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CeBIT '07: The Trend of Changes PDF Print
Written by Enis Sahinovic   
Sunday, 25 March 2007
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The beginning of this year's CeBIT was once again marked by the stories on high expenses paid by the exhibitors and rather low profitability of the fair. Of course, no manufacturer failed to tell the story of the constant lowering of the profit margins for products. That is why the organizers have already started next year preparations when the fair is planned to start somewhat earlier (5th – 9th March) and it will last a day shorter, while it is expected that the CeBIT will once again be focused on business, something like Computex in Taiwan. The fact that some of the exhibitors have decided to rest, was not in the favor of the organizers so the companies like BenQ, Motorola, Nokia, VIA, etc. were not seen on the fair. While many expected that BenQ will not participate due to the reported loses in 2006 in the amount exceeding 800 millions USD, some of the "mobile companies" used the 3GSM fair in Barcelona for presentation of the new products, so the repeated presentation on CeBIT was not profitable for them.

 

The existence of the large number of the small, specialized fairs is clearly jeopardizing CeBIT, so the organizers are facing the hard task of preserving CeBIT in Hanover as the biggest and most important ICT fair during the year. The grand final of the World Cyber Games tournament was also the part of the fair. It attracted the large number of the players and enthusiasts, although the InsideHW’s expedition was much rather spending time with booth babes. However, this year's CeBIT has gathered 6153 exhibitors from 77 countries around the world, and the country partner of the fair was Russia which was represented with large number of software development teams. The fair was visited by half a million people, and the organizers have calculated that during the fair business negotiations worth over 11 billions euro were initiated.

 



 
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