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GSMA considers move from Barcelona
20 August 2010
The GSM Association is considering five rivals to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress after 2012
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The GSM Association has said it is considering bids from five cities that are eager to take away Barcelona’s contract to host Mobile World Congress from 2013.
Barcelona has been the home of Mobile World Congress — formerly 3GSM — since 2006, having won the deal to host what is now the world’s biggest telecoms conference from Cannes.
Now it is having to compete against five other cities — all European — for a five-year contract from 2013 to 2017.
The GSMA has announced the six competing venues are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cologne, Milan, Munich and Paris. It will identify a shortlist in January 2011, and announce the winner in the middle of 2011.
If Barcelona loses the fight, its last MWC will be in February 2012.
John Hoffman, CEO of GSMA Ltd, the trading arm of the GSM Association, said: “The Mobile World Congress has grown significantly since it was started in 1987, and we look forward to shaping the future of the event with one of these outstanding candidate cities.”
The GSMA said that it expects more than 50,000 visitors at the next Mobile World Congress, to be held in Barcelona on February 14-17 2011.
“We have experienced tremendous success and our association with Barcelona has been extremely positive for the GSMA, for our exhibitors, for our attendees and for the wireless industry,” said Hoffman. GTB
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