Mobile World Congress 2023 exceeded expectations and closed this Thursday with more than 88,500 visitors from 202 countries, as confirmed. GSMA, the global employer of the mobile industry and the organizer of the event. “Mobile is forcefully back,” said the executive director, john hoffman.
In a statement, GSMA welcomed these numbers, which exceeded its January estimate of 80,000 attendees, marking the event’s “resurgence”. The organization estimated at the beginning of the year that MWC will have an economic impact of 350 million euros and create 7,400 jobs, and they guarantee that this estimate will be exceeded.
Minister of Commerce, Roger TorrentHe stressed that this year’s push was “recovery” and “reinforces Congress and the country’s commitment to be a technological benchmark”. Managing Director of Fira de Barcelona, Constanti Serrallongainsisted that Mobil 2023 was “successful”, with half of the participants being senior executives and personalities making important decisions in the industry. In Serrallonga’s view, remembering for a moment the worker who lost his life during the event setup, the good taste left by MWC 2023 shows that the fairs “must come back strongly”.
The world’s largest congress after four days of fairs and business meetings mobile phone of the world put an end to a new edition in Barcelona and one marked by the frenzied show of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. innovations technology and a noticeable return to almost pre-pandemic numbers. This year’s turnout is still a long way off from the 190,000 congressmen convened in 2019 and the 108,000 convened in 2017, but it is still seen as a step in the right direction.
This Pocket also brought the curtain down with some records. For example, the congress’s ministerial program, dedicated to connecting governments around the world, brought together 196 delegations, nearly 70 ministers, and more than 100 regulators from more than 150 countries. On the other hand, the GSMA participants indicated that they had expectations. business They even surpassed 2019, the best year in their history.
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back to normal
epidemic covid Buried in the past. From day one, there has been a feeling in the congress halls that the boiling point is pointing in that direction, which officials confirmed this Thursday. “As digital technologies continue to evolve, there is a new excitement in the air that MWC has captured so well,” he celebrated. Mats GranrydCEO of GSMA.
This increase in aid volume has been made possible by the gradual opening of the doors. ChineseIt caused giants such as more to be found on Mobile. Huawei. However, the normalization of travel in the Asian market is not yet complete, which leads the GSMA to think that this number of participants will continue to increase in 2024.
future technologies
Speed. This has been the motto and must-have of Mobil 2023. technological innovations that they are taking part in these days. This situation 5G, the mobile network that has been deployed for several years and opened the doors to a hyper-connected world. MWC, who wants to go one step further, 6Gthe sixth generation of wireless telecommunications that promises to be even faster and more energy efficient.
Expanding capacity to support ever-increasing data volumes and reduce latency will power connections in near real time. This architecture will be required to support their application. artificial intelligence (AI) across multiple industries, at the same time to open the door virtual realityalso known as virtual universe.
The ‘starter’ ecosystem is growing
Mobile’s success is also 4YFNdedicated room entrepreneurs and its emerging companies, an ecosystem that does not stop growing. up to 260beginningsCatalan companies took advantage of the global showcase represented by the congress to promote themselves and attract customers. Torrent celebrated that these Catalan participants expect to be billed around 15m euros in the coming years, ensuring that anything born or growing at MWC will then have a positive impact on the national economy.
GSMA has made it clear in its statement that it continues to look to the future and has already marked its next edition in Barcelona on the calendar. El Mobile will return to the Catalan capital from February 26-29, 2024.