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Global Leaders from the Expanding Mobile Ecosystem Gather to Unlock Opportunities in the 5G Era of Intelligent Connectivity<\/em><\/p>\n

October 24, 2019, Los Angeles: <\/strong>The GSMA today reported the highlights of the 2019 MWC Los Angeles, in Partnership with CTIA, held October 22-24 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC). Over 60% of attendees held senior-level positions, including nearly 2,000 CEOs, who gathered to launch global societies into the era of Intelligent Connectivity.<\/p>\n

Under the theme of Intelligent Connectivity, MWC19 Los Angeles showcased the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data enabled by 5G. MWC also featured the mobile industry\u2019s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in driving gender inclusion with the Women4Tech program; positively impacting solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/climate-action\/ action, on the heels of the industry\u2019s commitment to reach zero emissions; and through the Youth Mobile Festival in driving inclusive and quality education.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see MWC Los Angeles\u2019 identity taking form as a leading event in the region,\u201d said John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd<\/strong>. \u201cThis year\u2019s theme has again marked the importance of 5G; we are on the verge of the critical phase of unlocking infinite possibilities in connecting everyone and everything to a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over three days, nearly 22,000 attendees from more than 100 countries gathered to create, debate and discuss the key trends shaping the mobile industry and the wider ecosystem, including over 225 media and industry analysts reporting the many developments coming out of the event.<\/p>\n

Renowned Industry Leaders Took the Stage<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With nearly 70 hours of program content and 380 speakers, the conference program highlighted themes including 5G, Disruptive Innovation, Everything Policy, Immersive Content and IoT. Keynote sessions featured CEOs and senior executives from a range of leading organizations including CTIA, Boingo, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, GeSI, GSMA, HP Enterprise, Intel Corporation, the Los Angeles Mayor, Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Nokia, OpenTable, Refinery29, Sprint, U.S. Cellular, Verizon, Viacom and Warner Bros.<\/p>\n

The event show floor featured exhibitions with the latest, cutting edge technologies, 5G stages featuring speakers on 5G security and entertainment, competitions, pitching events and much more. The GSMA Innovation City returned to Los Angeles with 41 demonstrations on the latest consumer and smart city uses cases.<\/p>\n

A Platform for Collaboration<\/strong><\/h2>\n

MWC Los Angeles serves as a platform for organizations to collaborate and launch new business ventures. Participating companies represented a growing number of sectors forming part of the 5G era of Intelligent Connectivity including Altair Semiconductor, AMD, Amazon, ARM, BadVR, Bank of America, ARM, CBRS Alliance, Cisco, DARPA, Ericsson, Fujitsu Network Communications, Gemalto, G+D Mobile Security, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, HCL Technologies, JMA Wireless, KORE Wireless, Nvidia, Mastercard, Motorola Mobility, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sprint, Tech Data, Vodafone, Verizon and Xfinity.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) held the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) Championship Event at MWC Los Angeles. GatorWings won the three-year competition designed to use AI to address spectrum scarcity. For more information on SC2, visit www.SpectrumCollaborationChallenge.com.<\/p>\n

Further, the United States Department of Defense used the MWC stage to announce it will issue a draft Request for Proposals on 5G technology in November and 5G testing and experimentation will start at four military bases. For more information, visit www.defense.gov.<\/p>\n

4YFN Previews the Future<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A highlight of MWC Los Angeles, the 4YFN Startup event, brought together more than 130 startups and exhibitors and 200 investors, representing nearly $2.5 billion in capital available for investments, to form new ventures. 4YFN Investors Club Partner Expert Dojo organized over 500 meetings during its Investors Festival, while 4YFN Community Club Partner Sprockit produced a media and entertainment program on the 4YFN Stage, powered by Karix. Dashmote was the winner of the 2019 4YFN Los Angeles Award. For more information on 4YFN, visit www.4yfn.com\/los-angeles\/.<\/p>\n

Women4Tech Advances Gender Equality<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Women4Tech, a program designed to address the persistent gender gap in female representation in the mobile industry, offered attendees the Women4Tech Summit, speed coaching and networking events, and a discussion panel at 4YFN. Women4Tech Summit speakers hailed from companies including AT&T, Bank of America, Facebook, Google, Misha Nonoo, amongst others.<\/p>\n

YoMo Inspires Tomorrow\u2019s Leaders<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Youth Mobile Festival (YoMo) opened its doors to a record-breaking 14,000 area students and over 1,000 educators and exhibitors from organizations inspiring youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and design, and math (STEAM) subjects. A highlight of YoMo Los Angeles this year included the LA Promise Fund’s annual summit Hello Future! bringing together thousands of young people, with today’s most disruptive entrepreneurs, tech innovators and brands.<\/p>\n

Across the three days, YoMo showcased over 2,100 hours of inspiring and engaging STEAM content through hands-on and interactive activities delivered by partners and exhibitors including Entertainment Alliance, Kore, Road Tennis Society, Samsung and Vodafone Americas Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of the GSMA, I\u2019d like to thank Mayor Eric Garcetti, the city of Los Angeles and the LACC for their collaboration, and our event partner, CTIA for their part in developing a world-class event,\u201d continued Hoffman. \u201cWe thank our member operators and the wider ecosystem who actively support MWC events during a time when mobile is critical to so many industries and billions of people worldwide.”<\/p>\n

The GSMA announced MWC 2020 will return to Los Angeles and will take place in the LACC from October 28-30. For more information on MWC Los Angeles, please visit\u00a0www.mwclosangeles.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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