Three questions to ask at MWC this week
The sandwiches are stale, the beer is over-priced and the queue for a taxi is a depressing sight, it can only mean one thing; we’re heading back out to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress.
Telecoms.com
Barcelona
MWC 2015 draws to a close, award winners announced
Mobile World Congress is pretty much done and dusted for 2015, after the marathon trade show drew in crowds of over 93,000 visitors in Barcelona this week. More than 2,000 companies exhibited at the show, showcasing an incredibly broad array of mobile tech, and illustrating how mobile is pervading into all corners of modern society. The GSMA claims this year’s show grew by nine percent on 2014’s event.
Telefónica makes ‘digital telco’ move through Firefox Hello OTT service
Telefónica told Telecoms.com at MWC 2015 it is en route to transforming itself into a ‘digital telco’. As part of this strategy, the firm is working with Mozilla developing Firefox Hello, a browser-to-browser video communications service.
Cisco invests $30m in IoT centre in Barcelona
Networking giant Cisco on Wednesday announced plans to open an Internet of Things innovation centre in the Spanish city of Barcelona. From 2015 to 2020, Cisco intends to invest close to $30m in the facilities’ restoration, innovation lab, IT equipment, and talent acquisition primarily in engineering, application development and research.
Facebook, GSMA to tackle connectivity in developing markets
The telecoms industry continued its courtship of internet services firms at Barcelona this week, where industry association the GSMA unveiled a joint initiative with Facebook.
NSN claims it can “double data speeds” at cell edge
Operators will soon be able double mobile broadband speeds for consumers at the edge of a base station cell, by allowing devices to connect with a second base station that serves a neighbouring cell. Nokia Siemens Networks and Qualcomm will be jointly demonstrating the HSPA+ Multiflow feature at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Events
MVNOs World & IoT World Connectivity Summit
- 02-03 November 2021
- View Event
Telco AI World Summit
- 02-04 November 2021
- View Event
Open RAN World
- 03-04 November 2021
- View Event
Microsoft pulls LinkedIn out of China. US tech giant Microsoft has decided operating a social network in China has hhttps://t.co/OgJPYIicW3
15 October 2021 @ 11:22:07 UTC
T-Mobile US still ahead of rivals in 5G experience - Opensignal. T-Mobile US has come out on top in the latest stud hhttps://t.co/seUhpCIOCB
15 October 2021 @ 10:20:59 UTC
KDDI and SoftBank add Nokia to shared 5G RAN ticket. Nokia has secured itself a piece of the action in the shared 5 hhttps://t.co/Cn68c8ETRk
14 October 2021 @ 13:15:19 UTC