As we are getting closer the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade exhibition that will take place in Barcelona, Spain later this month, and several manufacturer's already having their media event scheduled for the upcoming occurrence, we hear from ZTE and LG that, the companies will be cancelling their MWC media conferences this year and will withdraw from participating at the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry, considering the global emergency declared by the World Health Organisation on the rising situation related to the novel Coronavirus outbreak across the world. The virus has has killed over 400 people and affected 20000+ people, while continuing it's epidemic spread to more countries and cities. Recently we saw Apple shutting down all their offline stores and offices in the mainland China over the present circumstances. There are also several reports coming in from China that claims to have impact on the production of devices from the industry due to the latest outbreak in the country.
ZTE's confirmed to cancel their press conference due to practical issues like travel and visa delays, even keeping in mind the mild case of xenophobia that makes it's way with the disease.
[We] tend to be an overly courteous company, and simply don't want to make people uncomfortable, said ZTE's representative to THE VERGE.And with a latest statement released by the South Korean multinational electronics company, LG Electronics, the phone maker too announced that in view of safety of their employees, partners and customers, they have decided to step back from exhibiting and participating at this year's MWC.
This decision removes the risk of exposing hundreds of LG employees to international travel which has already become more restrictive as the virus continues to spread across borders. In lieu of its participation in MWC, LG will be holding separate events in the near future to announce it's 2020 mobile products.Source: THE VERGE, LG Newsroom
