This year’s Mobile World Congress had a special resonance given the state of the global economy. Many punters were present to hear the prognosis for the industry in the coming 12-18 months, and while the show didn’t paint the cheeriest of pictures, neither did it paint the foulest
The barometer of the general state of the telecoms industry can best be gauged by what suppliers are saying; be they handset, infrastructure or software providers. Comm. considers the areas identified by the world’s largest equipment manufacturer Ericsson as driving the industry forward, and compares those with arguably the world’s fastest growing telecoms manufacturer, Huawei.
