MWC 2020 canceled due to coronavirus fears

MWC 2020 canceled due to coronavirus fears

MWC 2020 has been officially canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus. The announcement is not surprising after a number of companies have withdrawn from the event in the past two weeks, leaving significant gaps in the exhibitor lineup. The viral epidemic has made Mobile World Congress "impossible" to hold, the CEO of the GSMA, the organization behind the program, told Bloomberg.

JUST IN: The GSMA canceled Mobile World Congress 2020 over fears of #coronavirus. In an emailed statement, GSMA CEO John Hoffman said the epidemic had made the #MWC2020 pic.twitter.com/PS1BqTCzU812 event "impossible". LG was the first company to officially pull out of MWC on February 4, and a host of companies have followed suit in trying to protect staff, customers, participants and the media from the spread. potential of the new coronavirus. Although more than 30 companies withdrew from the show before the GSMA decision, there were still many exhibitors who had not quit. Some, like Huawei and Xiaomi, have even gone as far as confirming their presence at the show, while others (like TCL and ZTE) have canceled their press conferences but said they would still be at MWC 2020. While US carriers and telecoms like AT&T have also publicly announced that they won't be attending, the industry has begun to wonder if the event will go ahead, even if the GSMA maintained last week that streaming would go ahead. The decision to cancel the show is not surprising, as the GSMA has no choice but to pull the plug on the show or let it run as a ghost town with few banner attendees that usually advertise flagship products. Prior to the GSMA's official cancellation of MWC 2020 on February 12, the following companies were among those that had already withdrawn from the show.

Via The Verge Development... Prior to the GSMA's official cancellation of MWC 2020 on February 12, the following companies were among those that had already withdrawn from the show. Prior to the GSMA's official cancellation of MWC 2020 on February 12, the following companies were among those that had already withdrawn from the program. Prior to the GSMA's official cancellation of MWC 2020 on February 12, the following companies were among those that had already withdrawn from the program. Prior to the GSMA's official cancellation of MWC 2020 on February 12, the following companies were among those that had already withdrawn from the program.

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