MWC 2024 is over for another year, so what’s happened in the B2B news world?
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So what are we expecting to see at MWC 2024?
commented Shailin Sehgal, Telstra Executive internet Applications and Cloud.
Telstra partnered with Ericsson for this slicing product and is on display within the Ericsson Hall at MWC.
Good morning from Day One of MWC 2024!
After battling through Barcelona’s iconically bad traffic, we’re at the Fira, ready for the kick-off.
First up on the agenda today is the opening keynote.
He notes over 50% of attendees at last year’s MWC 2023 were from outside the mobile ecosystem.
“My goal this year..stands for the goal of the industry overall,” he notes.
Growth, Open Gateway, Alignment and Leaving No One Behind are his key goals, Grandryd reveals.
Focusing on Growth - Grandryd notes how 5G usage has grown, but revenues are actually fallin.
Now Granryd welcomes the CEO of Telefonica, Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, to give his thoughts.
47 operators across 239 networks have already signed up to Open Gateway, Alvarez-Pallete notes.
“We are together in this,” he declares.
“We are just at the beginning of a new era,” notes Alvarez-Pallete.
“It is time for collaboration…and a new regulatory landscape, we need 21st century regulation.”
Granryd is back, and moving on to his third goal - Alignment.
To talk more about this, Margherita Della Valle, Vodafone CEO, takes to the stage.
“We’re only really limtied by our imaginations,” she says.
Della Valle is calling for a new approach - partnering.
Whether within or beyond the tech industry, building a broad ecosystem at scale is vital, she notes.
“European economies need our investment - let’s work together,” she says.
Granryd returns, and moves on to his final goal - “leave no-one behind”.
Granryd returns, to introduce a couple of panelists to close out the keynote.
The service waslaunched in the UK first on Feb 12and will cover up to 100 countries.
“I hope drug discovery will shrink down…to just a couple of months.”
What are the next big projects for AGI?
Construction and material science, apparently, with Hassabis saying he dreams of discovering a room-temperature super-conductor.
“We shouldn’t expect these systems to be easy to understand,” he says.
“We care about historical accuracy,” he says, noting the function should be back online soon.
“I think there’s all sorts of amazing things to be invented,” he concludes.
Our final keynote of MWC 2024 day one features some true heavyweights from the business technology world.
Lastly, Smith highlights how Microsoft is meeting its societal responsibilities.
Smith ends on a positive note, pledging to get Microsoft working together with as many people as possible.
“We succeed together by working together.”
“You want to bring AI to your data, not data to your AI,” Dell notes.
“We at Dell are ready to be your partner on this journey,” he says.
Sambar departs, and it’s over to Dell to wrap up.
“What’s next is now,” he says, leaving the stage.
And with that, it’s a wrap on day one of Mobile World Congress 2024.
We are now extending our reach to private wireless by offering more choices on core with our industry partners.
Reaching levels reminiscent of early 2021 by year-end, this uptick underscores the significant threat users face.
That’s a wrap here on day two of MWC!
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It might only be a Wednesday, but it feels like a Friday here at La Fira.
The Estrella wagons are certainly seeing more customers than on Monday.
