The marketing put out by hosts the GSMA about the Connected City at Mobile World Congress promised delegates the chance to “experience first-hand the city of the future”.

FT-Orange's Thierry Bonhomme discusses the network challenges brought on by new devices, developing markets and the future.

Rebirth and regeneration have been constant themes in the telecoms industry for a while now, and two of the biggest hitters continued the mantra on the second day of Mobile World Congress.

The keynotes at Mobile World Congress are always a chance for heads of the world’s biggest operators to have a good old moan about something or other, and this year was no exception.

Last year was, according to Nokia Siemens Networks CEO Rajiv Suri, “the year of LTE”.

By Stefan Zehle, CEO of Coleago Consulting

Today, most people are familiar with VoIP services such as Skype. Effectively a location independent mobile service, with Skype it does not matter where people call from, nor does it matter where the called party is located.

By Keith Willetts, chairman of the TM Forum

We can all be pretty sure that there won’t be any turning back of the clock when it comes to the decline of voice and messaging revenues. 

By Hariprasad Pichai, consultant at Arthur D Little

Mobile money is a growing market with significant revenue potential, yet the ecosystem is nascent, with no complete solution and no dominant player.