Mobile World Congress: Getting the most out of media briefings
The Mobile World Congress countdown has reduced from weeks to days. Exhibitors may be busy finalising arrangements for the show, but weโd still recommend finding time to prepare
Top of the Pops at MWC โ What a Difference a Year Makes
Here at Babel, weโve been deeply involved in the mobile sector ever since the company was founded, so it wonโt come as any surprise that we have a big team at Mobile World Cong
Trade show scoops: Expect the unexpected
Mobile operators are renowned for being slow moving, but theyโre large organisations and by virtue of being a large organisation they tread carefully and donโt take earth shatt
Viva Las CES: 2018 Show preview
Around this time last year I wrote a blog looking back at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This year, to take my mind off the first week back at work in cold, stor
MWC: A call to action pt II
Only 18 days until Christmas (woohoo!) and for many of us this means just two weeks left of work. But come January 3rd weโll be staring down the barrel of MWC 2018. Hopefully you
Mobile World Congress: The Babel Years
Babel has been sending an MWC contingent to Barcelona for more than a decade. However, if like me, you just missed out on Cannes, youโve probably heard โthingsโ havenโt bee
Mobile World Congress: A call to action
A collective โIs it that time of year already!?โ resonated around the Babel office earlier this week, as the GSMAโs MWC registration email landed in our inboxes. Yet preparat
Pokรฉmon Go turns one โ whatโs next for augmented reality?
This time a year ago, millions of people had turned into walking, phone-watching zombies. Night of the Living Dead it was not โ instead Pokรฉmon Go was at the peak of its popular
MWC Shanghai: A world away from Barcelona?
I joined Babel at the end of 2016, meaning February marked my first experience of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With the APAC event taking place last week, I couldnโt help
The business of broadcast
Broadcast took centre stage at Mobile World Congress 2017, during which arguably the most high profile keynote speaker was neither a telecoms veteran nor a mobile magnate, but Netf