UK Mobile World Congress
Mobile World Congress
The GSMA GSM Association Mobile. WorldCongress is the combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a congress featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, vendors and content owners from across the world. The event, initially named as GSM World Congress and later renamed as the 3GSM World Congress, is still often referred to as the GSM World Congress or simply the 3GSM.
In 2007, approximately 55,000 people attended.
The GSM Associations - Mobile World Congress takes place at the Fira de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in February. Up until 2006, it took place in Cannes.
GSMA
The GSM Association (GSMA) is an association of mobile operators and related companies devoted to supporting the standardizing, deployment and promotion the GSM mobile telephone system.
It claims as members nearly 800 mobile operators and more than 200 related companies.
It traces its history back to the original EU GSM declaration of 1982, but was formally created as the "GSM MoU Association" in 1995.
Telecoms.com called it "one of the most powerful trade associations in the world, lobbying governments on everything from tax policy to pricing strategy".
World Congress Statistics
* In total, more than 55,000 visitors - including delegates, exhibitors, contractors and media - attended the event.
* More than 230 chief executives and other high-level speakers from across the world attended the show.
* More than 43% of conference attendees hold C-level positions within their organizations.
* 2,700 international print, Web and broadcast media covered the show.
* 1,300 companies exhibited their offering across 1,500 stands with approximately 29,000 square meters of exhibition space and 30,000 of square meters of hospitality space.
The 2009 GSM Association Mobile. WorldCongress took place from Monday, February 16, to Thursday, February 19. The first day was dominated by Microsoft-related announcements, such as their increased partnership with LG and demonstrations of their new Windows Mobile 6.5 Operating System. Microsoft is expected to attend the 2010 event and unveil its highly anticipated next-generation mobile platform, Windows Mobile 7.