Over 100,000 attendees came to the world's biggest mobile industry event
Mobile World Congress 2016 breaks all records
Mobile World Congress, the world’s most important event for the mobile communications industry, broke all records. Over 100,000 attendees from 200 countries came to the show, which was held between 22 and 25 February at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue.
Representing every facet of the ecosystem, more than 2,200 companies participated in the 2016 exhibition and was covered by more than 3,600 members of the international press and media.
Under the slogan “Mobile is everything”, the Congress showed Everything from virtual reality, new handsets and ingenious app ideas, to 3D printing, privacy protection and backend solutions were on display.
A standout feature of this year’s congress programme was the participation of top-level speakers such as the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg; the president; Qualcomm, Derek Aberle, who was accompanied by Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton; and the CEO of Ford, Mark Fields, amongst others.
The Mobile World Congress, organized by GSMA – the association that represents the interests of around 800 mobile operators worldwide – has an economic impact on Barcelona and its surrounding area of over 460 million euros and create 13,000 temporary jobs.
An exciting new feature this year was the start-up of the new section of Line 9 of the Barcelona Metro, connecting the airport and the city via the Gran Via venue.
Barcelona, 25 February 2016