DeafTawk partners with GSMA and Jazz to make MWC’22 inclusive

Making the world’s most influential connectivity industry event inclusive for the global deaf community for the first time, DeafTawk has partnered with the GSMA and Jazz, to provide live sign language interpretation services at Mobile World Congress Barcelona (MWC22 Barcelona), taking place at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona from 28 February – 3 March 2022.

This is the first of its kind global deaf-inclusive tech event and is an ideal platform to reach out to the deaf community across the world eager to know about the new technologies and startups. The initiative will enable the deaf community to benefit from the four-day event learning from tech entrepreneurs, leaders, and domain specialists from leading companies around the globe. DeafTawk will provide live interpretation for all the MWC22 Barcelona Keynotes, D4T sessions, and the 4YFN session on Reaching Underserved Population Segments.

Ali Shabbar – CEO, DeafTawk expressed his gratitude saying “We would like to acknowledge the support of the GSMA and Jazz, for providing an opportunity to the deaf community to participate at one of the largest tech events.

We are truly excited to make MWC22 Barcelona inclusive for deaf persons across the globe and look forward to making the future more inclusive.”

Aamir Ibrahim, CEO of Jazz, said, “It’s heartening to see DeafTawk, a startup scaled under Pakistan’s premier accelerator program Jazz xlr8, making the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona inclusive for the deaf community globally through sign language interpretation services. Humbled that we could enable this fusion of tech innovation and empathy and committed to taking this journey forward.”