New York shows its support for Barcelona as the new Mobile World Capital

• Executives from leading telecom companies (like Time Warner Cable o AT&T) or the banking sector (such as Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan) attended the presentation, hosted by IESE Business School in its New York Headquarters.
• A delegation headed by the Mayor of Barcelona and the Executive Vice President of the Mobile World Capital explained in New York the technological opportunities that Barcelona offers to citizens and businesses in the coming years.

May 17, 2013

The New York headquarters of IESE Business School hosted today the Mobile World Capital Barcelona official launch in the U.S. The event, with more than a hundred attendees, filled the capacity of the conference room. The presentation was headed by Xavier Trias, Mayor of Barcelona, and Agustí Cordón, one of the two Executive Vice Presidents of the Mobile World Capital Barcelona (also CEO of Fira de Barcelona). Representatives of large companies in the telecommunications sector (such as Time Warner Cable and AT&) and the banking sector (such as Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan) attended the event to learn about the technological opportunities that the Mobile World Capital Barcelona has to offer.

“We are not talking about any particular sector: the unlimited opportunities offered by technology, particularly those related to mobility, generate benefits for the whole industry ecosystem with no exception”, highlighted Agustí Cordón.

New generation companies

Juan Manuel Barrionuevo, Strategy Director of the Mobile World Capital Barcelona, wanted to deepen the vision of this worldwide event. He introduced Barbara Mallinson and Pau Sabrià General Managers of Obami and Olapic, respectively. Both companies are a clear example of how technology has revolutionized the world of business. Obami uses the social network to connect students, teachers, and parents to provide them with educational resources, while Olapic is an application that allows any brand to interact with its customers through photography.

Until Sunday, the residents and visitors of New York that connect to Internet through the public free WiFi network will receive a message on their screen with information about the Mobile World Capital Barcelona, thanks to an agreement with Gowex, a Spanish company specialises in free WiFi network management, such as the one in New York, which has 20 million users.