GSMA fined €200,000 for MWC facial recognition GDPR infringement
Following a complaint over the use of facial recognition tech at MWC 2021, the Spanish data protection agency has upheld a finding against show organiser GSMA.
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Why the telecoms industry should care about CES 2023
As the telecoms and wider tech industries become increasingly intertwined, CES and MWC are starting to look like two sides of the same coin – with the former providing the consumer use cases for advanced connectivity.
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.
DT dispatches Robbie Williams and an AI Beethoven to MWC
German MNO Deutsche Telekom will kick off Mobile Word Congress with a collaboration between Robbie Williams and an AI facsimile of Beethoven, in what is definitely not a publicity stunt.
Telefonica will replicate its MWC stand in the metaverse
Spanish MNO Telefonica is planning to go big on the very much in-vogue metaverse concept at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona next week.
GSMA bravely commits to MWC Shanghai physical event in Feb 2021
All flavours of MWC were cancelled in 2020 coz of coronavirus, but the GSMA is betting things are going to start improving rapidly next year.
Edge takes centre stage at MWC 2019
For all the hype and buzz which was generated ahead of Mobile World Congress 2019, the edge stole some of the attention away from 5G.
We’re cashing the IoT cheques now – AT&T
Some telcos are readying themselves for the IoT bonanza, but AT&T is cashing in on the connected dream today.
Innovations from the left field of Mobile World Congress 2019
Innovations demonstrated at a fringe event outside of the sound and fury of MWC showed promise to solve some real-life problems.
Telcos don’t understand the hacking community – Oracle
Security is a challenge for the industry, we all know that, but the speed in which security threats are evolving is creating new headaches every single day for the telcos.
Competition is a problem, removing Huawei could be disastrous – Vodafone CEO
With all eyes in directed towards Mobile World Congress this week, Vodafone CEO Nick Read took the opportunity to vent his frustrations.
Telefonica and Seat get the MWC wheels turning
Telefonica is fuelling the hype as we motor towards MWC with connected car announcements alongside Spanish automotive giant Seat.
Nokia plugs AI to get MWC ball rolling
Nokia has announced the launch of its network of Cognitive Collaboration Hubs which will aim to bring telcos and enterprise into its realm to work on a series of AI usecases.
Gimmick or genuine progress? Foldable phones are coming to MWC
Pretty much all the major phone manufacturers have been teasing the world with foldable smartphone launches, and now its Huawei’s turn to tickle the fancy.
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.
We’re good to go on 5G, just need more government help – Huawei
Huawei has briefed the industry on what to expect it to be shouting about at MWC and it won’t surprise many people; 5G, IoT and AI.
Tele2 CEO Mats Granryd moves to GSMA as Director General
The CEO of European challenger operator Tele2 – Mats Granryd – will leave the company to take over as Director General of mobile operator trade association the GSMA at the start of 2016.
LG launches a smartwatch that looks like a regular watch
Korean CE giant LG decided to preview one of its big MWC launches a full two weeks ahead of the even, in the form of the LG Watch Urbane – a smartphone apparently designed to look as much like a regular watch as possible.
SK Telecom platform knows what subscribers are doing
South Korean operator SK Telecom has launched a platform that it says will provide real time information on what its customers are doing. The Context Platform uses data collected by a customer’s smartphone, if it is embedded with the platform, via its camera, GPS, sensors and wifi to discover contextual information about that subscriber.
Deutsche Telekom pilots Smart City project in Pisa
Operator group Deutsche Telekom has announced a Smart City pilot project in the Italian city of Pisa. The project sees the operator integrating a number of parking spaces in Piazza Carrara, in the city centre, within a sensor-based parking management system.
Events
MVNOs World Congress
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Future Enterprise Networks: Private 5G and Edge
- 15-15 June 2023
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NGON
- 21-22 June 2023
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