Mobile World Congress
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exhibition for the mobile industry
Key facts
- Status
- Active
- Genre
- Mobile communications
- Date
- 2 March – 5 March 2026
- Venue
- Fira de Barcelona Gran Via
- Locations
- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat , Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- Inaugurated
- 1987 ; 39 years ago ( 1987 ) (as GSM World Congress)
- Attendance
- 109,500 (2019 & 2025)
- Organised by
- GSMA
- Website
- www .mwcbarcelona .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- MWC Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- Main subject
- Artificial intelligence
- Location
- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
- Official website
- www.mwcbarcelona.com
- Image
- MWC 2019 (46296915385).jpg
- Organizer
- GSM Association
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- month of the year
- February
- Commons category
- Mobile World Congress
- start time
- 1985-00-00
- attendance
- 109000
- short name
- MWC
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
MWC Barcelona, formerly known as the Mobile World Congress, is an annual trade show intended for the mobile communications industry. It is held every February or early March at Fira de Barcelona in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
The event is attended primarily by device manufacturers, network equipment providers, representatives of wireless carriers, and the press, among others. Its annual attendance is generally around 100,000 people, while mobile phone manufacturers often use the conference to unveil upcoming devices.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mobile World Congress” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.