GSMA has revealed the achievements of the Mobile World Congress 2018, the largest telecom event in the world.
# more than 107,000 visitors from 205 countries
# 55% attendees held senior-level positions
# more than 7,700 CEOs against 6,100 in 2017
# 24 percent female attendees (+23 percent)
# 28 percent female speakers compared with 21 percent in 2017
# more than 2,400 companies showcased against more than 2,300 in 2017
# more than 3,500 media and industry analysts
# contributed €471 million and 13,000 part-time jobs to local economy
GSMA said keynote speakers represented organisations including Airobotics, Atrium TV, Bharti Enterprises, BT Group, China Mobile, Ericsson, GE, HTC, Hyperledger, McAfee, McLaren Technology Group, NTT DOCOMO, PullString, Rakuten, Red Hat, SheWorx, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sprint, Synchronoss, Tata Communications, Telefonica, Telenor, Telia, Teralytics, Vodafone, among others.
More than 2,300 companies participated at Mobile World Congress 2018, including brands such as Accenture, Alibaba, AT&T, BMW, China Mobile, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Facebook, Fujitsu, Google, HTC, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, LG, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, Orange, PwC, Qualcomm, Samsung, SAP, SK Telecom, Sony Mobile, Telefonica, VMware, Vodafone, Xiaomi and ZTE, among others.
