The Fierce team covered all aspects of this year's Mobile World Congress 2013 show at the Fira Gran in Barcelona, Spain. Phil Goldstein, Tammy Parker, Sue Marek, Sandhya Raman and Mike Dano were on the ground covering all the keynotes, press conferences and events at this year's show.
Here is some key analysis from the event:
Mobile World Congress 2013 Scorecard: Who were the winners and losers?
On the long flight home from Barcelona, the Fierce editorial team had some time to contemplate the major themes of the show and what they mean to the industry. Some technologies and companies emerged stronger than before. Likewise, some failed to make an impression or communicate their message. Here's a scorecard of the technologies and companies that we think emerged as the winners and losers at last week's event.
--Connected car 'most exciting space' in emerging devices, but 2G hard to find
--Smartphones' software, services outshine hardware advancements
--Mobile payments a dominant topic at MWC
--Android, still dominant, quietly gives up spotlight to Firefox, Tizen
--SDN buzzes as small cell backhaul hushes
Slideshow: The smartphones and tablets of MWC 2013
The Mobile World Congress trade show is always a hotbed of smartphone activity. Vendors typically trot out all their latest high- and low-end wares to show off to show attendees--and this year is no different. Slideshow
Slideshow: A tour of the Mobile World Congress 2013 show floor, in pictures
The Mobile World Congress show floor is typically the location of the most extravagant and exaggerated displays in the wireless world. Traveling across the venue a MWC attendee can see the latest technologies, the most advanced hardware and the craziest booths, events and performances showing it all off. Slideshow
Finally, look below for our complete coverage of the show:
You've got to question some of the GSMA's facts and figures about last week's Mobile World Congress. Based on the new space and the crowds, I'd agree that there were likely more than 70,000 attendees. I'm not so sure that half of them were C-level execs. Maybe I just wasn't meeting with the right people. What I do know, however, is that it was one of the more exciting editions of the event that I can recall.
BARCELONA, Spain--The Mobile World Congress trade show has closed its doors, and the GSMA said the event--which drew a whopping 72,000 attendees last week--was its most successful trade show yet. Slideshow
On the long flight home from Barcelona, the Fierce editorial team had some time to contemplate the major themes of the show and what they mean to the industry. Some technologies and companies emerged stronger than before. Likewise, some failed to make an impression or communicate their message. Here's a scorecard of the technologies and companies that we think emerged as the winners and losers at last week's event.
BARCELONA, Spain--The Mobile World Congress show floor is typically the location of the most extravagant and exaggerated displays in the wireless world. Traveling across the venue a MWC attendee can...
The recent Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain, included both the familiar and the unfamiliar. The former was operators yet again lambasting telecoms regulators over the harsh regime they have imposed--and the vitriol was largely aimed at European officials that operators believe are significantly limiting their ability to invest.
BARCELONA, Spain--NQ Mobile is building on deals with U.S. Cellular and premium retailers for Verizon Wireless as well as with other Western operators as it expands its mobile security business beyond China.
BARCELONA, Spain--ZTE does not intend to follow Chinese rival Huawei in launching a major brand campaign for its consumer devices business, said a senior ZTE executive. The company said instead it will allow its carrier partners to bring its hero devices to market.
BARCELONA, Spain--The Wireless Broadband Alliance's seamless and secure cellular-to-Wi-Fi roaming invite likely will not launch commercially until early 2014, and when to does AT&T Mobility is expected of be a leading player, according to a senior executive from hotspot aggregator Boingo Wireless.
BARCELONA, Spain--While Mozilla's Mitchell Baker blasted the dominating platforms--Android and iOS--earlier this week during an evening keynote, the company has stated it isn't trying to replace them.
BARCELONA, Spain--BlackBerry is seeing one-third of new BlackBerry 10 device sales coming from customers who are switching to the platform from other smartphone operating systems, a higher figure than the company had anticipated, according to a senior company executive.
