Officially .. Canceling the world's largest phone fair because of Corona.
Announced the Federation of operators and companies of mobile phones the GSMA, home to Mobile World Congress MWC, which is the largest trade show for mobile phones in the world, is officially canceled for this year's show, which was supposed to be held in the period from 24 to 27 February in Barcelona, and usually more than 100 thousand participants from 200 countries.
Said John Hoffman John Hoffman, CEO of the association GSMA: after taking into account into account a safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the host country, abolished the Union of the GSMA Mobile World Congress MWC 2020 because of global concern about the outbreak of MERS-CoV and other circumstances makes it impossible for the GSMA event.
Dissemination of Union the GSMA statement, affirming the decision of the cancellation, and recommends that the host city will respect this decision and understanding, the federation and the host city work in unison and support each other in order to regulate the MWC 2021 and the future of the conference.
Corona virus infections exceeded 42,000 with more than 1,000 deaths, and most of the injuries and deaths were reported in Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei province of China, but at least 25 states reported cases.
The GSMA Union tried to assuage fears through increased on-site sterilization procedures, a non-handshake recommendation and a ban on visiting passengers travelling from the province of China where the corona virus was first discovered.
Hosts the Union of the operators and companies of mobile phones the GSMA, which represents 750 engine and 350 other company in the industry of mobile devices around the world, the Mobile World Congress MWC since the first version in 2006, the conference will provide an opportunity for thousands to for partnership deals and product launches.
Usually held the MWC annually in the city of Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, and a large economic impact on the city, with an estimated $ 500 million to the local economy, and also provides 14100 part-time job.
The decision of the cancellation after the withdrawal of several companies, including LG, Ericsson India, Intel, Vivo, Sony, Amazon, Cisco, Nokia, Facebook, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and ZTE and NTT Docomo, BT and HMD and Orange and Sprint.
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