Welcome to beautiful Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2017 where this year’s event was more about IoT, VR, 5G and AR while less about Mobile.

Entrance to the event at the giant Fira Gran Via

Interview with SAP’s Amisha Gandhi discussing IoT

Lenovo is still trying to keep Motorola relevant in the smartphone market

Sony shipped new smartphones but I’m not sure if anyone noticed

Samsung is taking people for a ride with their VR technology

Qualcomm is talking about 5G

Intel is also talking about 5G

Nokia is talking about MulteFire LTE running in unlicensed spectrum

Serving as a judge at IoT Stars hearing pitches from promising IoT startups

Sitting in a Scania connected truck

Harman is connecting cars and much more (even industrial IoT stuff)

Ericsson wants to help connect all your things globally

Gemalto wants to help you with security and connectivity

Interview with VMware IoT VP Mimi Spier

Nokia brings back the 3310

The LoRa Alliance is making great headway in the narrowband IoT space

Libelium is the “go to” company to get all your smart city sensors

A vibration-powered device with GPS, LoRa and other sensors onboard

Attack of the drones

LG tries to get “fly” with its G6

IoT + AI interview with Kevin Benedict from Cognizant

Sigfox is the LoRa pride of France and is disrupting mobile operators

Head down the street to Fira Montjuic to see where the 4YFN action is at

The Four Years from Now (4YFN) event is where you want to go to see what the newest startups are working on

Listen to great speakers in the 4YFN workshop domes
All in all, Mobile World Congress + 4YFN were great events this year and served as a good opportunity to connect with customers, partners and analysts while learning about new technologies.