Far from the 49,000 last year, this year's Mobile World Congress will be remembered for having surpassed the magical figure of 60,000 visitors. For four days have passed by the largest fair in the world of mobile operators and key companies of the Internet ecosystem including China Mobile, Vodafone, Telefonica, Google, Nokia and Twitter.
Next year there may be a new guest: the organization is in talks with Apple, as confirmed this morning by a spokesman for the GSMA Michael O'Hara. "The economy is improving. In addition we have over 10,000 application developers and some of the most important figures adjacent to the mobile industry," said O'Hara.
The next edition, which will also be held in Barcelona, starting on Monday 28 February, two weeks later than usual, "to avoid matching the Chinese New Year and because people want to be for Valentine's Day at home" O'Hara added. Although earlier this year, the organization made public GSMA which of the four finalists, Barcelona, Paris, Munich and Berlin, succeeds in becoming the capital of the mobile and host the congress in 2013 to 2017.
Besides the benefits of the conference, some 220 million euros for the city, being the capital of the telephone include the creation of a museum dedicated to cellular and annual music festival. Barcelona's bid has the support of more than 40 companies Spanish, of all administrations and institutions like Barca.
"Barcelona is fantastic. The city has worked hard with us that everything went well," says O'Hara, who is not on the committee that will select the winner. Barcelona has decided to up the ante. Now offering experience (and good reviews for its organization in recent years), a plant of 65,000 hotel beds and a high presence of five hotels and four star facilities renovated exhibition ...
But it has to do with Munich faces, a leading city with high degree of innovation and technology and experience in big events (Oktoberfest or Beer Party meets in the city of seven million people each year), the City Milan, who turns up when they held an international exhibition of furniture and fashion week, and Paris ...
that is Paris. The city with more tourists in the world, a lot of experience in managing large public displays and a real magnet for Asian audiences, very active in the field of mobile technology. Barcelona will not be daunted. The candidacy of the city, led by Fira de Barcelona and the city has put the whole hog to convince the organization.
To begin, you beside the municipal government, regional and central levels. "We must all work for Congress to follow in Barcelona because it's good reference that a match like this is held in our country," said Francisco Roman, president of Vodafone Spain. It has the best climate of all the options.
As for the hotels, but other years there were complaints that their prices shot establishments, the problem has been redirected. "For years, we welcome the attitude of the industry," said the director of the official travel agency of the Mobile World Congress, Stephan Deboul. 
Next year there may be a new guest: the organization is in talks with Apple, as confirmed this morning by a spokesman for the GSMA Michael O'Hara. "The economy is improving. In addition we have over 10,000 application developers and some of the most important figures adjacent to the mobile industry," said O'Hara.
The next edition, which will also be held in Barcelona, starting on Monday 28 February, two weeks later than usual, "to avoid matching the Chinese New Year and because people want to be for Valentine's Day at home" O'Hara added. Although earlier this year, the organization made public GSMA which of the four finalists, Barcelona, Paris, Munich and Berlin, succeeds in becoming the capital of the mobile and host the congress in 2013 to 2017.
Besides the benefits of the conference, some 220 million euros for the city, being the capital of the telephone include the creation of a museum dedicated to cellular and annual music festival. Barcelona's bid has the support of more than 40 companies Spanish, of all administrations and institutions like Barca.
"Barcelona is fantastic. The city has worked hard with us that everything went well," says O'Hara, who is not on the committee that will select the winner. Barcelona has decided to up the ante. Now offering experience (and good reviews for its organization in recent years), a plant of 65,000 hotel beds and a high presence of five hotels and four star facilities renovated exhibition ...
But it has to do with Munich faces, a leading city with high degree of innovation and technology and experience in big events (Oktoberfest or Beer Party meets in the city of seven million people each year), the City Milan, who turns up when they held an international exhibition of furniture and fashion week, and Paris ...
that is Paris. The city with more tourists in the world, a lot of experience in managing large public displays and a real magnet for Asian audiences, very active in the field of mobile technology. Barcelona will not be daunted. The candidacy of the city, led by Fira de Barcelona and the city has put the whole hog to convince the organization.
To begin, you beside the municipal government, regional and central levels. "We must all work for Congress to follow in Barcelona because it's good reference that a match like this is held in our country," said Francisco Roman, president of Vodafone Spain. It has the best climate of all the options.
As for the hotels, but other years there were complaints that their prices shot establishments, the problem has been redirected. "For years, we welcome the attitude of the industry," said the director of the official travel agency of the Mobile World Congress, Stephan Deboul.
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