3GSM: Snapshots from Barcelona

NEW DELHI: The ongoing 3GSM in Barcelona Spain is the biggest Mecca for the entire ecosystems build around telecom services based on world’s leading mobile standard. The biggest announcements and the mobile chutzpah are reserved by the telecom biggies – from vendors to operators – for the event. This year has been no different.

The three days of 3GSM have so far seen a number of attention-grabbing announcements. We bring you a ringside view of the telecom industry’s biggest show announcements. From the launch of Nokia’s new range of phones and Smart2Go Mapping, to Mobile Linux Foundation, to Mobile Search and Windows Mobile 6.0 by Microsoft, Barcelona has rung in announcements after announcements for the telecom industry.

And the good thing is that it is finally getting established beyond doubt that software giants Microsoft and Adobe too see their future on the PDAs more than they see it on PCs.