Breaking news! MWC 2020 canceled due to the ongoing Coronavirus epidemic!

Whenever a series of companies reported their withdrawal from MWC 2020 this week, GSM Association, the organizers of the occasion has determined to cancel the technology occasion this year. MWC is the world’s largest mobile tech prove of the year and its cancelation is a strong indication of the gravity of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.

This announcement does not really come as a surprise given how major technical giants like LG, MediaTek, Vivo, AT&T, Sony, and Amazon backed out of the event in the past several days. All these companies expressed their concern for the safety of their employees like effectively as the attendees of the event this year.

Xiaomi, Realme, and Huawei had week ago established their attendance at the occasion. Xiaomi and Realme also reported pre-MWC launch events for their gadgets. But with the event officially canceled, we’ll have to wait for an formal statement from these companies regarding their pre-MWC events.

In an emailed declaration to Bloomberg, John Hoffman, the CEO of GSMA, said the outbreak made it “impossible” to hold MWC 2020.

More than 1100 people have died in China whenever contracting the covid-19 aka novel coronavirus and over 40,000 guys have been infected so far. Those numbers are rising every day. WHO has already declared coronavirus like a global health emergency. And with a number of major MWC attendees withdrawing weeks prior the event, the GSMA was left with no choice but to cancel the technical show this year.


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