MWC 2019 could best be characterized as displaying an anxiety borne from an industry suffering from a combination of split personality disorder and ADHD. It is clear that we have an industry where its participants know there needs to be change, and without that change and a massive recalibration of its fundamental business model and modus operandi, it will become obfuscated. What we saw as a response to this deep-seated “need” is much misdirected energy and a lack of unification about how to achieve this massive change. ABI Research had seven analysts at the conference. Their findings are captured in our second annual post-conference whitepaper, “The Future of the Mobile Industry: A Reality Check From Mobile World Congress 2019: 6 Brief Reads for Visionaries.” Our analysts focused on the most compelling transformative technologies:
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Some of the analysts’ conclusions from the whitepaper include:
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