{"id":2985,"date":"2012-10-15T06:27:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T06:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2015-05-14T12:58:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T12:58:21","slug":"gsma-announces-new-details-for-mobile-world-congress-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-announces-new-details-for-mobile-world-congress-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Announces new details for Mobile World Congress 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>New Keynote Speakers, Exhibitors, Sponsors  and Partners at Mobile World Congress<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>15  October 2012, London:<\/strong> The GSMA today provided new details and event  updates for the 2013 GSMA Mobile World Congress, which will be held 25-28  February 2013 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. The GSMA announced that the CEOs  of NTT DOCOMO and Vodafone will be delivering keynote addresses in the Mobile  World Congress conference programme and the GSMA also outlined additional new  exhibiting companies, sponsors, partners and event elements for the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMobile World Congress 2013 is shaping up to be the  largest and most exciting edition ever,\u201d said Michael O\u2019Hara, Chief Marketing  Officer, GSMA. \u201cThe breadth of exhibition, educational programmes, solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/regulatory-environment\/mobile-energy-efficiencytings,  events and networking opportunities coming up in February is unsurpassed,  underscoring again why Mobile World Congress is the industry\u2019s \u201cmust-attend\u201d  event. We continue to add to this outstanding agenda and we look forward to welcoming  more than 70,000 attendees from across the ever-expanding mobile ecosystem to  Barcelona.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>New Keynote Speakers for Mobile World  Congress<\/h3>\n<p>CEOs from the mobile  industry\u2019s leading companies will be delivering keynote presentations in the  Mobile World Congress conference programme. Newly confirmed keynote speakers  for Mobile World Congress 2013 include Kaoru Kato, President and CEO, NTT  DOCOMO and Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive, Vodafone Group.<\/p>\n<p>These executives join previously announced keynote speakers including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ren\u00e9 Obermann, CEO, Deutsche Telekom<\/li>\n<li>Franco Bernab\u00e8, Chairman, GSMA and Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia Group<\/li>\n<li>Suk-Chae Lee, CEO, KT Corp.<\/li>\n<li>Gary Kovacs, CEO, Mozilla<\/li>\n<li>Susan Whiting, Vice Chair, Nielsen<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Elop, President and CEO, Nokia<\/li>\n<li>Lars Nyberg, President and CEO, TeliaSonera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In  addition to insightful keynote sessions, the 2013 conference will also include focused  track sessions exploring a range of topics such as applications, business  strategy, cloud computing, connected living, developing markets, devices, mobile  consumer marketing, mobile health, mobile money, next-generation technologies,  NFC, OSS\/BSS and social media, among other subjects. For more information,  visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/conference\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Experience the Latest Technologies, Products and  Services<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The GSMA today announced  that several new companies have confirmed their presence on the Mobile World  Congress exhibition floor, including Acer, Brightstar, Ericsson and MasterCard,  joining previously announced exhibitors Airwatch, Alcatel-Lucent, Amdocs,  Bharti Airtel, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, eBay, Ford, Fujitsu, Gemalto, HTC,  Huawei, IBM, Intel, LG, Motorola Mobility, NEC, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, Oracle,  Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung, SAP, Sharp, SK Telecom, Sony Mobile, Telef\u00f3nica,  Tellabs, Visa, Vodafone and ZTE, among others. <\/p>\n<p>Across 80,000 square metres of exhibition and hospitality space,  attendees can visit pavilions focusing on various elements of the mobile  ecosystem, such as Embedded Mobile Devices, Green Technology, Mobile Cloud,  Mobile Health, and NFC and Mobile Money. The exhibition will also include country  pavilions with companies from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Catalonia, China,  Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan,  Lithuania, Norway, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey and the  United Kingdom. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/exhibition\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>mPowered  Brands Programme at Mobile World Congress 2013<\/h3>\n<p>Mobile World  Congress will again host the mPowered Brands Programme, which is designed to  develop marketers\u2019 and enterprise leaders\u2019 mobile knowledge and to fast-track  their use of mobile for marketing and consumer engagement. The mobile marketing  and advertising programme comprises three elements: the mPowered Brands Zone,  mPowered Brands Theatres and mPowered Brands Mobile Ambassadors. The GSMA  announced that Nielsen has signed on as an mPowered Brands Supporting Sponsor  and will be leading an mPowered Brands Theatre session. The GSMA also announced  that, due to high demand, it is expanding the mPowered Brands Zone on the  exhibition floor; current exhibiting companies include Adfonic, AOL\/AdTech,  mAdvertise, Millennial Media, Telmap and Velti, among others.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the mPowered Brands Mobile  Ambassador Programme, Shelly Palmer, the prolific author and American TV  personality who speaks on a wide range of topics relating to the challenges of  digital disruption, is bringing his Digital Leadership Series to Mobile World  Congress. Shelly Palmer will conduct bespoke tours during the event for  business leaders who seek to rapidly get up to speed on mobile industry trends  and opportunities to build an actionable roadmap for their business. To learn  more about the Shelly Palmer Digital Learning Series, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/mpoweredbrands-ambassadors\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/mpoweredbrands-ambassadors\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on mPowered Brands at Mobile  World Congress, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/mpoweredbrands\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/mpoweredbrands<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>App Planet: The Centre of the Apps Universe<\/h3>\n<p>Now in its fourth year at  Mobile World Congress, App Planet will again connect the developer community  with the broader mobile ecosystem<em>.<\/em> Across four days, mobile industry  leaders and the application development community will participate in  programmes focusing on the explosive growth in the mobile apps market. App  Planet also features exhibition, product and service demonstrations, networking  and workshops from some of the largest and most influential mobile industry  companies. The GSMA today announced that Generalitat de Catalunya&nbsp;&#8211; Government of Catalonia is the Official  App Planet Sponsor, and Inneractive and Wireless Industry Partnership (WIP) are  App Planet Supporting Sponsors. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/app-planet-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/app-planet-overview\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Forum Series to Explore LTE, Mobile Cloud and  Mobile Security<\/h3>\n<p>Mobile World Congress 2013  features the Forum Series, a sponsored programme that brings together industry  players to discuss and debate a range of topics in focused sessions. Currently  scheduled Forums include the LTE Forum, the MNO Developer Cloud Forum and the  Mobile Security Forum. The GSMA announced that Metaswitch Networks will be  presenting in the MNO Developer Cloud Forum, joining other participating  companies including AdaptiveMobile, who will be presenting in the Mobile  Security Forum, and ZTE, who will be presenting in the LTE Forum and the MNO  Developer Cloud Forum. &nbsp;For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/forum-series\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/forum-series\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>GTI to Hold Seventh LTE TDD\/FDD International  Summit <\/h3>\n<p>The Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) with China Mobile will hold its seventh LTE  TDD\/FDD International Summit (GTI Summit) at Mobile World Congress. The Summit,  scheduled for the morning of Tuesday, 26th February, will be focused  on promoting the convergence of LTE TDD and FDD and accelerating TD-LTE  deployment in global markets. At the 2013 Summit, leaders from mobile operators  pioneering the adoption of TD-LTE will join executives from companies across  the ecosystem, as well as other industry watchers, to discuss the state of the  market and explore the key factors and requirements to drive broad-scale  adoption and successful commercialisation of this technology. More than 500  executive-level delegates from operators, vendors, service providers and  consulting companies are expected to attend the LTE FDD\/TDD International  Summit. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\/gti\" target=\"_blank\">www.mobileworldcongress.com\/gti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>GSMA  Ministerial Programme<\/h3>\n<p>The GSMA today  announced that Upstream has signed on as a sponsor for the GSMA Ministerial Programme  at Mobile World Congress, joining previously confirmed sponsors STC and ZTE. The  Ministerial Programme is designed to bring together governments, regulators and  industry leaders to discuss the specific regulatory issues shaping the  development of mobile around the world. The 2013 Ministerial Programme features  additional regional seminars and thematic workshops to facilitate in-depth  policy discussions between public and private sectors, as well as an expanded  series of Government Mobile Excellence awards. The Ministerial Programme will  take place from 25-27 February 2013 and is expected to attract delegations from  140 countries and intergovernmental organisations. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ministerialprogramme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ministerialprogramme.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For  more information on Mobile World Congress 2013, including details on how to  attend, exhibit or sponsor, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.mobileworldcongress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Mobile World Congress is the cornerstone  of the Mobile World Capital, which will be hosted in Barcelona from 2013 to  2018. The Mobile World  Capital also includes the Mobile World Centre, the Mobile World Festival and  the Mobile World Hub, programmes and activities that will span the  entire year and will benefit not only the citizens of Barcelona, Catalonia and  Spain, but also the worldwide mobile industry. For more information on the Mobile World Capital,  please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldcapital.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.mobileworldcapital.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">-ENDS-<\/p>\n<h3>About the GSMA<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The GSMA represents the interests of mobile  operators worldwide.&nbsp;Spanning more than 220 countries and territories, the GSMA unites  nearly 800 of the world\u2019s mobile operators with more than 230 companies in the  broader mobile ecosystem, including  handset makers, software companies, equipment providers and Internet companies,  as well as organisations in industry sectors such as financial services,  healthcare, media, transport and utilities. The GSMA also produces  industry-leading events such as the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia  Expo.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit the GSMA  corporate website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\">www.gsma.com<\/a> or Mobile World Live, the  online portal for the mobile communications industry, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.mobileworldlive.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Media Contact:<\/h3>\n<p>For the GSMA<br \/>\n  Abigail Faylor: +44 (0) 2070 670 851<br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:GSMAPressOffice@webershandwick.com\">GSMAPressOffice@webershandwick.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GSMA Press Office<br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:press@gsm.org\">press@gsm.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Keynote Speakers, Exhibitors, Sponsors and Partners at Mobile World Congress 15 October 2012, London: The GSMA today provided new details and event updates for the 2013 GSMA Mobile World Congress, which will be held 25-28 February 2013 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. 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