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.