MWC Barcelona

MWC Barcelona, formerly known as the Mobile World Congress, is an annual trade show intended for the mobile communications industry. It is held every February or early March at Fira de Barcelona in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

The event is attended primarily by device manufacturers, network equipment providers, representatives of wireless carriers, and the press, among others. Its annual attendance is generally around 100,000 people, while mobile phone manufacturers often use the conference to unveil upcoming devices.

The event is organised by the GSM Association (GSMA). GSMA has extended the MWC brand to four other trade shows in Shanghai, China (MWC Shanghai), Kigali, Rwanda (MWC Kigali, formerly MWC Africa) Las Vegas, United States (MWC Las Vegas, formerly MWC Los Angeles), and Doha, Qatar (MWC Doha) but the brand remains most synonymous with the Barcelona event.