Is it possible to bring together in one place a hundred thousand representatives of the world's largest technology groups at risk of the coronavirus? Barcelona, Spain and the organizers of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) replied in the affirmative. But, for a week, the cascading cancellations of participants have raised doubts. Should the show be maintained, when the health authorities invite to limit travel to China and Asia, large areas for the production of devices that should be in the spotlight in Barcelona?
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The first to take the plunge was LG: last Wednesday, the Korean company announced that it would give up participating in the big event of the mobile telephony, planned in Barcelona from February 24 to 27. The company justified its decision by "prioritizing the safety and health of its employee partners and customers" .
Since then, the list of resignants has been growing. The manufacturers Sony, Umidigi or Vivo have imitated LG. But
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