmap to embed AI at the core of products and processes — unlocking efficiency today while innovating the telco business model for the next decade of growth.

This congress served as a powerful testament to ZTE's dedication to open innovation. Moving forward, the company will continue to deepen its collaboration with industry partners to foster a thriving, intelligent computing ecosystem, accelerating the deployment of AI across global markets and driving sustainable business growth for the entire digital economy.