MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS #MWC2019

Busy day at the Mobile World Congress #MWC2019 in Barcelona meeting fellow European ministers and Irish companies who are making global impacts in the field of mobile technology.
This morning I held a bilateral meeting with the Finnish Minister for Transport and Communications Anne Berner to discuss how our countries can co-operate more closely on mobile businesses.
Touring the huge exhibition spaces, I met Bill Walsh CEO and Declan Friel CTO of Aspire Technology Perfect Networks who are experts in Radio Access Networks
I also met with Niall Norton CEO and Joe Hogan CTO of OpenetGlobal Openet_People. Openet works with communications service providers to create new business models around how people, machines and services interact with their networks. They have announced a major partnership with Samsung around #5G core network solutions.
In the afternoon, I held a bilateral with Poland’s Minister for Digital Affairs Marek Zagorski on a whole range of issues, including child safety online.
Photo : Minister Sean Canney with Finnish Minister for Transport and Communications Anne Berner.