China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua believes the operator can overcome the major challenges being faced by carriers in today’s mobile industry by focusing on cloud computing, faster network technology, the ‘Internet of Things’ and its Wireless City initiatives. Xi Guohua opened his keynote presentation at this year’s GSMA Mobile Asia Expo by admitting that operators are facing huge pressure: “The value chain is changing. In the past the value chain was dominated by operators, but now it’s operators, device manufacturers, content providers and everyone is taking a great role in this value chain. The ranking of operators in the FTSE 500 is dropping, while others are improving.”