Record numbers at MWC 2017 but what did they achieve?
This year’s Mobile World Congress came and went bringing roughly 108,000 people to Barcelona, 7% up from 2016, but what the conference actually achieve?
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MWC 2017
IoT finally grows up and gets real
The word on the show floor at MWC 2017 is that tech megatrend IoT is finally moving on from the years of hype and is delivering commercially.
Red Hat insists EU competition rules do more damage than good
With profitability in the industry drying up, many of the world’s leading telcos are looking to the M&A market for inspiration. Unfortunately, EU rules on competition are inhibiting the prospect of innovation.
Competing in the digital economy means owning the smart home – Accenture
The IoT craze engulfing the telecoms and technology industries promises to deliver untold fortunes for many but for the telcos, owning the smart home market is critical to avoid extinction.
Jasper – IoT just needs to work
At the end of its first year as part of Cisco, Jasper reflects on the progress it has made and the development of the IoT industry as a whole.
“What do we really need from 5G?” – Amdocs
Amid the frantic nature of MWC, Amdocs wants to take a step back from gimmicky 5G mayhem and get operators asking ‘what do we really need?’.
5G-enabled remote surgery – sorting the wheat from the chaff
Following our story expressing scepticism about all the hype around 5G we spoke to some people who are actually following through on all the utopian talk.
Majority of global roaming still not 4G – Syniverse
Mobile transaction processor Syniverse has tapped its own data reserves to uncover the fact that, even now, only 42% of inter-regional data roaming is LTE.
Bad news for competitors – Huawei might simply be doing everything a bit better
Huawei’s success is often said to have come off the back of aggressive pricing strategies, but word on the floor at MWC is that this isn’t necessarily true.
Telcos are innovative, just not in the areas they need to be – Netscout
With many telcos undergoing a digital transformation journey innovation is a key topic, and while many are innovative, they don’t necessarily focus on the best areas to make them money.
Ericsson’s big black box full of AI goodness intrigues at MWC 2017
It might sound more like the cry from Brad Pitt at the end of Se7en – “WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!” – but Ericsson’s mystery box at MWC gained a fair amount of interest.
Wifi finally an ally not an enemy for operators – Fon
Wifi provider Fon’s CEO has said both fixed and wireless operators are finally seeing wifi in a different light, after nearly a decade of viewing it as a threat to business.
Mobile World Congress is disconnected from reality
The word on the show floor at MWC 2017 is that the industry has completely got ahead of itself with all the highfalutin talk of remote surgery and sentient cars.
Amazon could cause Google search advertising problems – Openet
The smart home segment is beginning to gather pace and the leaders are already comfortable. But for every winner there will likely also be a loser so where does Google fit into the mix?
ARM set to do for IoT what it did for smartphones
Speaking at MWC 2017 ARM explained how it’s doing things differently since it was acquired by Softbank last year.
Tech isn’t the issue for self-driving cars, we are – Interdigital
Autonomous vehicles are not far away from a grand entry into the real world, but there are still a couple of hefty hurdles to negotiate according to Interdigital.
“Rookie” Ericsson CEO ducks strategy update at MWC 2017
New Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm opted to completely avoid the topic of his company’s urgently-needed strategic overhaul in his maiden MWC media event.
Nokia stands alone on ‘5G non-standalone’ standards
Nokia kicked off MWC 2017 with the announcement of a new comprehensive 5G solution but the vendor was conspicuous by its absence from a new industry collaboration designed to speed up the 5G standard.
ZTE innovates innovatively at MWC 2017
ZTE treated us to its MWC briefing with one message coming through strong and proud: they certainly think they are innovative.
Chip-makers embark on pre-MWC 5G virtue-signalling frenzy
Intel, Qualcomm and Samsung have issued a flood of announcements all apparently designed to show how incredibly 5G-ready they are.
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