It was unavoidable. For weeks, rumors of a new epidemic have surfaced chinese coronavirus, COVID-19, would charge a new victim, and in this case very different, by the Mobile World Congress of Barcelona.
Is Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled by coronavirus now?
After discussing the possibilities, the Mobile World Congress of Barcelona 2020 is definitely canceled to avoid any danger.
After numerous meetings with partners, governments and workers, the planning company, GSMA, decided to postpone the event because the current situation would not permit its celebration under the right circumstances.
Both government agencies and participating companies and the organization itself have played a lot if they have moved on. If there was a source of disturbance, the MWC would have been permanently dead. However, once we have been canceled by the intervention of one of the three options, is there a plan for 2021?
There are many aspects to consider and since the first MWC in Barcelona was held in 2006 in this city, many things have changed. It is possible that this cancellation makes the MWC 2021, when celebrated, very different.
Cell phones are under MWC, but they are attractive
All of us who have been to the MWC have seen just how many art companies and thousands of companies do business. Introducing the new smartphones is probably the most important, but it gives a look of beauty that can't be missed. Few congresses have this estimate.
The cancellation of products such as LG or Sony reduces the visibility at MWC though It is yet to be seen if more brands are leaving their presentations for the event.
Smaller and lesser products ship new mobiles to MWC
Over the years we have seen how giants like Samsung or Huawei moved presentations that were being held at this time to others just so they wouldn't be compatible with others. The best example is that of the Korean company, which just launched its new Galaxy S20 in London and San Francisco at the same time.
Why the Chinese brand will not stop their presentations even if there is no Mobile
Xiaomi is keeping the presentation, at least for now, but it will be a somewhat streamlined presentation even though the Xiaomi Mi 10 will be launched on the 23rd in Europe, tomorrow the 13th will make it to China. And we can watch it broadcast.
The Internet has changed the way it delivers presentations
Although brands want to have their time, there is no need to wait for a big event like MWC to achieve visibility.
Due to the output power to broadcast new releases and presence communicationThe physical necessity of the conference remains to be able to hold face-to-face meetings and close or even raise deals, but there seems to be no need to move journalists thousands of miles away.
Cell phones have been tested before
Also what has changed in recent years is how products are related to analysts and journalists. Before you have to go to the MWC, for example, you can test the cellphone quickly, at least when it shows up.
Now types like to hold controlled meetings where they present their institutions to a small number of professionals but that would make for better placement. Lighting on the walls of this type of presentation asylum.
The re-establishment of the MWC
That said, it doesn't mean that the following year is not yet at the MWC, but perhaps if its format, or name, can change and be more like a regular conference than a news organization that has been in recent years.
At this stage you should talk about it GSMA management itself. Few companies for this event have criticized the forms and decisions of the organization, something that has been seen outside. The compensation is said to exceed 400 million euros.
Barcelona as headquarters?
Spain has never been, one of the most difficult countries to travel due to a coronavirus. Apart from this, the GSMA would try to get the Spanish government, both local and independent, to announce paramedics to cancel the conference with great peace of mind.
That did not happen, and if internally it was a problem, it could be that the next time the agency relocated to other cities, something was rumored but it was never seen.
It is still over a year to go to the hypothetical MWC 2021 but in the same way as chapters like CES have changed little it should be reported that when it was held, MWC 2021 was not as expected.
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