MWC 2023: Phone firms set for annual meet in shadow of global slump


A worker installs a Samsung billboard outside Fira Barcelona, on February 22, 2023, venue of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) to be held from Feb 27 to March 2, 2023 in Barcelona. — AFP

BARCELONA: The big beasts of the telecom industry will gather in Barcelona on Feb 27 for their most important annual get-together, this year under the shadow of a severe slump across the technology sector.

Some 80,000 delegates are expected at the four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is back to near full strength following years of pandemic-related disruption.

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