The big trends of this edition of the Mobile World Congress

As was the case with the mythical 14 of Real Madrid, this edition of the Mobile World Congress can be summed up as this: a promise of technologies, such as 5G, called to stand out but, for now, only offer potential and attention that pushes companies and institutions to carry out experiments that generate headlines with the following formula: "(Name of a company) does the first (desired action) with 5G".

Guti's potential was part of a rhetoric that also served to cover his absences, which in this edition of Mobile have been notable both at the fair itself and in everything that surrounds it. Uber and Cabify cars (in and out) have been missing contributing to 40 minute wait times in taxis.

The independentistas have not appeared on the scene either - except for the timid presence at the gates of the fair of some young people distributing (without much success) yellow leaflets in English attributed to an international pseudo-organism created ad hoc for the trial of the Procés - remained seated before a screen giant in the center of Barcelona applauding the answers of Jordi Cuixart as if they were zascas tweeters to the prosecution. Nor have they been seen by the big announcements of companies such as Apple, Samsung, Facebook or Google or high-level foreign personalities capable of generating an iconic photo beyond the snapshot that captured the rictus of Felipe VI while looking at Quim Torra during the opening dinner.

Also known for his fondness for vice, this edition of Mobile also shows the image of a young foreigner with impossible heels entering a hotel with a man twice her age and four times her mass. And it is that, according to local media, the demand for prostitution shoots up 30% during the week and businesses related to sex, such as the Bagdag Room, come to offer six passes each night with a price of 90 euros plus a drink.

However, Guti was also known for his brilliance and flashes of quality, for those heels that Zidane and Benzemá scored goals, which invited viewers to dream, as mobile phones with several screens make us dream of the future today, the sharpness of their cameras and the future of technology in general.