India to host its own Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year
Aside
from the Barcelona chapter of the Mobile World Congress, there's a separate MWC
edition that's held each year in China's Shanghai. Now, a new MWC event has
been announced that will take place by India, the world's second-largest
smartphone market.
The
India edition of MWC will be focused on reaching out to the South East Asian
markets. The GSMA Association, which organizes the yearly MWCs has agreed to
associate with the three-day event that'll kick off in the country's capital
city of New Delhi on September 27.
"There
is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and an edition in Shanghai," said
COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) Director General Rajan S
Mathews. "There is nothing in between for South East Asia. India is
emerging as one of the global leaders in telecom which we will also showcase in
the Indian Mobile Congress."
Mathews
revealed that all local mobile operators, as well as companies like Facebook,
Huawei, Ericsson, Cisco etc are likely to be in attendance.
Source: gsmarena
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