Barcelona, Milan, Paris and Munich are the four finalists to host, in 2013, the headquarters of the World Mobile Congress, held in Barcelona since 2004. GSM organization announced earlier this month that it was conducting a reassessment of cities to host the event because of format changes: no longer a conference a week, but a venue for a whole year.The city selected the four finalists will become the capital of the permanent mobile industry, with continuing operations. The final decision will be made next June. In less than a month Barcelona will become again the world capital of the mobile. From 14 to 17 February is expected to more than 55,000 visitors flooded the streets of the city and the Montjuïc exhibition center, also occupying 30,000 hotel rooms in the city and its surroundings.
Last year 49,000 visitors came. In general, Congress is professional and therefore a gastoelevado, which will result in about 225 million euros, official segúncálculos. As major developments this year include the presence of Google, which will have its own stand and a huge gala to present the British singer Duffy.
App Planet, Planet of the applications created last year, will also grow. At the moment there are already 25% more exhibitors over the previous year. Samsung, Nokia and BlackBerryocuparán preferred spaces, although there is room for MacWorldMobile (in the absence of Apple) and the ubiquitous Android.
The industry has exploited this application 2011. Only last year were downloaded 6,400 million of them in the world.
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