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Key Takeaways from the 2012 Mobile World Congress

Ronald Gruria, Principal Analyst
In this briefing, we will examine the key conclusions from the show and the implications to network equipment vendors, operators, handset manufacturers, value-added services providers, third-party app developers and systems integrators:

- LTE: the ongoing mobile data traffic growth is becoming a key catalyst for LTE deployments, with vendors being bullish about the CAPEX growth over the next few years
- Small cells: concomitantly, exploding demand for data will entail millions of picocells distributed around dense traffic areas, which will bring new competition
- Growing importance of Wi-Fi: several Wi-Fi SP strategies were discussed as a way to complement the network of cellular base stations while lowering overall costs by offloading traffic to Wi-Fi networks
- Operators' response to the OTT threat: the GSMA is doing its best to promote RCS-e via the Joyn initiative (RCS’s own consumer brand), with Spanish operators expected to launch services by mid-2012)
- Value-added services still important: operators looking for platform consolidation to lower OPEX and optimize spend; vendors are delivering cloud-based utilization-driven solutions to address these needs
- Handset launches: design, form factor, look-and-feel no longer the key differentiators; value is in applications and services, as carriers begin to work directly with ODMs to make their own branded phones
Innovation potpourri: latest updates from MWC of a variety of newer technologies such as mobile cloud, NFC, WAC, etc.
Mar 8 2012
60 mins
Key Takeaways from the 2012 Mobile World Congress
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