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The Mobile World Congress is over and GSMA announced this year’s numbers. Without further ado, here they come:
- More than 47,000 visitors from 189 countries attended the 2009 GSMA Mobile World Congress.
- 50% of all the attendees hold C-level positions, including more than 2,800 CEOs.
- 1,300 companies exhibited at the event, occupying more than 57,000 square metres of exhibition and hospitality space — a footprint 11% larger than that of the previous year. (recession anyone?)
- Nearly 2,400 international print, web and broadcast media attended the event.
The official press release ends with the announcement for the Mobile World Congress’ sister event, the Mobile Asia Congress, which will take place in Hong Kong in Autumn of this year…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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