A major trade show for mobile operators, devices and related products. Mobile World Congress is organized by the GSM Association and held in Barcelona, Spain in February or March. More than 100,000 people attended MWC 2024. See
GSM.
Dating back to 1987 in Brussels, Mobile World Congress (MWC) was originally GSM World Congress and later 3GSM World Congress. In 1996, it became MWC. The show has been held in many cities, including Nice, Berlin, Lisbon, Athens, Madrid and for a decade in Cannes. It has also taken place in Las Vegas, Shanghai and Kigali (Rwanda). See
technology trade shows.