TLDR: CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited showcased its ‘AI+ Connect’ strategy at the 2025 World AI Conference (WAIC), demonstrating significant advancements in integrating AI into business operations, enhancing digital connectivity, and fostering global technology ecosystems. The company highlighted its role in bridging Chinese and international enterprises through intelligent solutions and a focus on data governance and cybersecurity.
SHANGHAI – CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK:1883), a leading Asia-Pacific multinational Internet-oriented telecommunications enterprise, along with its subsidiaries including Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau, S.A.R.L. (CTM), CITIC Telecom CPC, and China Entercom, made a significant impact at the 2025 World AI Conference (WAIC). This marks their fourth consecutive year participating in the prestigious event, which this year adopted the theme ‘Global Solidarity in the AI Era‘.
Under the strategic direction of ‘AI+ Connect for Global Reach,’ guided by CITIC Group’s philosophy of ‘CITIC, Your Trusted Partner for Going Global and Coming to China,’ CITIC Telecom presented a compelling array of breakthroughs. These innovations are designed to empower intelligent business upgrades, enhance connectivity in digital economies, reinforce dual strategies for ‘Going Global‘ and ‘Coming to China‘ market flows, and deeply integrate AI into real-world industry scenarios. The company emphasized its vital bridging role in the global technology ecosystem, facilitating both Chinese enterprises expanding internationally and international enterprises entering the Chinese market, thereby fueling the growth of intelligent technologies.
Key highlights from CITIC Telecom’s showcase included advancements in AI data governance, exemplified by their ‘AI Databank‘ intelligent data platform. This platform integrates Big Data, AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and generative AI to create a unified data platform that eliminates data silos and enables seamless cross-system integration. The innovative AI data governance technology has seen widespread adoption across industries and was recognized with the Silver Medal at the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva in 2025, underscoring CITIC Telecom’s excellence in AI research and innovation.
In the realm of network services, the ‘AI Intelligent Acceleration Package‘ was showcased, demonstrating its ability to optimize network routing and nodes, significantly improving the efficiency and stability of global data transmission for multinational enterprises. This solution, combining advanced digital intelligence technology with GSMA Open Gateway international standards, has been successfully applied in smart tourism scenarios in Hong Kong and Macau, earning the ‘Open Gateway Global Application Scenario Design and Development Competition Third Prize‘.
Furthermore, CITIC Telecom unveiled an all-encompassing, multi-layered intelligent cybersecurity framework. Their ‘AI Pentest‘ intelligent penetration testing system simulates real-world attacks and scans for vulnerabilities, enabling proactive threat detection and remediation. This is complemented by three self-built, self-operated, and self-managed AI-SOC intelligent security operation centers, which leverage machine learning algorithms and big data analysis, integrated with AI large model technology, to provide real-time threat monitoring and automated response capabilities. The ‘AI Security Fence‘ covers critical nodes from terminals to the transmission layer, effectively blocking illegal access and cross-border data leakage risks.
CITIC Telecom also highlighted its ‘AI-powered Financial Anti-Fraud Solution,’ which focuses on financial security in cross-border transactions. This solution employs multi-layered identity verification and real-time transaction monitoring to effectively prevent fraudulent activities, safeguarding the assets of financial institutions and users. This demonstrates the company’s innovative leadership in the digital finance area.
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As a key component and strategic pillar of CITIC Group’s new consumption segment, CITIC Telecom significantly contributed to the ‘Technology Innovation‘ and ‘Internationalization‘ zones within the broader ‘Smart CITIC: Creating Possibilities Together‘ exhibition. The company continues to deepen its AI investments, leveraging the CITIC Group’s financial, technological, and industrial synergies to accelerate the transformation of applicable, manageable, and reliable technologies into real-world solutions, reinforcing its commitment to ‘Connecting the world‘ and advancing ‘AI+ Connect‘ for enterprises.
