The MWC is the unmissable global mobile, services and content event which gathered 2400 exhibitors, 107 000 visitors from 208 countries in 2018.
For the 13th consecutive year, from 25 to 28 February 2019, Business France, the agency responsible for supporting the international development of the French economy, will be organizing the French Tech pavilion at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Over 100 innovative SMEs and start-ups will be exhibiting at this French Tech pavilion.
The French Tech pavilion will enable several partner regions such as Brittany, Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur as well as the competitiveness clusters “Systematic Paris Region” and “Secure Communications Solutions” to exhibit there.
The French Tech pavilion will be the largest national pavilion at the show, with an exhibition space of 630 sq m. It will be spread over 2 islands in Hall 5 (5B41 / 5B61) and 2 islands in Hall 8.1 (8.1D41 / 8.1E49) “APP PLANET”. The companies hosted at the French Tech pavilion belong to a range of Telecoms sectors: mobile applications, infrastructures, mobile advertising and mobile marketing, mobile games and accessories, engineering services and financial services.
The companies supported by Business France, moreover, can meet operators and players from the following countries: South Africa, Germany, Brazil, Canada, China, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey and USA.
A wide range of innovations will be presented at the show, including:
KONROW: This French brand of smartphones and tablets designs telephones which answer each of your uses. With Konrow, discover a reliable and accessible brand which proposes you the products you need. With our products and our philosophy, we defend the simplicity and the accessibility, and we offer you an alternative which is meaningful.
FOXY NERD STUDIO develops SaaS Digital Marketing solutions for big companies. Our digital listening & brand awareness solution allows big companies to monitor how customers and people react on their communication on social media and platforms dedicated to collect customers feedbacks.
DEJAMOBILE is a Fintech offering white label software solutions in the field of mobile transaction services. Dejamobile solutions enable payment, commerce and transport companies to deploy secure and interactive mobile services using proximity technologies such as NFC, QR code and Bluetooth Smart.
The complete list of the French exhibitors at the French Tech pavilion is available from the following website: https://events-export.businessfrance.fr/mwc
About Business France
Business France is the French agency responsible for supporting the international development of the French economy. It is responsible for fostering export growth by French businesses as well as promoting and facilitating international investment in France. It promotes the economic image and attractiveness of France, its companies and regions. It runs and develops the V.I.E. international internship program. Created on 1 January 2015, Business France came about following a merger between UBIFRANCE and AFII (the French agency for international investments. Business France has 1,500 employees in France and 70 other countries. It works with a network of public and private partners. For more information, please visit: www.businessfrance.fr
About the French Tech
The French Tech is the term used to describe the French start-up community: entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, designers, incubators, public organizations, etc. committed to the growth of French start-ups and to their international prosperity. This community includes unicorns such as Blablacar, Criteo, and Vente-privee and champions like Sigfox, Devialet and Voodoo which respectively raised 150 million euros in 2016, 160 million euros and 170 million euros in 2018. The French Tech initiative is an innovative public policy created in 2013. It is not about the government imposing regulations and limits. I’s about the government supporting the start-up community. For further information: www.meetlafrenchtech.com
Contact :Caroline Ginoux, Head of Tech operations - Digital Technologies Department
E-mail: caroline.ginoux@businessfrance.fr