Mobile World Congress in pictures

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  The best of Mobile World Congress 2010

• Vendors pile on mobility management

  By John Cox | 03 March, 2012 05:29

  Managing and securing the world of mobile computing is an evolving art, as a quartet of vendors showed at Mobile World Congress, each taking different approaches to the challenge.

• Broadcom readies chips optimized for Android 4.0

  By John Cox | 02 March, 2012 08:40

  Broadcom announced this week a set of 3G smartphone chips that have been designed specifically to exploit Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. The new silicon especially focuses on improving Android graphics performance.

• Microsoft unveils Windows 8 "Consumer Preview," downloads start

  By John Cox | 01 March, 2012 10:42

  Microsoft Wednesday released its "Consumer Preview" of Windows 8, and before Windows President Steve Sinofsky finished his presentation to reporters at Mobile World Congress 2012, downloads had begun in 70 countries.

• Toolset lets mobile carriers meld core services with the Web

  By John Cox | 01 March, 2012 02:42

  Unlocking the treasure trove of mobile carrier services and data for new mobile apps is getting a lot easier. And now, it's getting easier for the carriers themselves to "mash-up" those internal resources with external Web-accessible services from Facebook and others.

• Cisco bridges Wi-Fi, cellular nets

  By Jim Duffy | 29 February, 2012 06:37

  At Mobile World Congress this week, Cisco unveiled products designed to provide cellular-like roaming among Wi-Fi hotspots, and disclosed deployments among several wireless service providers.

• Three questions for Microsoft's Windows Phone chief

  By John Cox | 29 February, 2012 04:28

  Terry Myerson, head of Windows Phone division, made a cameo appearance at Nokia's Mobile World Congress 2012 press conference, where Nokia announced a mid-priced Windows Phone, the Lumia 610.

• Intel lays out strategic mobile roadmap

  By John Cox | 29 February, 2012 02:30

  Intel used to talk endlessly about Moore's Law - doubling the transistors that can be put on an integrated circuit about every two years - as the source of ever-greater benefits for everyone in the PC value chain every two years like clockwork. But today, fittingly at Mobile World Congress, Intel CEO Paul Otellini in effect declared that the company could no longer wait on Moore's Law.

• Speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi set for fast, wide rollout

  By John Cox | 29 February, 2012 02:30

  BARCELONA, Spain -- Mobile carriers embracing Wi-Fi is one of the sub-themes of Mobile World Congress. And the particular flavor of Wi-Fi that's generating buzz here is 802.11ac, which promises to boost handset throughput to over 300Mbps.