More Delegates and Governments Turn Out at MWC
- Thursday, February 28th, 2013
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Upwards of 72,000 people from more than 200 countries made it through the doors at this year’s Mobile World Congress, an increase of eight per cent on last year, according to the GSMA.
More than 50 per cent of attendees this year hold c-level positions, including 4,300 CEOs, with executives from China Mobile, Dropbox, Mozilla and Qualcomm among those who took to the stage. There were also 143 government delegations there.
The new Fira Gran Via venue covered 94,000 square metres and included 1,700 visiting companies. The event is estimated to have driven a €19m more to the local economy than the same time last year, totaling €320m. Mobile World Congress will continue to be hosted in Barcelona until 2018. 
