Mobile World Congress Mobile Communications Industry Global Event The 32nd edition of the Mobile World Congress, attended by 108,000 27 February – 2 March visitors, was guided by the motto “The next element” as a statement Venue Gran Via of the intentions of the main global event on mobile technologies. Edition 12nd in Barcelona The show reflected the ubiquity and prominence of this “new element”, Area 115 ,000 m2 which already covers all areas in our lives: from health to entertainment, Exhibitors 2,200 through to automation, sports or finance and telecommunications. TypeProfessional Thisimportance was also reflected in the list of speakers, among Activities nexTech Hall; which were the CeOs of major mobile phone operators, as well as YoMo Festival; Women 4 Tech; innovation City the leads of games or TV platforms such as John Hanke, creator of Organisedby GSMA with Pokémon Go, and Reed Hastings, founder of Netflix. In addition, the the cooperation of Fira nexTech hall exhibited the proliferation of new disruptive technologies, de Barcelona while innovation City brought together new products already available www.mobileworldcongress.com in areas such as consumer electronics, internet of Things (ioT) and security solutions. By the end of 2017, two thirds of the world’s population had a mobile connection, totalling 5,000 million users (GSMA) 62 — FiRA de BARCeLOnA | 2017 RePORT