Technologies to Watch For at MWC25

MWC Barcelona 2025 (MWC25), one of the world's largest mobile-related exhibitions, is bringing together the latest technologies, products and services in the communications industry. The event - which takes place from Monday, March 3 to 6 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain - will host participants from network operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, content creators, and more, from around the world. It will showcase cutting-edge technologies and services related to 5G, AI, IoT and many others. In 2024, MWC Barcelona attracted over 100,000 attendees and featured more than 2,700 exhibitors from over 200 countries and regions, and a big turnout for 2025 is expected as well.

Take this opportunity to explore some of the latest technologies being developed by SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) and its group companies and partners that will feature at MWC25.

Alex Jinsung Choi, a Principal Fellow at SoftBank's Research Institute of Advanced Technology and Chairman of the AI-RAN Alliance, will speak at a session entitled AI-Driven RAN Automation: Transforming Networks for a Smarter, More Efficient Future on March 5, 2025. Learn more about AI-RAN below.

• Software-defined Vehicles (SDVs)

Cubic Telecom, a SoftBank Corp. group company that delivers advanced software-defined vehicle (SDV) solutions to over 190 countries and regions, will be attending MWC 2025. Learn more about how SoftBank and Cubic Telecom are collaborating below.

• Open Connectivity eXchange (OCX)

BBSakura Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. group company BBIX, Inc., will exhibit at the MWC25 JAPAN Pavilion. BBSakura will showcase Open Connectivity eXchange (OCX), a cloud-based network service developed in collaboration with BBIX. OCX enables customers to establish on-demand, highly secure, low-latency, and scalable network connections to cloud services and data centers, and more. More details are in this press release.

(Posted on February 26, 2025)
by SoftBank News Editors