February 20, 2008 at 8:30 am · Authored by Ewan · Filed under People, mobile world congress

I like, many, was watching closely to see what Pat Phelan of SMS Text News sponsor, MAXroam, made of Mobile World Congress. It was, I gather, his first event. I wondered what he thought of it. He’s a busy chap — a veritable tornado of energy and it’s always a challenge guessing what continent he’s traversing as he seems to change daily. I managed to pin him down for twenty seconds to answer these three questions:

1. Tell me three things that Mobile World Congress did brilliantly:

Pat says:

a. The event itself was amazing, the layout was simple and the flow was excellent.
b. Location, excellent, way better than Cannes.
c. Transport, Taxi queues were pretty manageable and transport to the venue was excellent.

2. Tell me three things that Mobile World Congress screwed up:

Pat says:

a. Queues for food, totally and utterly ridiculous.
b. The innovation zone, hidden away in hall 7
c. Queues for registration
d. WiFi

4. The most memorable point during the event was….

Pat says:

The MAXroam/QIK dinner

4. The hottest startup I came across during Mobile World Congress was….

Pay says:

Modu Mobile

Thanks for taking the time Pat.

If you were at MWC, knock me over your thoughts by email and I’ll get them up.