Скачать или смотреть Tech sovereignty is a trending topic as MWC opens in Barcelona

(2 Mar 2026)
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Barcelona, Spain - 2 March 2026

1. Pan of visitors entering Fira convention centre for MWC mobile fair
2. Visitor posing by MWC sign
3. Xiaomi sign on convention centre exterior
4. MWC promo on screen
5. Pan of visitors entering Fira convention centre for MWC mobile fair
6. Various high shots of MWC show floor
7. Various of Samsung booth, new smartphones on display
8. Out of focus shot of Samsung lighting display
9. Various setup shots of Vivek Badrinath, Director General, GSMA, speaking during interview
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Vivek Badrinath, Director General, GSMA:
"It's the 20th year in Barcelona and it's been quite a journey. When you look back 20 years ago, we were barely into 3G, no iPhone, I think we had, what did we have? We had the Motorola V3, that was the hot phone at that time and look at now, look at the conversation how it's evolved. What is beautiful about these 20 years is that this event has continued to enrich itself in all its dimensions. We've got 1,700 speakers this week and they're going to be talking about things that we weren't talking about at that time. We're going be talking AI, we're going talking about non-terrestrial networks, we are going to be talking about quantum. The conversation has moved on. We have a start-up event Four Years From Now, and those start-ups are doing things that were unimaginable 20 years ago. So, so I think this. That's the beauty of this journey is that every year is different, new things to see, new things to visit."

11. Tilt down of MWC show floor
12. Orange booth
13. T-Mobile booth
14. Telefonica sign
15. Sign, reading: “Autonomous Networks”
16. Pan of Orange booth
17. Tracking shot of drone
18. Close of visitors
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Vivek Badrinath, Director General, GSMA:
"I think this paradox is striking. We've never been so important. You will remember the COVID era. We're now close to 7% of the world's GDP. We're a huge industry serving 7 billion people. We've still got 3 billion people that are under mobile coverage, but are not using the mobile internet. So, there's still a way to go. But it's fair to say that this has become a very important part of part of the fabric of society. It's the digital underpinning or foundation of many industries. In fact, when you see this event, more than half of the people attending are not from mobile. So, it's a misconception that this is the mobile industry talking to itself. It's really about all these industries that use connectivity to deliver greater outcomes."

20. Wide of visitors walking on MWC show floor
21. Various of robot pets at ZTE booth
22. Various of Xioami hypercar
23. Pan of sign, reading: “Sovereign AI”
24. Setup shot of Ben Wood, chief analyst, FDM CCS Insight, speaking during interview
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Wood, Chief Analyst, FDM CCS Insight:

26. Various of Samsung booth new smartphones on display
27. Pan of Honor logo
28. Tilt down of Honor booth
29. Various of Honor humanoid robot
30. Mid of demo area
31. Various of Honor robot phone
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Wood, Chief Analyst, FDM CCS Insight:

33. Various of anti-Israel protest outside Fira convention centre
34. SOUNDBITE (English) Vivek Badrinath, Director General, GSMA:

35. Various of exhibitor holding tablet underwater to demonstrate water proofing
36. Honor foldable smartphone
37. Visitor looking at smartphone
38. Wide pan of MWC show floor
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Tech sovereignty and the latest technology must-haves are trending topics at the MWC mobile fair which kicks off today in Barcelona.

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