Mobile World Congress 2024

• Mobile World Congress 2024 (MWC) 2024 started recently.
• The connectivity event is being hosted by GSMA and was organised at Barcelona, Spain.
• The event is hosted every year and brings people from companies that deal in mobile and wireless technologies.
• The theme of this year’s MWC is “Future First” and most of the discussion will revolve around the same.
  • The event is also divided into six sub themes, which includes Humanising AI, 5G and Beyond, Connecting Everything, Manufacturing DX, Game Changers, and Our Digital DNA.

ABOUT GSMA

• The GSM Association is a lobby organisation that represents the interests of mobile network operators worldwide.
• More than 750 mobile operators are full GSMA members and a further 400 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem are associate members.
• Headquarters- London, UK
• GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) is a digital mobile network that is widely used by mobile phone users in Europe and other parts of the world.
  • GSM digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot.
  • It operates at either the 900 megahertz (MHz) or 1,800 MHz frequency band.