5G, foldable smartphones to dominate Mobile World Congress 2019

New Delhi: The buzz around the first 5G-enabled smartphone and foldable devices will be the talk of the town as the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 opens in Barcelona next week.
According to Thomas Husson, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester, a global market research firm, the sessions on 5G and foldable phones are likely to cast a shadow over MWC.
“There is no denying that 5G is the infrastructure of the connected world, and precisely the reason why it is at the centre of the economic and political war between the US and China,” Husson told IANS.
“However, the reality is that it will take another five to seven years before it reaches critical mass among consumers in most countries.
“While we will hear a lot about the first 5G smartphones, the challenge is to simultaneously roll-out the infrastructure and it will take time, especially in Europe where spectrum allocation remains a mess at a country level,” he added.
Several smartphone and telecom infrastructure players are set to showcase their technologies at the event that begins from February 24 through February 28.