Mobile World Congress Shanghai featured exciting new additions for 2017
Mobile World Congress Shanghai featured exciting new additions for 2017; more days, more exhibitions, more innovation, and more attendees! MWC Shanghai welcomed nearly 67,500 of the mobile world’s brightest minds from 104 countries and territories. Attendees explored ‘The Human Element’, addressing the impact of mobile on our daily lives and experiencing the products and services shaping the future of the connected world.more>>
Samsung adopts Isocell brand for camera sensors at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai
Samsung Electronics introduced its image sensor brand ‘IIsocell’ at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai. The new brand comes from Samsung's Isocell technology developed for devices that require ultra-slim designs with high-quality cameras.
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GSMA to showcase mobile IoT progress at MWC Shanghai
The GSMA has announced that the progress of mobile IoT technologies will be showcased via several demonstrations at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai event from 27 June to 01 July. China Telecom will demonstrate how its environmental monitoring service is helping to keep air quality high and water supplies pure with big data analysis as well as emergency response services. The GSMA will also showcase how mobile IoT networks are helping the St Andrew’s University Sea Mammal Research Unit to monitor harbour seals and preserve life underwater. Other demos will include a connected bike, which utilises an NB-IoT network to improve the operation of bike hire schemes, as well as a connected smart waste bin for improved refuse collection from China Unicom.
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Qualcomm has taken advantage of its appearance at MWC Shanghai to announce the Snapdragon 450, the successor to the 435 and the first in its tier to use the 14nm FinFET manufacturing process. Catering to mid-range smartphones and tablets, the Snapdragon 450 is designed to deliver significant improvements in battery life, graphics and compute performance, imaging and LTE connectivity. The improved 14nm process has enabled Qualcomm to increase the maximum clock speed of the octa-core SCO from 1.4GHz to 1.8GHz, while the GPU offers 25 percent better performance than its predecessor, said the company.
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Exhibition
Submarine Networks World 2017 25 - 27 September
Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Since the 18th century when the first submarine cable was laid to facilitate transatlantic telegraphs, the role of the undersea network has evolved to become a mission critical infrastructure to support today’s global economy.
As the world’s population becomes increasingly connected, demand for faster speeds, greater capacity and more flexible networks continues to escalate. To meet this challenge, industry stakeholders will need to continually anticipate, innovate and collaborate to survive and thrive in an age of exploding bandwidth. Flexibility, agility, scale and sound planning will be the key traits of success as the world shifts towards an on-demand, digital economy.more>>
ITU Telecom World 2017 ITU Telecom World 2017 takes place from 25-28 September in Busan, Republic of Korea, a pioneering smart city in one of the world’s most technology advanced nations. It’s the global event for tech SMEs, corporates and governments and is a platform for accelerating ICT innovation to improve lives faster, making the world better, sooner.
ITU Telecom World 2017 combines an exhibition for digital solutions, a forum for sharing knowledge, a networking hub for nations, organizations and individuals- where companies and countries can forge and cement partnerships- and an award programme recognizing excellence in innovation for social impact.more>>
Record audience expected in Wuhan to learn about the next era of FTTH demand at CRU's World Optical Fibre & Cable Conference CRU’s World Optical Fibre & Cable conference has experienced incredible growth since its launch in 2015. This year the conference, which is again hosted by YOFC, one of the leading manufacturers in the optical communications industry, is returning to the Optical Valley in Wuhan China on the 1-3 November. CRU is expecting over 700 attendees at what has now become established as the world’s premier event for producers of optical fibre and cable. The optical fibre and cable sector is at an interesting crossroads, as the high demand caused by the large scale FTTH deployment around the world is being replaced by new fibre requirements in data-centre network expansion and the arrival of 5G networks.more>>
CommunicAsia 2017 Summit CommunicAsia2017 Summit is returning bigger and better, this is THE conference you cannot miss! The Summit will transcend and address 8 key tracks to a delegation of over 700 audience coming from across Asia. Core themes will include Broadband, Satellite Communications, Smart Cities and Internet of Things (IoT). In addition, with convergence revolutionising businesses today, it is imperative for enterprises to adapt and stay agile in their competitive and differentiation game plan. more>>
Vendor/Device
ZTE demos live VR broadcasting at MWC Shanghai 2017
ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today announced that it has successfully broadcast live VR at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2017, demonstrating the strength of live VR for commercial use.
Nokia shows how 4.9G technology will reduce network latency on the path to 5G at #MWCS17
Shanghai, China - Nokia is to demonstrate the role high-performance 4G technology will play on the path to 5G to ensure continuity-of-service when 5G technology is deployed. At Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Nokia will show its AirScale base station working with 4.9G technology to reduce network latency to less than two milliseconds, bringing performance closer to the latency levels 5G is expected to deliver.
Huawei Helps Carriers Digitize Network Energy Facilities
At the Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2017 (MWC Shanghai 2017), Huawei Network Energy launched its smart site solution. The solution will reduce carrier’s deployment costs through digitization, increase efficiency of site deployment and O&M and improve the network energy efficiency of sites, thereby unleashing a carrier’s site potential and maximizing its network value.
Enterprises
Hengtong Power Shines in MWC Shanghai 2017 Recently, the world-famous Mobile World Congress 2017 had its grand opening in Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). Hengtong Group, as a well-known global information and energy network service provider in China’s optical communication industry, attends MWC Shanghai 2017 with the theme of “wisdom connection, create the future”. During the congress, Hengtong brings multiple high-end products and solutions in various fields like 5G, Big Data, Internet of Things, Smart Community and etc, which aroused wide attention of people from around the world.
FiberHome Services First Debuts in MWCS17: IDC Service, Digital Future Despite the heavy rain in Shanghai, people’s enthusiasm still keeps surging for MWCS17, as one of the world's most influential mobile communications conferences, MWCS17 gathers the most cutting-edge technologies and services in the global mobile ecosystems. It is the first time for FiberHome Services to debut in MWCS17. With the latest IDC integrated service, FiberHome has attracted a large number of customers at home and abroad in this event.
Alpha IoT base station shines at MWC An internationally-accredited Alpha base station stole the limelight at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Shanghai between June 28 and July 1 due to its portability and its outstanding outdoor signal overage.