GSMA announces candidate cities bidding to host Mobile World Congress 2013
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The GSMA today announced that six cities are competing to host the GSMA Mobile World Congress event starting in 2013: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cologne, Milan, Munich and Paris have been named candidate cities who are vying to become the home of Mobile World Congress for the five-year period from 2013 through 2017.
The GSMA expects to identify a short list of finalist cities in January 2011 and to complete the evaluation process and announce the host city in mid-2011. The Mobile World Congress is widely considered the key gather of professionals in the mobile telecom industry. It is expected to draw more than 50,000 visitors at the 2011 Mobile World Congress, which will be held in Barcelona 14-17 February, 2011.
The four-day conference and exhibition attracts executives from the world