3GSM - Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2009

3GSM - Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2009

The organization's Mobile World Congress has officially announced the 2009 edition of the event, which will be held in Barcelona from 16 to Feb. 19 next year. Among other things, the announcement is reported that the deadline for registration as a speaker is already open.

The theme of Mobile World Congress 2009 is "Open Society Field" and deepen the agenda on key issues affecting the mobile industry, including: technological developments, mobile security, entertainment and mobile advertising, location services, Finance mobile open source codes and impact business in environmental issues.

According to the organization of MWC, the speakers' will benefit from the opportunities of networking with fellow presenters, leaders of the global mobile industry.. " In the edition of 2008, the number of attendees rose to 54,284, in addition to the 8075 delegates. Also, there were 2764 attendees of the press, not counting the public relations and a large number of mobile operators, whose presence increased by 9% to 11% compared with 2007.

(Update) On the other hand, the GSM Association (GSMA), organizer of the event, has announced that it will be held in Barcelona until 2012 at least. The news comes as a result of the agreement reached GSMA, local institutions and the guild of hotels in the city about some aspects such as security, transportation and hotel prices.

Under this agreement the prices may increase to a maximum of 5% per annum between the years 2010 and 2012, the same percentage for the current agreement expires with the 2009 edition of the congress. Jordi Clos, president of the Guild of Hotels of Barcelona, said that 234 hotels in Barcelona are subscribed to the agreement, ie, 90%. Also, Clos added that within the agreement provides for the prerreserva rooms of the hotel where the organization can agree with the price of the rooms.