MediaTek joins hands with Dafa to accelerate the upgrading of global network infrastructure in the AI era. (provided by the company)
[Reporter Zhuo Yijun/Taipei Report] The AI era not only requires more powerful computing power, but also requires high-bandwidth, low-latency and highly reliable network infrastructure to extend AI services to global users and smart terminals in real time and stably. MediaTek (2454) and its subsidiary Dafa (6526) will demonstrate at Network X 2026 covering Wi-Fi, 5G CPE and PON The new generation of networking technology, from fiber optic network access, wireless broadband to home and enterprise terminal connections, helps global telecom operators accelerate network upgrades and allows AI applications and services to seamlessly extend to home, work and mobile scenarios.
The requirements for networks in the AI era are moving from single access technology to end-to-end service experience. From PON introducing high-speed optical fiber into homes and businesses, 5G FWA providing high-performance wireless broadband, and Wi-Fi extending connections to every terminal device, the three together form an important foundation for telecom operators to provide next-generation broadband services.
MediaTek Group combines the technical capabilities of MediaTek and Dafa to provide networking technologies covering PON, 5G CPE and Wi-Fi, allowing customers to extend from network access and CPE to home and enterprise intranets through a single technology partner. In addition to technological breadth, MediaTek Group also continues to strengthen enterprise-level quality, reliability and cross-vendor interoperability, and supports major broadband software ecosystems such as OpenWrt, RDK-B and prplOS, helping telecom operators reduce system integration complexity and accelerate new service deployment.
For telecom operators, the value of network connection technology lies not only in its specifications, but also in its ability to stably introduce and long-term support for global-scale commercial networks. MediaTek Group has decades of engineering and product experience, with capabilities covering product definition, chip development, software integration, system verification and product life cycle support. With global mass production experience of billions of terminal products every year, MediaTek Group continues to verify product quality, reliability and large-scale deployment capabilities. At the same time, MediaTek Group is located at the core of the global advanced semiconductor manufacturing cluster and continues to work closely with the advanced process supply chain to provide customers with long-term technology evolution and stable supply guarantee.
During the Network The common direction of the three is no longer just the pursuit of higher peak speeds, but through AI, advanced networking technology and system integration, they continue to increase bandwidth, reduce latency, and enhance reliability and energy efficiency to create a smarter, more reliable and scalable network infrastructure for the AI era.
Dafa said that the rapid development of AI applications continues to drive up market demand for network bandwidth, latency, reliability, energy efficiency and multi-device connectivity. For telecom operators, the challenge is no longer just to continuously upgrade a single networking technology, but how to make fiber access, mobile broadband and Wi-Fi work more closely together to form an end-to-end high-quality networking experience.
MediaTek and Dafa have cooperated closely from the product planning and definition stage. Through the group strategy of "large and small platforms, division of labor", they have integrated the technology and product layout of PON, 5G CPE and Wi-Fi, and joined hands with global ecosystem partners to help telecom customers accelerate the upgrade of next-generation network infrastructure, allowing AI to be further extended from the computing power of the cloud and data centers to every home, enterprise and smart terminal.
