Last January was held in Davosa historic meetingduring the World Economic Forum between American President Donald Trump and Tim Cook, leading figure ofiPhone. It was just a few days ago and at that time, no one suspected that such a global meeting could fall through due to the coronavirus, which was already being talked about in the newspapers.
Despite everything, it is now official: theMWCthis year will not take place. Many exhibitors have already canceled their appearance anyway, like LG, Vivo, Facebook and Nokia. But for brands, don't worry: some organize their presentation in the Catalan capital, like Xiaomi, while others like Applejust wait for March.
Consequences to put into perspective
The MWC has been organized since 1987 by theGSMA, an association bringing together the majority of mobile manufacturers and telephone operators around the world such as T-Mobile, Bouygues Telecom, Samsung and Oppo. Led by Stéphane Richard (also head of Orange) the organization also participates in defining the standards of new networks such as 5G and thus has other income models such as the resale of data. Perhaps the reason why Apple, which adopts a position resolutely against this practice, is not one of the members?
Furthermore, the calendar of the organizer who was to invest in Barcelona next week has many other strings to his bow, because he is also due to hold conferences in Los Angeles in October and in Shanghai next June. But this last niche could also be doomed if the Wuhan viral pneumonia does not stop its spread by then: we know in fact thatevenAppleand its subcontractors are in bad shape in the Chinese region.
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