MWC will stay in Barcelona until at least 2030
The world’s leading international trade show for the telecoms industry will stay put in its Barcelona home for at least another 7 years.
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Red Hat wants to be the default platform for Open RAN
Open-source enterprise software vendor Red Hat reckons it’s perfectly positioned to be the default platform for the move towards OpenRAN.
The public will punish telcos that don’t commit to net zero – GenCell
Green power firm GenCell spoke to us at MWC about what it sees as the need for telcos to adopt renewable energy, and warned of repercussions for any that do not commit to net zero targets.
MWC 2022 was a resounding success despite everything
The return of Mobile World Congress went better than many people thought it would, especially considering the difficult circumstances around it.
The telecoms industry has an innovation problem – Rakuten
A ‘legacy way of thinking’ is stifling innovation in the telcoms industry, and operators will need to adopt new business models in order to not be relegated to utility providers, claims Rakuten.
US telcos set to shell out for more spectrum, starting with 2.5 GHz in July
The US’s next spectrum auction will come as soon as July, Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel revealed at Mobile World Congress this week.
Nokia says ‘the smartphone is dead in terms of driving new traffic’
We caught up with Azfar Aslam, CTO Europe at Nokia at MWC who explained Nokia’s vision of the future, including human augmentation and new technologies that won’t be based on smartphones.
Mavenir slams Nokia and Ericsson for confusing the OpenRAN story
We caught up with Mavenir at Mobile World Conference to discuss the current state of OpenRAN, and it had some choice words to say about the approaches of kit vendors Nokia and Ericsson.
Dish aims for ‘app store for the RAN’ with VMware RIC trial
Dish Wireless is furthering its relationship with VMware, announcing plans to trial the virtualisation specialist’s RIC for its RAN applications.
Rakuten Symphony makes itself heard with Robin.io acquisition
Rakuten’s OpenRAN-focused venture Symphony rose above the cacophony of announcements at MWC with a flurry of partnerships and a bit of M&A for good measure.
Huawei seeks to guide itself away from US sabotage at MWC 2022
Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei has spared no expense at Mobile World Congress 2022 to show it is unbowed by US sanctions and determined to evolve away from them.
Ericsson doubles down on green messaging at MWC
Following its announcement last week of a new suite of 5G RAN products, Ericsson emphasised its environmental ambitions above all else at Mobile World Congress 2022.
Big vendors share the spoils as Orange names 5G SA suppliers
Orange has named the companies that will provide the kit for its standalone 5G networks in Europe and it is going with the big traditional telco vendors.
Nokia kicks off MWC with commercial 5G edge slicing trials
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has hit the ground running at this year’s Mobile World Congress, announcing commercial 5G edge slicing trials with Cellcom and Telia.
Mavenir partners with Qualcomm to bolster OpenRAN offering
A new deal will see US network software provider Mavenir and mobile chip giant Qualcomm collaborate on new OpenRAN solutions.
Elisa gets further into bed with Google Cloud
Finnish telco Elisa has brought in hyperscaler Google Cloud to build out new public cloud facilitated services.
Grave global events overshadow Mobile World Congress once more
MWC 2022 was supposed to mark a return to normal after the two-year pandemic, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine has ensured that won’t be the case.
MWC 2022 is set to be the most diverse yet
Ahead of the return of the telecoms industry’s biggest trade show, analyst firm Omdia has given some collective thought to what we might end up chatting about there.
Nokia is going big on software at MWC 2022
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is drip-feeding product announcements in the week leading up to Mobile World Congress and, so far, they’re focused on the software side of things.
Ericsson wants to put less energy into 5G from now on
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson got its main MWC announcement out of the way early with a refresh of its 5G RAN portfolio that focuses on energy efficiency.
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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