Mobile World Congress (MWC) took place in Barcelona, Spain, between Monday 27th February and Thursday 2nd March, 2017. MWC is the world’s most influential tradeshow for the mobile industry, and our IoT analysts were in attendance to identify key trends and developments at the event. Over 108,000 visitors attended MWC 2017, from over 208 countries. IoT was a key theme of the 2017 event, the specifics of which we will summarise in this report.
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. MWC 2017 Conference Overview
3. Expansion of Networks, Rollouts, and Platforms
3.1 Ingenu Expands RPMA Network Licensees to 29 Countries
3.2 Commercial Launch of NB-IoT Networks in Europe by Deutsche Telekom
3.3 LoRa Alliance Announces Widespread Support for Roaming
3.4 AT&T, Current, and GE to Connect U.S. and Mexico to IoT
3.5 Philips Lighting Announces Trunking System with IoT Technologies
3.6 Ingenu and MEC Telematik Commence Middle East Roll Out of RPMA Networks
3.7 SAP Expands Cloud Platform with IoT Features
3.8 Actility Announces ThingPark X Data Mediation Platform
3.9 Actility Announces LoRa-based Geolocation and Tracking Solution
3.10 Korea Telecom Adopts Cisco Jasper Control Center IoT Platform
3.11 Altair CAT-1 Chipset to be used in Geotab Vehicle Tracking Devices
3.12 Dell Announces Edge Gateway 3000
3.13 Vodafone Exceeds 50m IoT Connections
4. Partnerships: Enhancements, Easier and Safer
4.1 AT&T and China Mobile Partner to Bring AT&T IoT Subscribers to China
4.2 VMware Announces Integration of HARMAN Portfolio into its IoT Solution
4.3 Ericsson and Comau Partner to Showcase 5G Benefits in Industrial IoT
4.4 Honda uses Cisco Jasper IoT Solutions for Connected Car Platform
4.5 Singtel and Ericsson Announce Assured+ IoT Device Management System
4.6 Cisco IoT Platform Powers Connected Health Solution for the Elderly
5. The Low Power Battleground Heats Up
5.1 Cat-M1 IoT Network Trials Underway in Australia
5.2 uBlox and Petro Fiorentini Herald Successful NB-IoT Trial in the Utilities Vertical
5.3 Cisco Jasper Announces Support for NB-IoT
5.4 Ericsson and China Mobile Connected Factory Trial
5.5 Orange to Deploy LTE-M on European 4G Networks in 2017
6. Development Labs & Centres of Excellence
6.1 Orange Accelerates Mobile IoT Ecosystem Development with Open IoT Lab
6.2 WISeKey Announces Plans to create a Blockchain/IoT Centre in Rwanda
6.3 Intel and ZTE to Create R&D Lab for Future IoT Technologies
7.1 Softbank Predicts 1 Trillion ARM IoT Chips in the next 20 years
8. Security – Secure Elements for IoT and Quantum Cryptography
8.1 Avast Brings Worrying Connected IP Device Security into Focus
8.2 WISeKey Announces Security Solution for Sigfox IoT
8.3 NXP Announces Embedded IoT Secure Element
8.4 SK Telecom Develops Quantum Random Number Generator, Signs Agreement with Nokia