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MWC 2026

MWC 2026 opening session recording

A recording of Ericsson’s opening session from Barcelona, featuring Ericsson executives and telecom leaders presenting the industry outlook, future network perspectives, and what our MWC 2026 pavilion looked like.

Monday, March 2, 2026 at 09:00 (CET)

Location: Online

Host: Ericsson

With 6G on the horizon, we are entering a new era of hyperconnectivity. As the new mobile communications technology heavily builds on 5G and 5G Standalone, businesses investing in these technologies today can successfully introduce AI-native capabilities into networks, guaranteeing their success by enabling new service models at scale now and in the future.

To kick off MWC 2026, Ericsson leaders, including Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, Cecilia Atterwall, Head of Marketing, and Erik Ekudden, Senior Vice President and CTO, joined major industry figures to reveal where networks, innovation, and value creation can go next, explain the cloud‑native, intelligent, programmable 5G capabilities behind advanced network performance, share how differentiated connectivity allows for scaling the mobile platform, and give a tour of our pavilion featuring key innovations of 2026.

Watch the recording(s) on LinkedIn or here:

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Featured speakers

Börje Ekholm, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ericsson

Börje Ekholm

President and Chief Executive Officer
Ericsson

Cecilia Atterwall, Head of Marketing, Ericsson

Cecilia Atterwall

Head of Marketing
Ericsson

Erik Ekudden, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson

Erik Ekudden

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Ericsson

Karin Levander, Strategic Programs Director, Group Marketing Studio and Strategic Marketing, Business Area Cloud Software and Services, Ericsson

Karin Levander

Strategic Programs Director
Ericsson