Netflix CEO shows friendly face to telcos at top mobile fair

Netflix's Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings reacts as he delivers his keynote speech during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

BARCELONA, Spain: Streaming video pioneer Netflix held out a vision of cooperation to potentially sceptical telecom partners on Monday, saying it could deliver a quality experience to mobile phones without hogging bandwidth needed for other services. 

In a first for a media executive, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings delivered the keynote speech on the first day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the telecom industry's biggest annual trade fair.