| MWC Barcelona | |
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.jpg) Entrance of MWC Barcelona 2019 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Mobile communications |
| Date(s) | 26 February – 29 February 2024 |
| Venue | Fira de Barcelona Gran Via |
| Location(s) | Barcelona |
| Country | Spain |
| Inaugurated | 1987 (as GSM World Congress) |
| Attendance | 109,500 (2019) |
| Organised by | GSMA |
| Website | www |
MWC Barcelona (formerly but still commonly referred to as Mobile World Congress) is an annual trade show dedicated to the mobile communications industry.
The event is held in Barcelona, Spain, at the Fira de Barcelona Gran Via, usually in February or early March. It is attended primarily by device manufacturers, network equipment providers, representatives of wireless carriers, and the press, among others. Its annual attendance is generally around 100,000 people, while mobile phone manufacturers often use the conference to unveil upcoming devices.[1]
The event is organised by the GSM Association (GSMA). GSMA has extended the MWC brand to three other trade shows in Shanghai, China (MWC Shanghai[2]), Kigali, Rwanda (MWC Kigali, formerly MWC Africa) and Las Vegas, United States (MWC Las Vegas, formerly MWC Los Angeles), but the brand remains most synonymous with the Barcelona event.
- ^ Alleven, Monica (1 March 2018). "GSMA wraps 'hugely successful' MWC18 despite fewer attendees than expected". FierceWireless. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "MWC Shanghai 2022 | Connectivity Unleashed". MWC Shanghai 2022 | Connectivity Unleashed. Retrieved 17 March 2022.