Back in August last year, the GSMA announced a few of the cities competing for the honour of hosting the annual Mobile World Congress event, which has for the past few years been held in Barcelona. The search began with thirty cities, which became six, then finally four.
The competition has been running for 18-months, and on the 22nd of July, the GSMA formally announced that the winning city was…Barcelona! The press release says the Spanish city has been selected as the ‘Mobile World Capital’ until 2018, and will not only play host to MWC, but to various other events relevant to the mobile industry too.
Mobile World Congress 2012′s location was never in question, and is scheduled to run between the 27 February until the 1 March, but we’ve now got 2013′s dates too – the 25th until the 28 February.
As well as the main international event, a new Mobile World Centre and Mobile World Festival will be set up, the former as a permanent home to mobile-related exhibitions and hospitality, and the latter for sporting events, music, art and technology showcases.
If you’re quite new to mobile phones, you may not know what MWC is all about; it’s one of the biggest mobile trade shows in the world, and regularly used as the launchpad for many major manufacturers’ new products for the year. The last show was attended by more than 60,000 people from 200 countries.
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