Refresh | 19:30: GSMA has officially approved the cancellation of Barcelona's Sports World Congress 2020 in an email sent by John Hoffman, the organization's manager. More details at the end of the article.
The doubts are over: there will be no Soft World Congress 2020 in Barcelona at the end of February. Just a few days ago, about 20 major companies announced they would not go to a conference call held in Barcelona at the end of this month due to possible accidents caused by the COVID-19 virus, known as the "Wuhan coronavirus", that at the time of publishing this article, they were discussing their lives 1,114 people and affected about 45,000.
The general distraction created by the companies was compelling GSMA – MWC Planning Company –, meeting urgently for decide whether to continue with his plans to celebrate the 2020 year telephone number plan. As they only point to ADSLZone discussing the sources in this field, the meeting was called on the request of the GSMA board's top staff, and when it was finalized, a statement would be issued and a statement would be issued. will make the cancellation of MWC 2020 legal.
Many products will introduce their new devices in general
Firms such as LG, ZTE or major telecommunications phones were among the first make sure they will not attend MWC 2020 to ensure the health of its employees, customers and partners, by eliminating any exposure risks that may arise during the international travel. Later, other companies, both manufacturers of smartphones and mobile phones, and operators respectively, followed similar steps, with Nokia, Intel or Vivo recently.
The situation, therefore, was no longer accessible, and GSMA had no choice but to make the decision forever, although not long ago I had already announced a series of measures designed to ensure the integrity of attendees.
However, at least this time, coronavirus bleeding has won the war. At the meeting, which was videoconference and where 26 of the world's largest telephone representatives would be participating, it was decided that the conference will not take place.
As they point out CordOne of the reasons that the GSMA took so long to make a decision is the fact that The Spanish government has not yet reported a health emergency, and as a result the organization will not be able to claim insurance that covers part of the cost of compensation that can be claimed by those companies that did not decide to withdraw from the fair.
Either way, most of the remaining brands have announced they will not attend the event, and take the opportunity to prove that the launch of their new service is still ongoing, even though they will be done events are broadcast on the Internet.
NOTE | 19:40
It is legal. As we've been expecting from Andro4all, GSMA has confirmed that there will be no Mobile World Congress this year. It was John Hoffman himself, the CEO of the organization, responsible for announcing the cancellation of the statement in an official statement published on the GSMA website, stating that "concerns about international travel and other conditions are too strong to maintain balance."
He also explains that the GSMA will continue to work with city managers to capture new deliveries in the coming years, starting with 2021 Mobile World Congress.
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