| Description: | 23 February 2013Last updated at 08:37 GMT Barcelona welcomes 'smartphones for the masses' By Jane WakefieldTechnology reporter
It is nearly that time of year - when anyone who is anyone in the mobile world catches a flight to Barcelona to show their face at the Mobile World Congress.
Austerity will be in the air this year and not just because of Spain's continuing economic crisis.
Cheaper smartphones are likely to be on show as device makers look to new markets in the developing world to expand their presence.
Powering these handsets will be new cheaper operating systems on show from the likes of Firefox and Ubuntu.
People go to the Mobile World Congress - which runs from Sunday to Thursday - for a lot of things, but the number one draw is handsets.
"It is the most prolific consumer device on the planet, everyone has an interest," said Ben Wood, pr |