A New Dawn of Telecom and Tech Events
Tech events are something of a recent phenomenon. While localized tech events and gadget exhibitions have been taking place in various countries for years now, the first global mobile and tech event was organised in 2009 by the GSMA. Dubbed the Mobile World Congress and organised in Barcelona, Spain, the tech extravaganza was an instant hit with the global brands, tech enthusiasts, international media and young professionals who saw the event as an opportunity to connect, collaborate, debate and learn. While GSMA has since been engaged in organizing similar iterations of Mobile World Congress in other parts of the world, South and South East Asia have started focussing on organizing and nurturing their own platforms. From Telecom Worlds Asia to the India Mobile Congress, these events are just as grand and world-class as Mobile World Congress and much more important in terms of the impact they have on the regions they are held in. For example, India Mobile Congress is one of the larg