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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

People visit the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

This photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a demonstration of a humanoid robot at the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

An Oracle public safety Cybertruck is displayed at the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

People visit the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

People talk at the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 3, 2025. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

People visit the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

People visit the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 3, 2025. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

People view smartphones at the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mobile World Congress In Barcelona

A drone is displayed at the Deutsche Telekom stand during the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2025. The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity. The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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GSMA's China chief opposes fragmentation of 6G standards

STORY: GSMA's China chief opposes fragmentation of 6G standards SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of MWC, Chinese companies 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SIHAN BO CHEN, Head of Greater China for GSMA STORYLINE: GSMA opposes the fragmentation of 6G standards and will leverage international platforms including the Mobile World Congress (MWC) to advocate for unified standards, said the association's Greater China chief Sihan Bo Chen. GSMA is the organizer of the MWC. It brings together more than 1,000 mobile operators and companies in the global mobile ecosystem and related industries. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SIHAN BO CHEN, Head of Greater China for GSMA "Since 2023, in fact, 6G has entered its research phase. GSMA has always advocated for global technological standards to be unified, so we strongly oppose standard fragmentation. We firmly support standardization organizations in their efforts to unify global s

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Chinese firms wow mobile world eyeing new growth at MWC 2024

STORY: Chinese firms wow mobile world eyeing new growth at MWC 2024 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26-28, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:23 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NI FEI, Senior vice president of ZTE and president of ZTE Mobile Devices 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LUIGI GAMBARDELLA, President of the ChinaEU 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LARA DEWAR, Chief marketing officer at GSMA 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MATS GRANRYD, GSMA's director general STORYLINE: The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world's leading trade fair for mobile technology and related industries, concluded in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday. The state-of-the-art products and applications showcased by Chinese companies had become eye-catchers at the four-day event. Chinese technology company ZTE unveiled one of the world's first 5G+AI eyewear-free 3D tablets. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NI FEI, Senior vice president of Z

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GSMA executives amazed by China's tech achievements shown at MWC 2024

STORY: GSMA executives amazed by China's tech achievements shown at MWC 2024 SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of MWC 2024 in Barcelona, Spain 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MATS GRANRYD, Director-General of GSMA 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LARA DEWAR, Chief Marketing Officer for GSMA 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MATS GRANRYD, Director-General of GSMA STORYLINE: The executives of GSMA, an international mobile operator association, said that they are amazed by the cutting-edge technologies showcased by Chinese companies at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MATS GRANRYD, Director-General of GSMA "I met many of them (Chinese companies), and they are absolutely first-class. They're really leading in their own fields. If you take China, which is together with the U.S. leading 5G deployment, we all know how important it is to have a very solid foundation, which 5G brings. So o

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SPAIN-BARCELONA-WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE-MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS

(240228) -- BARCELONA, Feb. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- John Hoffman, CEO of GSMA Ltd., an international mobile operator association, speaks during a forum on the theme of "Computing Power Network: Smarter Network for a Smarter World" during the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 27, 2024. TO GO WITH "Roundup: World Internet Conference eyes computing power network" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Mobile World Congress 2024 opens with focus on 5G, AI innovations

STORY: Mobile World Congress 2024 opens with focus on 5G, AI innovations SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): PENG ZHUO, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the MWC STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): PENG ZHUO, Xinhua correspondent "The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world's leading trade fair for mobile technology and related industries, began here in Barcelona on Monday. This year's MWC centers on the 'Future First' concept, highlighting the importance of uniting industries, continents, technologies and communities to realize the potential of the future." GSMA, the organizer of the event, expects some 95,000 visitors from all over the world to attend the congress at Barcelona's Gran Via venue, compared to the 88,500 recorded last year. GSMA is an industry group representing the world's biggest mobile phone operators. Artificial intelligence (AI) applications across devices an

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Entrepreneurs praise China's AI development at WIC Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization

STORY: Entrepreneurs praise China's AI development at WIC Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: JINAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN HOFFMAN, CEO of Global System for Mobile Communications Alliance (GSMA) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG YONG, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group STORYLINE: Entrepreneurs attending a dialogue event held by the World Internet Conference (WIC) have spoken highly of China's development in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Concluded on Tuesday in eastern Chinese city of Qufu, the three-day World Internet Conference (WIC) Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization aimed at pooling wisdom for building a digital civilization in the age of AI. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN HOFFMAN, CEO of Global System for Mobile Communications Alliance (GSMA) "In this new era of digital transformation, connectivity is key, and 5G is the greatest enabler across our econom

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE (CN)

(230626) -- QUFU, June 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- John Hoffman, CEO of GSMA Ltd., addresses the World Internet Conference Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, June 26, 2023. Themed "The Age of AI: Building a Digital World of Exchanges, Mutual Learning and Inclusiveness," the dialogue invited several hundred high-level representatives from governmental departments, business sectors, and academic and research institutions worldwide to attend the event in person or via video link. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ends with over 61,000 attendees

STORY: Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ends with over 61,000 attendees DATELINE: March 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the main accesses to Fira de Barcelona venue where the MWC22 is held 2. various of the inaugural conference of MWC22 on Monday 3. various of the MWC22 4. SOUNDBITE (English): LARA DEWAR, Head of Communications and PR, GSMA 5. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): DAVID FERRER, Secretary of Digital Policy in the Catalan regional government 6. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): DAVID FERRER, Secretary of Digital Policy in the Catalan regional government STORYLINE: The Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona ended on Thursday with a total of over 61,000 attendees, exceeding the forecasts by the event's organizer GSMA. With visitors from almost 200 countries and regions and over a thousand speakers, the organizers hailed the MWC22 as a success. SOUNDBITE (English): LARA DEWAR, Head of Communications and PR, GSMA "I definitely feel that there's signific

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Pandemic shows importance of connectivity: GSMA director general

STORY: Pandemic shows importance of connectivity: GSMA director general DATELINE: March 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:14 LOCATION: BARCELONA CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MATS GRANRYD, Director general of GSMA 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MATS GRANRYD, Director general of GSMA 3. various of the keynote speeches at MWC 2022 4. various of the exhibition halls at MWC 2022 STORYLINE: The 2022 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened in Barcelona on Monday, which many see as a symbol of social and economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has shown the importance of connectivity, and this edition of MWC provides a collective opportunity to showcase how the digital ecosystem transforms lives and supports global recovery through the power of mobile technology, according to Mats Granryd, director general of GSMA, an organisation representing the interests of mobile network operators worldwide. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MATS GRANRYD, Director general of GSMA "Now we're very happy.

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2022 Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona, Spain

STORY: 2022 Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona, Spain DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. shots of WMC Barcelona 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JANKO MRSIC-FLOGEL, CEO of Planet Computers 3. shots of WMC Barcelona 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALEXANDER PANTOS, Director of Prosumer Business, Acronis 5. shots of WMC Barcelona STORYLINE: The 2022 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) kicked off in Barcelona of Spain on Monday. According to GSM Association (GSMA), the organizer of the event, this year's MWC highlights online finance technology, 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber-Security, the Cloud and Climate Change. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JANKO MRSIC-FLOGEL, CEO of Planet Computers "Now that we are emerging from the coronavirus. I think the time is good, because it's time for mobility to get people start moving around a bit more. You are not hanging around a desktop or a laptop, you can now start moving around again and there's more requirement for