Throughout 4 days, Barcelona became the world’s capital of the mobile technology. 72.000 attendants among those who were businessmen or experts from 200 countries have gone to the most visited Mobile World Congress ever (the ticket price varied between 699 and 4999 euros).
The latest advances in wireless communications or e-commerce through mobile have been shown by 1.700 companies. But not only enterprises took part in the event, official representants from 143 countries have been discussing how to regulate mobile telephony.
In spite of the attendants’ success and the organizers’ satisfaction, some experts pointed at the lack of newness since none of the companies have taken advantage of the fair to launched new products. Even though some of the most important brands in the world attended. Maybe the most remarkable novelty was the appearance of the operative system Firefox OS from Mozilla, well-supported by makers and operators.
The encouraging slogan of the event invited the public to explore the New Mobile Horizont: From contactless payments and augmented reality to embedded devices and connected cities – mobile technology is changing the landscape. The impact mobile will have on the world is limitless.