CXO Insight Middle East - March 2019

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At this year’s Mobile World Congress
all the big announcements were
around 5G. My association with
this annual jamboree of the mobile
industry goes back to 2006 - the year the show
shifted to Barcelona from Cannes. It was a
world before Android and iOS, where operators
ruled the roost and Nokia was perched right on
the top. The mobile industry landscape looks
markedly different today, and this year, all the
announcements that came out of the show were
invariably about 5G – big equipment vendors such
as Ericsson and Nokia announced a slew of new 5G
customers; smartphone vendors offered a sneak
preview of 5G phones, and silicon manufacturers
showcased 5G-ready chips. In the Middle East,
major telecom operators have already announced
their plans to roll out 5G commercial services this
year or by early 2020.