GSMA MWC25 Barcelona: Where everyone, from founders to presidents, come together for inspiration, ingenuity, policy and progress

From founders to presidents, meet everyone from everywhere – at the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event.

MWC25 Barcelona, the world's largest and most influential connectivity event, returns for its 19th edition at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona from March 3-6, 2025. The event brings together innovators, visionaries, and leaders from the mobile ecosystem and diverse industry sectors, including startups, investors, SMEs, and multinationals, alongside global policymakers driving the digital economy.

Under the umbrella event theme of Converge. Connect. Create., this year’s event and conference programme will spotlight technological and digital change across the themes of Our Digital DNA, Game Changers, Enterprise Reinvited, Connect X, 5G Inside and AI+. Participants will engage in dynamic summits and discussions, including the GSMA Ministerial Programme, which focuses on transformative policies and practices for the industry.

New for this year, MWC25 Barcelona will feature stages named in honour of the trailblazers and tech luminaries Katherine Johnson, Guglielmo Marconi, Alan Turing, and Hedy Lemarr. Industry titans, technology pioneers and CEOs from companies like Agility Robotics, the B-Team, Bharti Enterprises, Lenovo, the London Business School, Telefonica, Telstra, TIME, and Women in AI will deliver keynotes – with more to be announced; follow our digital channels (LinkedIn, X and Instagram) for updates. Exhibitors and sponsors will include Accenture, Amazon Web Services, China Mobile, Dell, E&, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Honor, Huawei, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, ZTE and Xiaomi. 

The event will also feature the 4YFN platform, which has powered the startup ecosystem for over 10 years. Under a dedicated show theme of AI XL including AI technology keynote speakers, 4YFN will host seven programmes designed to turbocharge the business plans and visions of startups and investors: Digital Health, Green Tech, Fintech, Universities Spin Off, Founders, Investors, Corporate Innovators. 

The 4YFN Awards will recognise five finalists in categories such as Digital Health, Green Tech, Fintech, Digital Horizons, and Mobile Frontiers, with an overall winner announced at the show on March 5, 2025.

Networking experiences and opportunities are essential to MWC25 Barcelona's character and success. Hall 6 will feature the MWC conference district, dedicated to bringing leaders together across a range of collaborative networking areas, auditoriums, and VIP lounges. Additionally, the event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Global Mobile Awards (GLOMOs), recognising game-changing achievements and industry contributions.

Finally, Mobile World Capital Barcelona is bringing Talent Arena to MWC25 Barcelona, a hub for learning, networking, and career development, co-located at Fira Montjuic. Registration is now open and members of the media are invited to apply for a complimentary press pass to MWC25 Barcelona here. Registration for Talent Arena is available here.

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About GSMA

The GSMA is a global organisation 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 organisations 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.