That was the long and short of the conclusion made at the Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona, Spain last week.
Mobile World Congress is defined as the biggest wireless telecom fair internationally.
Whereas
the main attraction to the expo has traditionally been handsets, this
year was defined by the explosion of “wrist technology” in fitness
trackers, smartbands, and smartwatches.
The event marked a year since the emergence of Android watches ushering in the era of wearable.
Chinese
mobile maker, Huawei, launched its android watches but it was the South
Korean firm LG unveiling of its luxury wristwatch, the LG Watch Urbane
LTE, that was a game-changer.
While
other wearable are linked to a mobile handset, LG Watch Urbane LTE comes
with its own SIM network card that lets the wearer make calls, receive
emails and search the web from their wrist.
Apple,
which has traditionally kept off the fair, launched its Apple Watch in
what industry insiders say could offer an insight in the future of the
wearable.
South Korean firm SK
Telecom gave an insight of the future of internet by demonstrating a
robot whose movements mimicked those of a person wearing a set of
wireless sensors.
SK
Telecom hopes that by 2020, when the world officially moves to 5G
technology, the robot would support remote-controlled robots carrying
out surgery or working in disaster zones.
The
robot’s wireless signal is transmitted through a prototype of a “5G”
network — the next generation of ultra-fast and reliable mobile
coverage.
Launch of 5G technology is
expected to usher in the Internet of Things, where ultra-fast and
broadband connectivity would enable wireless connection of devices
allowing deployment of self-driving cars, which may explain why this
year’s congress attracted almost all big car makers. The demand for a
more connected cars is high.
“I
probably can’t meet with all the car companies that are calling,” jokes
Ericsson senior vice-president Ulf Ewadsson to journalists at the
congress. “They’re transforming their industry and there’s a serious
drive for change.”
By 2020, it is believed that 70 per cent of the world’s population would have mobile broadband coverage.
Kenya
has an ambitious target of connecting 35 per cent of households in the
country and 100 per cent of hospitals and school by 2017.
Well,
for those travelling, Californian tech company Bluesmart has made a
“smart suitcase” that promises to save time by weighing itself and
letting the user track it constantly via a smartphone app.
Spanish company Telefonica announced at the show that it would provide mobile connections to run the trackable case.
TRENDS 2015
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