At the MWC Barcelona 2025, the city council of Barcelona and Huawei Spain announced a cooperation agreement for the development of innovation and training activities in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) as part of the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The Alliance will promote the structure of the smart city project in Barcelona, especially in key areas such as the city command center, intelligent buildings, connectivity, green energy and development of ICT talents.
This alliance underlines the commitment of both organizations for the digitization of society and laid the foundation for the promotion of common smart city projects in key areas such as urban command center, intelligent buildings, connectivity, green energy and ICT talent development.
As for the development of ICT talents, the initiatives are supported by the Huawei Spain Academy, the first training facility of this kind in Europe. It was recently founded to promote talent and digital skills in Spain. It is developed as part of the IT Academy, the advanced technological training center of Barcelona Activa, which has experience in training students in the areas of programming and big data.
Prominent personalities from both organizations took part in the ceremonial signing and presentation of the agreement.
The city council of Barcelona represented the Mayor Jaume Collboni, the deputy mayor for economy, finance, business development and tourism, Jordi Valls, the city director Laia Claverol, the head of the economy and business development department, Antoni Fernández, the head of the business development, Miquel Rodríguez, and the head of the urban institute for Information technology, Emili Rubió.
Huawei was represented by Leo Chen, Corporate Senior Vice President & President of Enterprise Sales by Huawei, and Andrés Yin, CEO of Huawei Iberia.
The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, said during the event: “This cooperation that strengthens Barcelona’s position as a technology capital is an important step to promote digital integration and to ensure equal access to technology. With combined forces, we prioritize the development of digital skills through initiatives such as the IT Academy of Barcelona Activa. “
Leo Chen, Corporate Senior Vice President, President of Enterprise Sales from Huawei, said: “This agreement reflects our strong commitment to innovation and the digital transformation of cities. Barcelona is a global scale for technology and sustainability and at Huawei we are proud to participate in initiatives that will contribute to the development of a more efficient, more sustainable and integrative digital ecosystem. “
A strategic alliance for innovation and sustainability between Barcelona and Huawei
With this alliance, the city administration of Barcelona and Huawei consolidate their cooperation in the development of innovative solutions that promote digitization and sustainability and help to ensure that Barcelona becomes a benchmark for the use of technology. In the future, Huawei will continue to use its comprehensive technological strengths in the areas of ICT infrastructure, cloud computing and AI as well as his extensive experience in the global development of smart cities to support the digital transformation Barcelonas. By improving the city’s digital foundation, Huawei Barcelona wants to establish Barcelona as a leading benchmark for smart cities in Europe and offer a receptional innovation model for global cities that strive for comprehensive intelligent upgrades in all scenarios.
This cooperation underlines Huawei’s commitment to promote urban innovations and provide innovative solutions that enable cities around the world to achieve more intelligent and sustainable development.
