HONOR plans to transition from a smartphone manufacturer to a global leader in AI-driven device ecosystems and will invest £8bn over the next five years to accelerate AI innovation and ecosystem development. At MWC today (Sunday) the manufacturer unveiled a three-step roadmap highlights HONOR’s commitment to innovation, openness, and collaboration, inviting industry partners to co-create

At MWC Xiaomi today (Sunday) Xiaomi  announced the 15 Series, its latest flagship smartphone lineup, The series features Leica Summilux optical lenses and is powered by Xiaomi HyperOS 2, said to offer system performance improvements, enhanced connectivity, and AI capabilities. Xiaomi also introduced Xiaomi Pad 7, Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro, Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro, Xiaomi

At MWC today (Sunday) HMD has announced its Family division with the introduction of the £229 HMD Fusion X1 developed in partnership with children’s smartwatches manufacturer Xplora. The new smartphone offers parental controls, no default social media or internet access, and continuous location tracking. Parents can manage settings remotely via a subscription starting at €4.99

GSMA director general  Mats Granryd, Director General will depart the role after MWC Barcelona 2025 following nine years in the post, and having twice agreed a contract extension. A successor will be chosen in due course. Granryd has declined further extensions. He will remain as the DG until the end of March 2025 and then

The event has been held in Barcelona since 2006

Commercial launch of the MVNO service is set for next month

Ping has called on the mobile industry to reshape the technology space

New TCL smartphones launched at Mobile World Congress

More than two in five people will have reach of 5G connectivity by 2025, says GSMA

The Series features the latest Honor Magic UI 6.0 based on Android 12, offering a range of enhanced, customised features 

Both handsets come with three-years OS updates, Realme has confirmed

The Cat Q10 is built to be useful in outdoor contexts and it is IP68 dust, rain, snow, sand, and dirt resistant

Ryan Ding also touched on the importance of Green ICT for the future

Attendees at Mobile World Congress, which runs from 28 February 28  March 3, will have to certify their vaccination status and provide a negative test or certification of recovery from Covid-19  to get into the venue the GSM Association has said. This will apply to visitors, staff, on-site workers, exhibitors, suppliers and other partners. Other

Chinese firm will instead attend the annual event virtually

The travel service is to be provided at no additional charge to those attending this year’s event 

Registered exhibitors and attendees to be permitted entry to Spain

After a number of vendors drop-outs, the situation with the event is frequently changing

Ericsson was first exhibitor to drop out 

History repeats itself as Ericsson withdraw from flagship tech event 

Half the usual number of visitors expected

The showpiece tech event usually takes place in February

Exhibitors entitled to partial refunds, tickets will be refunded in full

GSMA cites ‘force majeure’

News comes as Chinese death toll passes 1,100 and more than 50 companies drop out

They follow Ericsson, Vivo, and Sony among others to pull out of the event

List of companies pulling out grows by the day

Vendor’s presence otherwise unaffected 

GSMA stands firm on event going ahead

Products intended to be showcased will be at regional “Unboxed” shows

Organisers GSMA note that the event will continue as planned

‘No registration impacts thus far’

The manufacturer also gave a live demo of its 5G phone

Last year the distributor became Google-certified for Android Enterprise enrolment

BlackBerry grew its UK market share last year according to IDC statistics 

The manufacturer has also launched three new smartphones

Director Mats Granryd calls for “security and trust”

Parent company Lenovo announced its mobile group as profitable at the end of 2018 

Announcement comes amid growing refurbished market

Range of phones includes UK’s cheapest foldable

IDC estimates that 163 million 5G devices will be shipped in the EMEA region between 2019 and 2023

The manufacturer is targeting over-65s with its new products

The foldable phone has three displays and will be ranged by EE, Vodafone, and Three

HMD says it has brought out 34 new security patches to smartphones since 2018

Huawei pledged the money in December to allay fears raised in a British government report last year

Improvements has the manufacturer claiming it can give a “more consultative approach”

But tensions mount as US government tells the Mobile World Congress that Huawei is being “duplicitous and deceitful”

Nuu will focus attention on a number of European markets in 2019

Xperia 1 set for spring launch, while Xperia 10 and 10 Plus are available from today 

The 5G-ready Mi Mix 3 will cost €599 and the Mi 9 starts at €449 

The flagship Nokia PureView 9 will cost a global ASP of $699

One release at MWC is expected to feature a 18,000mAh battery

Huawei CBG CEO Richard Yu claims the vendor is “six months ahead of the competition”

Western Europe president Walter Ji reveals 5G chipset testing is on schedule for commercial use 

Alcatel has launched five new smartphones before Mobile World Congress. The firm, owned by Chinese parent company TCL, took the wraps off the Alcatel 5, 3, 3X, 3V and 1X yesterday (Feb 24). UK pricing to be confirmed. Alcatel 5 The Alcatel 5 available now in certain markets (UK TBC) in metallic gold and black

The MediaPad M5 and the Matebook X Pro were launched at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona in the run up to MWC

All five devices are slated for a release between April and May

The new device will be on sale from March 16 from £739 (£869 for the S9+) and boasts improved camera and AI functionality

The new device is the first handset with ‘ThinQ’, the Artificial Intelligence software unveiled at CES in January

Both phones feature in black, blue and gold. Pricing and availability to be confirmed

The manufacturer promises better camera performance utilising AI

It will retail for £499 with a release date to be confirmed

40,000 Honor 8 devices were sold on Black Friday last year

Manufacturer is in talks with a number of partners to broaden its reach

Company claims it is building the widest portfolio of mobile solutions in the sector

It has since grown the number of vendor partners it works with in the sector to more than 30

UK revenues were up 15 per cent with shipment volumes up by five per cent

Wraps taken off new devices as manufacturer remains defiant on its brand strength

Giving customers control is a key differentiator for STK to achieve its targets

Future LG devices will be unveiled in the new form factor seen on the G6

The firm is currently in talks with another major UK B2B distributor

5G and network splicing open up new vulnerabilities to the Internet of Things

The 2017 event in Barcelona beat last year’s record of 101,000 attendees

Nostalgia study revealed Nokia overshadowed other major announcements from this year’s Mobile World Congress

The handset comes with LED lights on the rear which can be customised to music or themes

It is the first smartphone in the world with a 4K HDR display

Both will go on sale from March this year

The tablet was launched alongside a new Gear VR headset

Devices, which include an updated 3310 feature phone, will go on sale in Q2

CEO Richard Yu unveiled the new device to hundreds in Barcelona

Hundreds attended one of the most anticipated device launches this year ahead of Mobile World Congress for the unveiling for the LG G6 LG has taken the wraps off the LG G6 at its launch event in Barcelona this afternoon (February 26). As hundreds of journalist attended a full house event at the Sant Jordi

It is the first BlackBerry handset launched by the Chinese company since purchasing brand licensing rights last year

On display will be a smart aid for the visually impaired and personal computer viewing glasses

The G6 will feature a 5.7-inc screen and near bezel-less design

Manufacturer’s next flagship model will be unveiled on February 26 in Barcelona

Samsung president of mobile business DJ Koh made the announcement after admitting Note7 battery faults

The Korean manufacturer teased the launch on its Facebook page

Chairman-elect Sunil Bharti Mittal amongst speakers added to line up, with BT, China Mobile and Verizon confirmed as exhibitors

Mobile News was given a demonstration of HTC’s new Vive headset in Barcelona

Thousands attend the most anticipated launch event of this years Mobile World Congress for unveiling of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge 

The new handsets include the Diamond 2 Plus and Diamond 2 Note

Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge premium smartphones likely to be unveiled the evening before annual trade show officially begins

He joins the likes of BT Group CEO Gavin Patterson and Huawei deputy chairman and CEO Guo Ping at next year’s event in Barcelona  

Samantha Tomaszczyk reports on the UK’s 20 ‘best of the best’ mobile start-ups selected by the government organisation UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) to appear at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Proposed action that would have affected attendees at Mobile World Congress 2012 has been cancelled

GSMA is in talks with local authorities to ensure a proposed transport strike during MWC is called off but claims to have contingency plans in place should these fail