The FierceWireless team is in Barcelona this week covering Mobile World Congress, the world's largest wireless event. Here are highlights from day one at the conference.
The @GSMA forecasts that there will be 1.1 billion 5G connections by 2025 here at #mwc17
— FierceWireless (@FierceWireless) February 27, 2017
Telefonica's CEO, José María Álvarez-Pallete López, talked about "cognitive intelligence" during his keynote here at #mwc17 pic.twitter.com/S2GMPWcJew
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Article: FCC's Pai seeks early vote to shelve new privacy rules, likely pleasing AT&T and Verizon
Article: AT&T knocks $10 off unlimited service, adds $60 unlimited option with 3 Mbps speeds
Softbank's @Son_Softbank says "operators have a big headache" due to declining ARPU and shrinking smartphone shipments #mwc17 pic.twitter.com/uXHym1C6Cr
— FierceWireless (@FierceWireless) February 27, 2017
Article: SoftBank CEO’s 30-year vision covers ARM, OneWeb, AI—but not Sprint
SoftBank's CEO on OneWeb acquisition: “Think of the fiber from the space.”
— FierceWireless (@FierceWireless) February 27, 2017
Speeds: 200 Mbps down, 50 Mbps up
Promises 1B subscribers #mwc17
Article: Following deal with China Mobile, AT&T boasts of scale, flexibility of LTE M network for IoT
AT&T, Orange, Sigfox and others are talking #IoT right now at #FierceIoT here at #mwc17 Fira Congress Hotel pic.twitter.com/ScSS5Tde8u
— FierceWireless (@FierceWireless) February 27, 2017
Orange's Arnaud Vamparys says “We really have the best of licensed and unlicensed” for IoT from #FierceIoT event at #mwc17
— FierceWireless (@FierceWireless) February 27, 2017
Article: Nokia CEO announces 5G FIRST, underscores commitment to Verizon in 5G
Article: With growing sales of Verizon’s Moto Z, Lenovo’s Motorola hints at more U.S. carrier partners
Article: AT&T’s Donovan: With 5G, ‘this time it’s going to be different’