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GSMA Announces Global Partners for MWC22 Barcelona

GSMA Announces Global Partners for MWC22 Barcelona

22 February 2022, Barcelona: The GSMA has announced the sponsors and partners for MWC22 Barcelona, where the global mobile ecosystem will convene from 28 February to 3 March. This year the event will showcase a new theme, Connectivity Unleashed, to highlight how mobile transforms our everyday lives – via technologies including 5G, Cloud, AI, and Internet of Everything – and industries such as Fintech, Manufacturing, and Automotive.

"As we prepare to welcome the global mobile ecosystem back to Barcelona, we reflect on the contribution that our sponsors and partners have made in creating another unmissable event. MWC is unique in its ability to bring the entire mobile community together to collaborate and innovate," said John Hoffman, CEO of GSMA Ltd.

Event Sponsors and Partners

Our ground-breaking exhibitors, industry-leading speakers, Ministerial Programme, and trailblazer events, such as Diversity4Tech, are all enabled by our event sponsors and partners. This year they include 5GAA, Accenture, Amazon, Android, Amplitude, Award Solutions, AWS, BMC, Citi, CITC, Comba Telecom, Deloitte, Digital Future Society, eGain, eset, European Commission, Fortinet, Fujitsu, Giesecke+Devrient, Global Child Forum, Government of Catalonia, GTI, Honor, HP, Huawei, Idemia, Industrial Development Bureau (IDB), ITRI, Kadisys, Kaspersky, Kigen, Kochava, KORE, Kyndryl, Markets and Markets, MAXGEN, Micro Blink, Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Mobileum, Moelis, NEC, Orange, Palo Alto Networks, Qdivision, Qualcomm, Radisys, Rakuten, realme, Red Hat, Salesforce, ServiceNow, stc, TechMahindra, Tecnotree, Telus, Thales, Truphone, Wipro, VinFast, Xilinx, and ZTE.

The Hub of Startup Innovation

4YFN is one of the world's most influential startup events, and this year it returns to the heart of the Fira Gran Via, where the event will host more than 500 businesses. Investors, entrepreneurs, and disruptors have never been more engaged, with over 300 speakers contributing to the most exciting 4YFN ever. The event is supported by Platinum Sponsor BStartup Banco Sabadell and Host Sponsors ACCIÓ from the Government of Catalonia, Barcelona Activa (Barcelona City Council), ICEX / red.es from the Government of Spain, and Mobile World Capital Barcelona. 4YFN's Headline Sponsors for 2022 are CaixaBank - dayOne as Innovation Headline Sponsor, Esade as EdTech Headline Sponsor, and Wayra, Telefónica Innovation as Frontier Tech Headline Sponsor.

We would also like to thank 4YFN's Supporting Sponsors: Agora, AWS, APDCAT, Argentine Investment and Trade Promotion Agency (AITPA), Binance, Catalan Arts, EIT Health, iBus Networks, imagin, Invest in Andalucia, Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), K-Startup Center, KUDO, La French Tech, Nestlé Global IT Hub Barcelona, Silicon Castles, SK Telecom, and Up Euskadi!.

For the second consecutive year, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the Impact Partner of MWC22 Barcelona and 4YFN.

Media Partners

Mobile World Live is the Lead Media Partner at MWC22 Barcelona, alongside Official Media Partners CNBC, Euronews, Financial Times, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal Barron's Group. MWC22 Barcelona's Featured Media Partners are C114, Insider Intelligence, Radio + Television Business Report, Technology Record, and TeleSemana.

You can register for MWC22 Barcelona here.

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About GSMA

The GSMA is a global organization unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments and societal change. Our vision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so that people, industry, and society thrive. Representing mobile operators and organizations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries, the GSMA delivers for its members across three broad pillars: Connectivity for Good, Industry Services and Solutions, and Outreach. This activity includes advancing policy, tackling today's biggest societal challenges, underpinning the technology and interoperability that make mobile work, and providing the world's largest platform to convene the mobile ecosystem at the MWC and M360 series of events.

We invite you to find out more at gsma.com.

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