During a media and analysis briefing ahead of Mobile World Congress 2018, which will be held in Barcelona, Chinese ICT solutions provider Huawei emphasized the importance of all industries to work together and go beyond traditional boundaries to achieve a fully-connected, intelligent world.

Read more: Huawei to launch over 20 new products at MWC 2018

ZTE, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet is showcasing its latest achievements in 5G commercialization, 5G connectivity, cloud services, Internet of Things applications as well as new terminal products at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, further enhancing the company's leadership in 5G innovations.

Read more: ZTE showcases its achievements in 5G commercialization at MWC

Following pressure from shareholders, Qualcomm has increased its offer to purchase NXP semiconductors from an agreed $110 per share to $127.50. In a statement, Qualcomm said it had reached an agreement with NXP's board of directors for the increased offer, after shareholders said the original offer was too low.

Read more: Qualcomm increases price offer for NXP

Elm, the leading national company in providing digital solutions, participates in the Armed Forces Exhibition for supporting domestic manufacturing "AFED 2018" held under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz from February 25 to March 3 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center in the capital Riyadh.

Read more: Elm sponsors AFED exhibition strategically and offers a number of innovative solutions

Chinese vendor Huawei has partnered with Canadian telecommunications operator TELUS on an urban trial of 5G wireless-to-the-home service using customer premise equipment (CPE). It has been claimed that the innovative trial is the first of its kind in North America and among the first globally.

Read more: Huawei partners with TELUS on 5G wireless-to-the-home trial

In the framework of the Mobile World Congress, Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) launched its Huawei 5G customer-premises equipment (CPE), the world's first commercial terminal device supporting the globally recognized 3GPP telecommunication standard for 5G. This device marks a milestone as Huawei sets the stage for the next generation of wireless connectivity.

Read more: Huawei brings the all-connected world to Mobile World Congress

Swedish telecommunications vendor Ericsson has announced that it will introduce 5G commercial software for radio and core networks which will enable operators to launch 5G services from Q4 in 2018.

Read more: Ericsson introduces commercial software which will enable operators to launch 5G in Q4

Swisscom and Ericsson are closely collaborating on end-to-end network slicing for critical communications in a joint project to deploy and explore new use cases for 4G and 5G. The project is based on Ericsson radio access and core networks, and one of the first steps is to test how the functionality can support critical communications over public networks, for example, in the public transport sector.

Read more: Ericsson and Swisscom to demonstrate network slicing at MWC 2018

Qualcomm announced Friday that its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected the revised non-binding, unsolicited proposal by Broadcom to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Qualcomm for $82.00 per share ($60.00 in cash and $22.00 in Broadcom stock), which Broadcom announced on February 5, 2018.

Read more: Qualcomm’s board unanimously rejects revised Broadcom bid

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