Ericsson has lined up demos, including “not to be missed” lightning-fast mobile broadband, world firsts in LTE advanced carrier aggregation and coordinated radio access network, a global network operations center with live data from real networks, the latest in LTE broadcast and digital signage, and a first look at Ericsson’s thin modem offering at Mobile World Congress, which started on Monday in Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain, and will run until Thursday.

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The concept of a holistic 5G system solution and evolved mobile broadband cases such as extreme mobile broadband for local access and higher service level “everywhere” are on show, including new types of usage, mainly machine-type communication. A hands-on experience demo will give users a feel for what the networked society will make possible.

The future city coordination center visualizes public safety programs of the future. It includes a simulation of a coordination center handling a fire at an oil refinery, environmental public health monitoring, water leaks, root-cause analyses and monitoring of water pollution.

One of the showpieces in the Ericsson Hall is a complete global network operations center (GNOC). Eight LCD displays forming a 7m by 2m video wall are used to display live feeds from Ericsson’s centers in Romania, India and Mexico. Using best-in-class tools and dashboards, Ericsson’s GNOCs provide customer-centric managed operations by monitoring operations and technology.