<P> In 2014, the GSMA announced that their annual summer event in China would be rebranded under the Mobile World Congress banner as "Mobile World Congress Shanghai". </P> <P> In 2016, the GSMA announced the creation of Mobile World Congress Americas, an event created in partnership with CTIA to bring an extension of the event to North America in 2017 . </P> <P> The GSMA Mobile World Congress usually takes place in February but occasionally the show occurs the first week of March . The location is the Fira Gran Via venue in Barcelona, Spain . Annual attendance is generally more than 100,000 people . Up until 2006, the event took place in Cannes and was known as 3GSM World . Attendees represent more than 200 countries from across the globe . </P> <P> GSMA Mobile World Congress 2018 will take place in Barcelona from 26 February to 1 March 2018 . </P>

Which city is hosting the 2017 mobile world congress (mwc)