Mobile World Congress

Is The Sun Beginning To Set On The Telecom Sector's Empires?

Submitted by David Pringle on February 18, 2010

Are we witnessing the last days of the telecoms raj? At this year's Mobile World Congress, the mobile phone industry's biggest annual get together, there was a palpable sense that power is slowly, but surely, passing from the longstanding big guns of the mobile telecoms services industry, such as Vodafone, France Telecom and AT&T, to Google, Facebook, Skype and other web upstarts.
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Mobile Industry Strikes Back At Google And Apple

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on February 15, 2010

 Google chief executive Eric Schmidt managed to snag a cherished slot as a keynote speaker at this year's Mobile World Congress,  the industry's biggest annual bash.   But announcements made at the show's opening February 15 illustrate how the mobile sector is struggling to grab the spotlight back from  Apple and Google.Read more

The Drive to Find Money- Making Mobile Internet Services Will Take Center Stage At Mobile World Congress

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on February 12, 2010

It is no accident that Alcatel-Lucent will showcase its LTE connected car, which brings cloud computing to moving automobiles, at the industry's annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Feb. 15 to 18. This year marks the start of the LTE decade. But gear makers have to help drive the creation of money-making mobile Internet services or there will be little return for carriers on multi-billion dollar network investments.Read more

The Mobile Internet Takes Center Stage At Barcelona Conference

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on February 13, 2009

As many as 50,000 people –including the most important movers and shakers of the wireless business -are once again converging for the Mobile World Congress, the annual industry gathering which opens Feb. 16 in Barcelona. Attendance this year is expected to dip, along with sales of mobile handsets, giving  the sector less reason to celebrate in 2009.  The hope is that  mass take-up of the mobile Internet will nonetheless drive revenues.Read more

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