MWC 2026 Wrapup Analysis

March 20, 2026

In this post-MWC 2026 edition of The 6G Podcast, Anshel Sag and Mike Dano break down the biggest wireless, AI, satellite, device, and 6G infrastructure takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2026.

The conversation covers Qualcomm’s busy MWC lineup, including Snapdragon Wear Elite, FastConnect 8800 Wi-Fi 8, AI 200, and the Snapdragon X105 modem; the accelerating satellite internet and direct-to-device market; NVIDIA’s growing telecom ambitions with Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, and T-Mobile; why the LA28 Olympics could become an important 6G showcase; and how AI wearables, foldables, edge computing, and sovereign AI are reshaping the mobile industry.

Key Points

Qualcomm used MWC 2026 to highlight its expanding role across wearables, Wi-Fi 8, 5G Advanced, AI infrastructure, and future 6G testing.
AI wearables and smart glasses are moving closer to mainstream adoption, with battery life, privacy, and on-device AI performance becoming critical factors.
Satellite internet and direct-to-device connectivity had a major presence at MWC, with activity from Starlink, AST SpaceMobile, Viasat, SES, Eutelsat, Amazon Leo, Samsung, Qualcomm, and others.
NVIDIA’s telecom strategy appears more focused on improving RAN efficiency, enabling AI-enhanced network capabilities, and eventually supporting edge AI compute rather than simply selling AI hardware at the edge.
The LA28 Olympics could become a major public milestone for 6G demonstrations, especially as vendors and operators look for visible use cases.
MWC 2026 showed renewed energy around devices, including foldables, AI phones, AR/AI glasses, repairable laptops, and experimental PC form factors.
Edge AI raises major questions around security, data sovereignty, cost, and whether sensitive enterprise workloads should run at cell sites, in operator clouds, on premises, or on device.

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Anshel Sag

VP & Principal Analyst | + posts

Anshel Sag is Moor Insights & Strategy’s in-house millennial with over 18 years of experience in the IT industry. Anshel has had extensive experience working with consumers and enterprises while interfacing with both B2B and B2C relationships, gaining empathy and understanding of what users really want. Some of his earliest experience goes back as far as his childhood when he started PC gaming at the ripe of old age of 5, building his first PC at 11, and learning his first programming languages at 13.