{"id":193560,"date":"2026-02-26T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/?p=193560"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:51:52","slug":"the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1424.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Artificial intelligence will once again be the main protagonist of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), held from 2 to 5 March in Barcelona, \u201cas a tangible cross\u2011cutting technology across different productive sectors and with the rise of physical AI, directly connected to the physical world in industrial, urban and domestic settings, among others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the view of Joan Mas, Scientific Director of Eurecat\u2019s Digital Area, who explains that this year \u201cthe global connectivity congress will position artificial intelligence as a key factor for competitiveness, increasingly integrated into decision\u2011making and orientated towards real impact on outcomes, from design through to day\u2011to\u2011day operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In particular, it will highlight artificial intelligence applied to telecommunications networks, which the major operators will use to define reconfigurable network architectures thereby optimising the management and routing of communications traffic, with the aim of improving efficiency, quality of service and resilience. The congress will continue to reinforce the role of 5G and the horizon of 6G in advancing towards more global connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>The potential of quantum technologies will also emerge at this year\u2019s MWC, \u201cwith preparation for quantum computing applied to industry standing out as a strategic innovation vector,\u201d adds the Scientific Director of Eurecat\u2019s Digital Area.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the hybridisation of quantum technology with artificial intelligence will begin to gain visibility, \u201ctechnologies that reinforce each other to achieve greater efficiency in both fields,\u201d highlights Lali Soler, Director of Eurecat\u2019s Digital Area.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of business adoption, the MWC will point to technologies such as predictive maintenance, digital twins and agentic AI, \u201cwhich are moving towards systems capable of assisting and carrying out tasks with greater autonomy within workflows, with applications ranging from operational optimisation to assisting in decision\u2011making,\u201d notes Joan Mas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":193548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[742,1422,743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fires-en","category-mobile-world-congress-en","category-press-notes-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors - Eurecat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors - Eurecat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eurecat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T11:36:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T15:51:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"EurecatEQZ\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"EurecatEQZ\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"EurecatEQZ\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99d4d39712001e7621b6867b27b40bed\"},\"headline\":\"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T11:36:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T15:51:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1473,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Fires\",\"Mobile World Congress\",\"Press Notes\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/\",\"name\":\"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors - Eurecat\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T11:36:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T15:51:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99d4d39712001e7621b6867b27b40bed\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Inici\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Eurecat\",\"description\":\"Otro sitio realizado con WordPress\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/eurecat.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/99d4d39712001e7621b6867b27b40bed\",\"name\":\"EurecatEQZ\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6deb26ca61bcc34263c59cc62bb8b08ff90b67af7f99943babf5d86396845993?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6deb26ca61bcc34263c59cc62bb8b08ff90b67af7f99943babf5d86396845993?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6deb26ca61bcc34263c59cc62bb8b08ff90b67af7f99943babf5d86396845993?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"EurecatEQZ\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors - Eurecat","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors - Eurecat","og_url":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/","og_site_name":"Eurecat","article_published_time":"2026-02-26T11:36:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-26T15:51:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"EurecatEQZ","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"EurecatEQZ","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/"},"author":{"name":"EurecatEQZ","@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/99d4d39712001e7621b6867b27b40bed"},"headline":"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors","datePublished":"2026-02-26T11:36:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T15:51:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/"},"wordCount":1473,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg","articleSection":["Fires","Mobile World Congress","Press Notes"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/","url":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/","name":"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors - Eurecat","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-26T11:36:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-26T15:51:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/99d4d39712001e7621b6867b27b40bed"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/26_Eurecat_MWC_1.jpg","width":800,"height":533},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/the-mwc-2026-positions-artificial-intelligence-as-a-cross-cutting-technology-across-multiple-productive-sectors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Inici","item":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The MWC 2026 positions artificial intelligence as a cross\u2011cutting technology across multiple productive sectors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/","name":"Eurecat","description":"Otro sitio realizado con WordPress","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/99d4d39712001e7621b6867b27b40bed","name":"EurecatEQZ","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6deb26ca61bcc34263c59cc62bb8b08ff90b67af7f99943babf5d86396845993?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6deb26ca61bcc34263c59cc62bb8b08ff90b67af7f99943babf5d86396845993?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6deb26ca61bcc34263c59cc62bb8b08ff90b67af7f99943babf5d86396845993?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"EurecatEQZ"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193564,"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193560\/revisions\/193564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}