Off the wire
• No surge in Legionnaires' disease cases in Europe in 2013: ECDC report  • World Bank urges Zimbabwe to revamp business environment  • Buried glaciers on Mars have enough water to cover entire planet: study  • Lebanese army arrests Syrian "terrorist group leader"  • FTSE 100 close lower on Wednesday  • Uganda to face Botswana in 2017 AFCON qualifiers  • Ghana fails 2017 AFCON bid  • American coach to handle Uganda's AfroBasket Championship team  • Spanish stock market falls 0.64 pct, closes at 11,655 points  • Feature: Britain introduces ban on display of tobacco, cigarettes in small stores  
You are here: 　 Home

Barcelona offers to host Mobile World Congress until 2023

Xinhua, April 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Spain's northeastern city of Barcelona offered to host the Mobile World Congress (MWC) until 2023, five years more than the current date agreed by the city and the congress' organizers, the association GSMA.

GSMA, that represents the interests of more than 800 mobile operators and 250 companies in the mobile ecosystem, reported Wednesday they would examine the offer of Spanish authorities.

Barcelona's Mayor Xavier Trias told reporters on Wednesday that the proposal had been delivered by the end of March, trying to go ahead of other cities that could want to host the MWC as well.

The MWC 2015 is expected to have an economic impact of around 436 million euros (471.5 million U.S. dollars) in Barcelona and its surroundings. Some 12,000 temporary jobs were specifically created during this year edition.

According to GSMA, the MWC 2015 held in March was the biggest in the event's history. The number of visitors stood at 93,000. Endit