Mark Newman, chief research officer for Informa Telecoms & Media introduces this series of debriefings on MWC 2011. Under the banner of “fighting for inclusion,” Newman touches upon the show’s key themes, including the role of the operators in the many app ecosystems; cloud technology; and rural connectivity.
Over the coming episodes, other Informa analysts will discuss co-opetition; mobile payment structures; infrastructure sharing; network efficiencies including small cells and wifi offload; the myriad of device types; vertical markets and the enterprise.
Episode 1: Handsets, tablets and devices
Qualcomm: Augmenting reality
During MWC 2011, telecoms.com filmed an augmented reality demo with Qualcomm’s senior director of Business Development, Jay Wright. This year (2012) we caught up with him again to see how much the technology has changed in the past 12 months.
What a difference a year makes…
Altran: Connected world
Thomas Desrues, Executive Director, Telecoms & Media Industry, Altran, talks to telecoms.com about the connected world and the need for a smart ecosystem, catering to the diversity of infrastructure and equipment available.
“Connectivity is king,” is the message from Desrues, who expects to see around 30 billion connected devices online in 2020.
Orange and Intel, bringing smartphones to the masses
At Mobile World Congress in February, chip firm Intel marked its foray into the mobile devices space, with an Atom-powered handset co-developed with Orange.
Wyse: Putting cloud in the pocket
Cloud services was a topic on everyone’s lips at MWC 2012. Enterprise cloud service provider Wyse, which also manufactures thin client devices for the corporate environment, is now making a push into the mobile industry. With increasing numbers of personal devices being used to access enterprise data, enterprise mobility management is key, says Wyse’ Daniel Barreto. The firm’s Pocket Cloud solution addresses just this issue, he explains.
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