Orange Bank is on a roll
Cutting through the noise at Mobile World Congress is a tough job but Orange’s play for the financial industry is certainly a good attempt.
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5G reaches an anticlimax at MWC 2019
After years of fooling around 5G finally arrived at this year’s big telecoms coming-together, but now a lot of people just feel disappointed and used, and are left asking “is that it?”
Telefónica and Microsoft team-up to own connected ecosystem
Every telco is attempting to figure out how to survive in the newly-defined digital world and Telefonica’s approach looks to be one of the most interesting attempts yet.
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.
Ericsson is buying Kathrein’s antenna business
Ericsson opened MWC 2019 by announcing the proposed acquisition of a big chunk of the antenna market leader Kathrein.
Huawei gets in on the 5G foldy phone game
Just days after Samsung’s big reveal Huawei has launched a foldy phone of its own on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2019.
Nokia launches a 5G FWA router and Optus buys some of them
Nokia’s big MWC 2019 reveal went big on 5G fixed wireless access with the launch of its FastMile 5G Gateway.
RAN and AR app revenues forecast to increase rapidly
In its preview of MWC 2019, analyst firm Ovum has forecast that revenues for both radio kit and augmented reality mobile apps will increase significantly in the next few years.
Trump tweets about 6G
Somebody seems to have told US President Donald Trump there’s a mobile industry trade show coming up so he’s using his favoured medium to get involved.
We’re simpler, faster and cheaper – Huawei
For years the Huawei message has been we’re better, but its MWC tag-line might have a slightly different look to it this year.
Vodafone claims first live 5G network connection to a smartphone
Ahead of MWC 2019 Vodafone has been conducting live trials of commercial smartphone networks in Barcelona and Madrid.
Qualcomm upgrades its 5G modem
Mobile chip maker Qualcomm has unveiled its big MWC news early, in the form of the X55 5G modem, which is five better than its predecessor.
No surprises as Ericsson goes all-in on 5G for MWC 2019
Ericsson had its traditional pre-MWC media and analyst fest yesterday, at which it focused on improvements being made to its 5G Platform.
Ericsson bigs up ten named 5G deal wins ahead of MWC
At a pre-MWC briefing in London Ericsson was keen to bring attention to the ten 5G deal wins it already has in the bank.
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.
Events
5G Core – Digital Symposium
- 20-20 April 2023
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OpenRAN World (co-located with the 6G Summit)
- 26-27 April 2023
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6G Summit (Co-located with OpenRAN World)
- 26-27 April 2023
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