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The risk reward profile for attending MWC 2020 is deteriorating by the day

Intel is among the latest major exhibitors to pull out of MWC as rapidly diminishing attendance makes the risk of coronavirus infection increasingly hard to justify.

• 11 Feb 2020

Amdocs, NTT Docomo and CommScope are the latest MWC casualties

Add three more major exhibitors to the growing list of companies deciding not to risk coronavirus infection at the telecoms trade show, and they won’t be the last.

• 10 Feb 2020

MWC cancellations snowball as show implements strict coronavirus precautions

At least four more major participants pulled out of MWC 2020 over the weekend, while restrictions on visitors from China have been tightened.

• 10 Feb 2020

GSMA holds firm but this weekend could be carnage for MWC

Companies from all corners of the telecoms ecosystem will be having emergency meetings over the next few days to decide whether or not to pull out of the big show of the year.

• 07 Feb 2020

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Coronavirus, Balkanisation and Vodafone

Jamie’s watching the rugby so Wei is promoted from the bench to join Iain and Scott this week. They start by discussing the coronavirus outbreak and the effect it may have on the imminent MWC trade show. This leads naturally to the threat of the telecoms industry becoming Balkanised as the US and China vie for supremacy and they conclude with a look at a few developments from Vodafone.

• 07 Feb 2020

Major blow to MWC as Ericsson pulls out due to coronavirus

One of the biggest exhibitors at Mobile World Congress 2020 has decided the risk posed by the corona virus outbreak is too great.

• 07 Feb 2020

The Telecoms.com Podcast: ‘Free’ broadband, AfricaCom and OpenRAN

We’re back in the studio this week after Scott, Jamie and Iain have returned from their travels. Scott starts by reviewing the UK Labour party’s plans to nationalise the broadband network if they win the election. Then Jamie reviews the talking points from his visit to the AfricaCom event in Cape Town and Iain concludes by reporting on Vodafone’s big OpenRAN announcement at the TIP Summit in Amsterdam.

• 19 Nov 2019

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Live, Latin fibre and telco AI

This week’s pod features the usual suspects but in a novel environment, the lobby of the Montcalm Marble Arch hotel. Our intrepid podders were between events, having just finished the inaugural Telecoms.com LIVE event with the Glotel Awards evening to come. They start with a recap of the event, move on to fibre innovation in Latin America and conclude with a review of the recent Telco AI Summit event.

• 11 Nov 2019

Images from the 2019 Glotel Awards

For those who weren’t able to attend a great night out at the 2019 Global Telecoms Awards evening, here are some photographic highlights.

• 08 Nov 2019

SK Telecom wins big at the 2019 Global Telecoms Awards

In the year that 5G finally made its commercial debut, Korean operator SK Telecom’s fast start helped it win three awards at the 2019 Glotels.

• 08 Nov 2019

Telecoms.com goes analogue

The Telecoms.com editorial team have rashly decided to forgo the safety of the digital environment to face their audience in person.

• 09 Oct 2019

Did you make it onto the 2019 Glotel Awards shortlist?

It’s that time of year when even Brexit and the Ashes pale into insignificance compared to the unveiling of the Global Telecoms Awards shortlist.

• 05 Sep 2019

Telecoms industry shocked as Glotel Awards entry deadline extended

Marketing departments across the telecoms world have been caught flat-footed with the shock decision by the industry’s flagship awards event to extend its entry deadline.

• 01 Jul 2019

Enhanced privacy protection is now at the core of Apple

At its 2019 developer conference Apple introduced new measures to strengthen user privacy protection, as a point of differentiation from other big tech companies.

• 04 Jun 2019

Telecoms industry set to finally get the recognition it deserves

Hard working telecoms industry professionals are set to finally emerge from decades of bleak anonymity thanks to the new, improved Glotel Awards.

• 29 Mar 2019

The Telecoms.com Podcast: MWC 2019 preview

This special episode of the pod was shot early so you can all listen to it on the plane to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2019. The regular team is joined by special guest Paul Nolan of CC Group to give us a perspective from the many, many years he has been attending. They compare experiences of the show itself and then discuss what are likely to be the major themes being discussed this year, including 5G phones and the mounting aggro between the US and China that Europe is stuck in the middle of.

• 22 Feb 2019

GSMA set for crisis meeting at MWC over Huawei bans – report

GSMA Director General Mats Granryd has reportedly been writing to members to set up a meeting on the side-lines of Mobile World Congress to discuss what to do about further Huawei bans.

• 05 Feb 2019

Samsung and LG set to launch 5G smartphones in February

The Korean media has reported that the world smartphone leader Samsung and its struggling compatriot are going to launch the first 5G smartphones at MWC and ship in March.

• 18 Dec 2018

Vlogging from Cape Town

Jamie serves up a video bulletin from the AfricaCom 2018 show, in which he mulls over some of the unique challenges and opportunities faced by African telecoms companies.

• 15 Nov 2018

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Glotels 2018 special

The Telecoms.com and Light Reading teams put in a quick quarter of an hour at the end of the Global Telecoms Awards 2018 because none of them felt like coming in the next day. They reflect on a top night featuring the hilarious Russell Kane before recapping on some of the events they had attended that week. There are also impromptu guest appearances featuring Liz from sales and Analyst Paolo Pescatore.

• 12 Nov 2018