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• Samsung talks up strength and resilience’ of the brand as it sets out plans for 5G and VR

  26-02-2017 23:50
  
  President of Samsung Electronics America announces the launch of its 5G networkSamsung joined the race for 5G at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today (26 February) unveiling the launch of a commercial 5G network of products in early 2018, with UK trials starting this summer.
  It includes a 5G ‘radio base station’ and a home router that consumers can install themselves. Samsung’s chief executive, Tim Baxter, said its products would remove “the pain of expensive and time
  
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• The Nokia 3310 is back as a ‘modern classic reimagined’

  26-02-2017 18:20
  
  HMD Global, the company that owns the rights to the Nokia brand in mobile phones, is bringing back the iconic 3310 in respond to demand from fans.
  At the end of an hour-long event at Mobile World Congress, HMD Global’s Arto Nummela teased the audience by pretending the much-rumoured launch wasn’t happening, only to unveil the new device on stage. However, he gave few details on specs in a brief introduction to the updated device.
  “Fans have been asking for it and so we decided
  
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• Nokia makes big moves into 5G and wearables as it looks to shake off past

  26-02-2017 17:10
  
  Nokia is hoping to kick off the ‘5G era’ with the unveiling of 5G First, a commercial offering for carriers eager to be the first to meet the demand for faster connectivity.
  Speaking at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today (26 February), chief executive officer Rajeev Suri told the audience the 5G launch is “not hype but soon to come reality” as the noise around when the technology will be available to mobile phone operators and consumers increases.
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