The Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona– Everything ready in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress 2013 that will take place on February 25 to 28.
He Mobile World Congress is the mobile phone fair largest in the world, the event has more than 1,500 exhibitors and is attended by 800 mobile operators. 84 Spanish companies will be present, of which 57 are Catalan, this demonstrates the great activity around new technologies not only in Catalonia but throughout the country.
The mobile phone congress is the most important event in the sector and expects to receive more than 70,000 visitors throughout the three days, which represents considerable profits for the city. The previous year's fair, Mobile World Congress 2012, reached 67,000 visitors from more than 200 different countries and had an approximate economic impact of €300 million. John Hoffman, GSMA CEO, has recommended companies in the telephone and technology sector to take advantage of the opportunity of the fair to do business, present new developments and invest in new ideas.
In 2011 Barcelona was chosen as Capital del Mobile World for the period of the years 2012-2018 so we will be able to enjoy the fair in the Catalan capital for several years. If you cannot attend the fair this year, you have the possibility of following the news through the official application created for this purpose.
To access the application you can do it as follows: go to Google Play and search for “GSMA Official” which brings us to the application and you just have to download it and install it on your mobile device. When running the application it will ask us to select one of the two options, we must select “Mobile World Congress”, not “Mobile World Live”. The app offers us the calendar of the fair, meet the speakers, the companies present, an official news section, etc. It is estimated that this year between 8,000 and 10,000 users will access the Mobile Congress via mobile phone.
The fair is of such magnitude that companies like Apple or BlackBerry reluctant to participate in events along with other firms will have personnel present. Companies such as Motorola, Telefónica, ZTE (China) and VozTelecom will present news.