More than 49,000 visitors from 200 countries attended the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress, according to figures released by the GSMA. 54% of Mobile World Congress attendees hold C-level positions, including more than 2,800 CEOs. Almost 2,400 international print, web and broadcast media attended the event to analyse and report on the many significant industry announcements made at the Congress. 
Its a hugely exciting time to be in the mobile communications industry and the extremely strong attendance at the 2010 Mobile World Congress underscores that, says GSMA CEO, John Hoffman. The innovation that is the hallmark of our industry was on display front and centre this week, from the insightful presentations in our conference programme to the demonstrations of new devices, technologies and services in the exhibition halls.  Once again, Mobile World Congress stands out as the must-attend event for the global communications industry. 
In a first for the event, Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt delivered a Mobile World Live keynote to a standing-room only crowd in Barcelona; the session has also been viewed by more than 35,000 people to date via the Mobile World Live portal.  You can access the replay of the Mobile World Live keynote, as well as interviews with other leading mobile industry executives, here.
www.mobileworldlive.com.
More than 20,000 people visited the inaugural App Planet, a focused event designed to bring together the many elements of the broad mobile application ecosystem together in one location. Google, Motorola, RIM, Sony Ericsson, Vodafone and WIPJam each held application developer conferences within App Planet. Overall, more than 6,000 developers attended Mobile World Congress this year.   
Next years event takes place in Barcelona form 14 17 February.