MWC: Show & Tell
10:00 AM -- Despite the industry-wide clampdown on staff travel and the shrinking prospects in the telecom sector in 2009, the GSM Association (GSMA) still believes its giant Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona this coming February will attract as many people as last year -– 54,000. (See GSMA Preps for MWC.)
The GSMA says it has as many exhibitors booked as last year (1,300), and says current reports from local partners suggest hotel room bookings are up slightly, while registrations for the event are up compared with this time last year.
But being bullish is one thing -- dealing with economic realities may be another. For the full story, see this Light Reading EuroBlog.
— Michelle Donegan, European Editor, Unstrung
The GSMA says it has as many exhibitors booked as last year (1,300), and says current reports from local partners suggest hotel room bookings are up slightly, while registrations for the event are up compared with this time last year.
But being bullish is one thing -- dealing with economic realities may be another. For the full story, see this Light Reading EuroBlog.
— Michelle Donegan, European Editor, Unstrung
