BARCELONA (Reuters) – Carmakers will be big customers for next-generation telecoms networks, helping to justify investment in 5G, but need to be more innovative if the technology is to take off, Spain’s SEAT said on Monday. The deployment of 5G promises to lin... More »
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Flexible and folding formats framed the future of smartphones this week as manufacturers focused on new forms in an effort to jolt the market out of uniformity and re-invigorate sales. But anyone hoping to tap or swipe Huawei’s Mate X, a ... More »
BARCELONA (Reuters) – A man volunteered to have a chip inserted under his skin live on stage at a trade fair in Barcelona on Monday, and another man who had already undergone the procedure showed off how he could make a payment with it using his smartphone. Ed... More »
A 5G sign is seen during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman BARCELONA (Reuters) – The telecoms world is gearing up for 5G, the next generation wireless technology that promises to go beyond phones and link up e... More »
A visitor walks past a mobile mast with an Audi lunar exploration vehicle, a simulation of a Vodafone project to install a 4G mobile phone network on the moon in 2019, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman ... More »
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Mobile data will be used in Ghana to track and control epidemics, helping prevent a repeat of the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, in a pioneering program announced by Vodafone Foundation on Monday. The initiative will use aggregated anon... More »
The Sony Xperia XZ2 is seen on display during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Perez BARCELONA (Reuters) – Japan’s Sony Corporation (6758.T) is turning its focus to 4K high-definition video recording in its new X... More »
Ericsson Chief Executive Officer Borje Ekholm holds a news conference during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman BARCELONA (Reuters) – Sweden’s Ericsson, the world’s No.2 maker of mobile network equipment, said ... More »
Richard Yu, chief executive of Huawei’s consumer business, holds up new P10 devices during the presentation ceremony at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna Phonemakers are piling in to fill a gap in the market left ... More »
Telefonica’s chairman Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete speaks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Gonzalez Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica announced a new strategy on Sunday promising to give customers back control of th... More »
The new Samsung Galaxy Book is displayed during its presentation at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea Samsung Electronics launched two new tablets on Sunday, marking its first major announcement since being forced ... More »
FILE PHOTO – A man walks behind a logo of Samsung Electronics at the company’s headquarters in Seoul April 30, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo Samsung Electronics said on Sunday it would launch its next key device in the aftermath of a burning-battery sca... More »
Arto Nummela, CEO of Nokia-HMD, holds up a Nokia 3310 device during a presentation ceremony at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna Nokia’s (NOKIA.HE) newly revitalized phone business went back to the future on Sunda... More »
People walk past the main entrance of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea Seeking to escape a cycle of falling prices and tight regulation, big telecom operators from Vimpelcom (VIP.O) to Telefonica (TEF.MC) are ... More »
BARCELONA Britain’s BT said it would increase investment in superfast broadband, including more fiber to the home, if regulator Ofcom decides against forcing a break-up of the company. Ofcom is examining whether BT’s networks arm Openreach should remain part o... More »
SEOUL Smartphone maker LG Electronics Inc plans to boost marketing spend in a bid to lift sales of its new flagship handset, the South Korean firm’s mobile division chief said. LG is trying to establish itself as a top smartphone player with the G5, which was ... More »
BARCELONA Most consumers feel they lack control over personal information on their phones, are suspicious of attempts to use it for marketing appeals and many think the problem is getting worse, a survey in major countries of the world has found. The findings ... More »
