At which Barcelona tech event did Mark Zuckerberg discuss buying WhatsApp in February 2014?

Mark Zuckerberg discussed buying WhatsApp at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2014. The appearance came just days after Facebook announced its acquisition of the messaging company.

At the event, Zuckerberg connected the purchase to Facebook’s Internet.org vision, which aimed to expand internet access by encouraging affordable connectivity and basic online services. He presented messaging as one of the services that could help bring more people online and give them a reason to use mobile data.

Mobile World Congress is an annual telecommunications and mobile-technology exhibition held in Barcelona. It is often abbreviated MWC and attracts smartphone makers, network operators, software companies, and technology leaders from around the world. The common mix-up is with CES, SXSW, or Web Summit: those are major technology events too, but they were not the Barcelona event where Zuckerberg addressed the WhatsApp deal. His keynote took place in February 2014, shortly after the acquisition announcement.