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Qualcomm (QCOM) announced a new strategic coalition with industry partners to accelerate the development and global deployment of 6G. Revealed at MWC Barcelona 2026, the collaboration establishes a milestone-driven roadmap focused on delivering 6G commercial systems starting from 2029 onwards. Global partners supporting this coalition include Airtel, Amazon (AMZN), Asus, BT Group, Cisco (CSCO), Dell (DELL), e&, Ericsson (ERIC), FPT Corporation, Fujitsu/1finity, Google (GOOGL), HP (HP), HPE (HPE), Humain, KDDI, KT, Lenovo, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, Meta (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Motorola, NEC Corporation, Nokia (NOK), NTT Docomo, Reliance Jio, Samsung Electronics, Sharp, SK Telecom, Snap (SNAP), Stellantis (STLA), Swisscom, Tejas Networks, Telstra, TIM Group, T-Mobile (TMUS), Viettel Group, VNG, and YTL.

Turan Drilling and Engineering, a joint venture with Helmerich & Payne (HP), has been awarded a long-term offshore operations and maintenance contract renewal by BP (BP) in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan. The contract renewal has a firm duration of five years, with three one-year extension options, and is effective in March. If all option periods are exercised, the contract value could exceed $1B. Under the agreement, Turan will provide operations and maintenance services for eight offshore platforms, delivering a service scope that covers personnel, maintenance execution, spare parts, warehousing and the deployment of a newly established asset integrity and fabric maintenance engineering team.