Protestors close entrance at Spains' Mobile World Congress

(PHOTO: The entrance to the `Fira Barcelona' convention center/CNET)(HN, 2/29/2012) - In Spain where the 2012 Mobile World Congress is underway, a large group of university students held a protest in front of Fira Barcelona conference center today, choking traffic to & from the venue. Between the students & the Fira was a 2-deep row of policemen decked out in riot gear. The demonstration which closed off nearby subway stations & roads came as the wireless show - the largest such industry confab in the world - begins to wind down, tomorrow. The city had narrowly averted a transit strike that would have halted subway service, just before the show kicked off.   Protestors were a common sight throughout the show; exiting convention-goers would be greeted with signs declaring that the wireless industry & individual carriers were destroying their way of life.  As such, security was tight at the show. (Read More at CNET)