News tagged: Barcelona

15 February, 2020

Vendors are one thing, but MWC20 was never going to survive telco withdrawals

A WEEK IN TELCO IT: There’s really only been one story in Telco IT this week and, of course, it’s the cancellation of Mobile World Congress 2020 announced on social media on Wednesday night. It’s hard at the moment to see it as anything other than a body-blow to the mobile communications industry, to Barcelona, and to all the businesses that rely on 110,000 people landing in the Catalan capital. (more…)

19 September, 2019

Video streaming named the USA’s killer app for 5G, as the tech prediction season opens early

OK, I admit it. I have a real problem with the notion that there’s a killer app for each new bearer technology that comes along, says Jeremy Cowan. Perhaps this is because ‘What’s the Next Big Thing?’ is the first question I’m asked every year when I meet people at Mobile World Congress. (more…)

16 October, 2017

An inconvenient truth about IoT security

The current political events in Barcelona provide us with a barely-needed reminder that we live in changing times, writes Rob Dyke, the field applications engineering manager at Trustonic. I was in the city as part of the Trustonic team exhibiting at IoT Solutions World Congress last week and took some time to speak with fellow vendors. I soon saw some fantastic product demonstrations that drew my attention – I wanted to learn more. Frequently though, the response to: “This looks great – how is it secured? How do we know the data is trustworthy?” was a puzzled look and a “It uses our cloud and we secure that” or “It runs on a secure OS”.  Sometimes the response was worse: “It’s a closed network. You couldn’t attack it”.

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10 March, 2017

Nokia claims a first for MIKA, a digital assistant customised for telecommunications operators

Finland-based Nokia has created a customised ‘digital assistant’ to improve telecom operators’ efficiency by providing engineers faster access to critical information. (more…)