Latest technology at MWC26 Barcelona

If the conference and summits are the brains of MWC Barcelona, our showfloor is its beating heart – with top tech brands and bold disruptors showing off their innovations.

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The numbers that count from MWC26

  • Nearly 105K

    attendees from 207 countries and territories

  • 2900

    exhibitors, sponsors and partners

  • 45%

    director level and above attendees

  • 17%

    C-suite attendees

  • 58%

    of attendees represented industries adjacent to the core mobile ecosystem

Exhibition highlights

Stand after stand, exhibitors from every corner of the connectivity ecosystem vie for your attention. Here are some of this year’s highlights.

The Mobile Economy 2026 Report Find the numbers that matter

The GSMA’s Mobile Economy report 2026 launched at this year’s MWC Barcelona. Here are some key stats from it.  

  • $7.6 trillion contributed by mobile to global GDP in 2025 (6.4%) 
  • $11.3 trillion projected by 2030 (8.4% of GDP) 
  • 50 million jobs worldwide supported by the mobile ecosystem 
  • Over 3 billion people remain unconnected despite 96% living within mobile broadband coverage 

Read the full report

Satellite and direct-to-device

MWCB26 Highlights Latest Tech Starlink Deutsche Telekom v2

Starlink and Deutsche Telekom: Europe’s first direct satellite-to-smartphone service

Deutsche Telekom and Starlink announced the delivery of Europe’s first satellite-to-mobile service using Starlink’s V2 constellation and MSS spectrum, launching early 2028 across 10 European markets.

MWCB26 Highlights Latest Tech Vodafone

Vodafone Satellite Connect Europe: open access for 10 European markets

Orange and Telefónica signed on to Vodafone’s Satellite Connect Europe open access company, allowing access to satellite operations based in Europe.

MWCB26 Highlights Latest Tech GSMA Foundary ESA

GSMA Foundry and ESA: €100 million for space-mobile convergence

New funding was announced for projects accelerating the convergence of space and mobile industries, including live NTN satellite demonstrations at MWC26.

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GLOMO AWARDS 2026 — BEST IN TECH

 

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: Best in Show

Samsung clinched the GLOMO Best in Show award for the Galaxy S26 Ultra. The device’s standout feature: a built-in privacy display that hides the phone’s entire screen, or specific apps, notifications, PINs, patterns and passwords from anyone not looking directly at it. 

Discover all the Glomo winners

Device launches: the week in hardware

MWC26 saw a strong slate of hardware launches across the week:

  • Leica Leitzphone by Xiaomi: Leica’s first-ever international smartphone. Physical rotating Leica camera ring for manual zoom and exposure control. 
  • Honor Robot Phone: a gimbal camera that emerges from the top of the device, plus the Honor Magic V6 foldable. 
  • Motorola Razr Fold: Motorola’s first book-style foldable, with best-in-class screen brightness. 
  • Nothing Phone (4a): officially launched at MWC26, full range of colourways on show. 
  • TECNO Modular Phone (concept): magnetic modules (camera lenses, battery packs, speakers) snap onto a 4.9mm base device. 
  • Lenovo Legion Go Fold (concept): foldable gaming handheld, display stretches to 11.6 or folds to 7.7 inches. 
  • nubia Neo 5 GT (ZTE): built-in active cooling fan, AI gaming coach, gaming chatbot. 
  • Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 5: Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, high-brightness display.