Mobile World Congress: Enlightening technology points to age of inclusion

Emblazoned on banners hung along the city’s main thoroughfare La Rambla are the words: “Liberty, equality, fraternity, and technology for all.”

Exalted company for a few phones and gadgets, you might think — except the banners were hinting at something much bigger.

As a product of the Age of Enlightenment and a guiding principle of the French Revolution, the phrase could hardly have been more appropriate as the modern day technology revolution continues apace.

For an industry sometimes seen as insular, inclusion has been very much to the fore at its showpiece event.

When Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to address attendees earlier in the week, he had a clear message for the major mobile players: Help those without internet connectivity before improving the lot of the technologically well-off.

“We believe that everyone should have access to the Internet, and it’s kind of crazy that we’re sitting here and 4bn people in the world don’t,” Zuckerberg told the audience.

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