In this edition has grown the number of Catalan and Spanish companies that are present at the fair of mobile phones. Video ' economic impact of the MWC ' about 275 million euros. This is the economic impact that is expected to let this edition of the Mobile World Congress in our city, which will be the mobile world capital until at least 2018 from next year, but begins to assert, ya, its capital these days, from February 27 to March 1. This year the Lounge will have 1,400 exhibitors and it is expected that the number of visitors exceeded 60,000 in the year past, half of which will be senior members of the firms representing. Among them, are Presidents of the Board of Directors of multinational companies like Eric Schmidt (Google), Stephen Elop (Nokia), Hans Vestberg (Ericsson), Peter Chou (HTC), etc. In addition, increases the number of companies (106, 8% of the total) Spanish and Catalan (52, 4% of the total) present at the fair. In fact, this year the number of Catalan companies multiplied by three, last year which shows that this sector is growing strongly and that Barcelona is the capital. On the other hand, this year the space allocated to the Congress increases by 40% and will reach 70,000 square meters. This edition aims to redefine the industry towards other sectors to gain efficiency with the application of mobile technology. The subsector of the applications for smartphones is the growing more rapidly in recent years. This the Salon Edition enabled App Planet, an area where more than two hundred companies with the latest technologies and about twelve thousand professionals in the development of applications again. Also, for the first time the Hall has an area dedicated to promote the use of mobile technologies in the field of the márquetin. Catalan companies in the Mobile Catalan firms will be distributed in two distinct spaces: the Catalan Pavilion, in the square of the Univers, which will host eight consolidated companies and five technology centers, and APP Planet, where twenty new Catalan companies participate in this area dedicated to the development of applications for mobile phones. In the Catalan flag there will be companies like 2Embdcom, Albedo Telecom, Barcelona Digital Technology Centre, Barcelona Media, CTTC, Emovilia, Fundación i2CAT, Genaker, Narada Robotics, Sixtemia, Neàpolis, Tempos 21 and Urbiotica. In this Pavilion, moreover, will be known as Brokerage Event, interviews that favor collaboration between companies, technological institutes and research groups and the possibility of establishing license agreements for patents or trade agreements in r + d projects. Throughout the seven editions of the Mobile World Congress, the Generalitat has promoted the participation of 158 Catalan companies. ICT in Catalonia do not notice the crisis according to the report “The business sector of the technologies of information and communication in Catalonia” (2011), this sector maintains growth forecast in Catalonia, despite the crisis. It is a very localized sector around Barcelona, formed by a majority of small businesses fruit of entrepreneurial action. The sector gave work during the 2010 a total of 70,000 people in Catalonia.

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