barcelona.mobi site to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress 08

A few sharp-eyed observers will have noticed that a test-site for the barcelona.mobi development went live at the beginning of the month.

The much-anticipated launch of the official barcelona.mobi site (part of a global drive by the mTLD Dot.mobi consortium to market the .mobi domain name) is expected to occur at the Mobile World Congress next week.

With heavy backing from the Barcelona Town Council, the new site will replace a (now outdated) WAP portal that users linked through to from the Council's main web page, www.bcn.cat. The barcelona.mobi site is expected to mark a key milestone for the dot.mobi consortium and is the second key city.mobi site launched (following from the successful helsinki.mobi development in 2007).

More city.mobi sites are expected to be launched later this year as mTLD battles it out to acquire the supremacy in the race to be the premier format for mobile-adapted websites.