The Global Mobile Communications Systems Association (GSMA) officially announced the cancellation of the 2020 World Mobile Communications Conference (MWC 2020) in Barcelona from February 24th to February 27th due to the coronavirus.
According to Netease Technology, some Chinese exhibitors, including Huawei, ZTE and OPPO, have arrived in Spain in advance according to the “14-day isolation” agreement.
Some manufacturers also indicated to the official website of NetEase Technology “State ℃” that the official GSMA is not particularly willing to refund money. Whether it will be used in the next year is not finalized.
OPPO stated that it has decided to participate in MWC 2020 as scheduled and bring the latest products and technologies during the event. OPPO always puts the health and safety of exhibitors first. In addition to strictly complying with the relevant regulations of the GSMA official, the World Health Organization and the National Health Committee of China, we will also adopt perfect and strict protective measures to protect the health of staff and visitors.
After the Spring Festival, chip makers Intel and Nvidia; communications equipment makers Ericsson and Cisco; mobile phone makers vivo, Nokia, and some operators NTT Docomo, British Telecom, and Amazon have announced their withdrawal from MWC.
As of 9:00 on February 13, China has reported a total of 59834 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, a total of 1366 deaths, a total of 5893 discharged from the hospital, and 16067 suspected cases.
