MWC17 recap: Drones, 5G and an old favourite

The drone opportunity, the swell of affection for the 3310 and a slice of slicing.

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MWC Asia: It's a dude's world in telecom

It's a man's world: the mobile industry and the China government have that in common.

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Mobile industry in denial over roaming

5G beckons, but the extortionate charges for mobile roaming are a relic of the 2G era and make a mockery of the complaints about 'free-riding' OTT players.

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Huawei MBBF notes & highlights

The Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum in Hong Kong this week heard a lot about getting the most out of LTE-A with technologies like carrier agg and C-RAN, and operator presentations virtually all stressed the importance of fibre. There was also plenty of talk about partnering between telcos and content firms, and getting ready for 5G. Here's a few random notes.

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Chinese villagers attack base station to save 'dragons'

Angry villagers in Jiangxi, southern China, have attacked a mobile base station under construction because they feared it would destroy 'dragons.'

A man who smashed the base station equipment with a wooden club during the attack in mid-June has been taken into custody, website C114 reports.

The residents of Mao village in Guangfeng district, Shangrao, had objected to the new tower, sited on a hillside, because they believed its transmissions would harm their health and destroy the fengshui 'dragons' in the hill.

The entire base station, under construction by the new state-owned tower company, China Communications Facilities Services Corp, required rebuilding after the attack. Police said the equipment had incurred 7,934 yuan ($1277) in damages.