Mobile World Congress

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Liberty Global’s Fries: 5G could be ‘bad dream’ for operators

Bearing the cost of investing in 5G could turn out to be a ‘bad dream’…

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Cisco: 5G must be wed to WiFi 6 to ensure success

Marrying 5G to the deployment of sixth-generation WiFi will be crucial to the success of…

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Rakuten chief: cloud tech will enable company to disrupt mobile at low cost

E-commerce giant Rakuten is moving ahead with plans to launch its own mobile telecom network…

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CNN ‘immune’ from impact of OTT TV

CNN is more or less immune from the impact of the growth of OTT TV…

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Brands need to tap into teens’ ‘natural-born recommendation engines’

The media and general consumption habits of Generation Z – teenagers and young adults –…

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Liberty Global’s Fries: consolidation needed to justify Euro 5G investment

Realising the 5G vision in Europe will be extremely challenging because of the amount of…

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FCC chair promises return to ‘light-touch’ regulation

The FCC’s new chairman Ajit Pai has promised a return to a “light-touch approach to…

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Vivendi chief sees future in ‘horizontal’ convergence

Vivendi’s first attempt at convergence may have failed spectacularly, but the all-new media-focused Vivendi of…

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Vice targets Asia with major mobile expansion

Vice Media is making a major mobile push, expanding its offerings in a bid to…

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Netflix CEO: mobile operators will change data plans to boost video

Mobile operators are likely to experiment with new ways of selling mobile data that could…

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Mobile execs mull future of 5G at MWC

Mobile technology executives used a wide-ranging conference session on 5G at Mobile World Congress to…

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Europe at ‘crunch point’ ahead of 5G transition

Europe is at a ‘crunch point’ when it comes to telecoms, with the planned move…

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Vodafone to offer RealNetworks’ RealTimes to cloud customers

Video streaming specialist RealNetworks is making its RealTimes app, its highlight product from this week’s…

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BT’s Patterson defends Openreach ahead of Ofcom announcement

BT CEO Gavin Patterson has defended infrastructure arm Openreach’s continued existence as a part of…

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VR still faces significant challenges, MWC attendees told

Virtual reality (VR) still faces significant challenges before it becomes a mainstream entertainment offering, according…

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BuzzFeed launches video app

BuzzFeed has launched a video app that works across platforms. Announcing the launch at Mobile…

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Zuckerberg: 360-degree video and VR will be ‘killer app’ for 5G

Three hundred and sixty degree video and ultimately virtual reality will become mainstream ways of “sharing…

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EE to continue to offer TV service under own brand

EE will continue to market its recently launched TV service independent of BT as part…

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Ericsson targets operators with Media Delivery Network enhancements

Ericsson will use the forthcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to launch a number of…

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Viacom mines second screen opportunities

The second screen provides an “extraordinary opportunity” for broadcasters as viewer consumptions habits continue to…

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YouTube looks to extend channels to IPTV EPG slots

YouTube is starting to experiment with making its channels available on IPTV operators’ EPG as…

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Facebook seeks operator partners to promote web services

Facebook is looking to partner with three to five operators in the next year in…

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Shazam unveils app redesign

Shazam has unveiled a major redesign of its app, aimed at making the service a…

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Tele2 moves to data-only price plans

European telco Tele2 is looking to transition to all-data mobile plans, as consumers make more…

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MobiTV targets wireless operators with HDMI dongle

TV technology supplier MobiTV has teamed up with Jabil Circuit to develop a white-label HDMI…

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Ericsson taps into mobile video, launches LTE broadcast trial with Vodafone

Mobile video traffic will grow more than 75% this year as IT and telecom networks…

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Accenture and KPN team up to bring TV apps to Google Glass

Accenture and Dutch telco KPN have developed a proof of concept to bring interactive TV…

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Ericsson to launch Future TV Anywhere platform

Ericsson is due set to launch its ‘Future TV Anywhere’ platform, in a bid to…