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Although population immunity is expected in areas where vaccination is expanding, Corona 19 is still raging around the world. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics announced a statement that it would not participate in the world’s largest mobile exhibition, MWC Barcelona 2021, which is scheduled to hold an actual offline event in June. To participate remotely.
Previously, MWC, which was held in February, announced the suspension just before the event as the number of participating companies decreased due to the effect of the 2020 Corona 19 epidemic. In 2021, the event was planned to be lowered to the expected time of corona19 convergence, but the effect of the epidemic continues more than expected.
Samsung Electronics is explaining the reason for the cancellation by saying that the health and safety of employees, partners, and customers are top priorities. Likewise, Lenovo has said it is canceling its participation. Sony, Noika, Ericsson, and Oracle have already announced their absence, and Google is also planning to participate online.
GSMA, the organizer of the MWC, said that Samsung Electronics will virtually show its presence in MWC 2021, but is looking forward to seeing it in 2022. It is still unpredictable whether MWC 2021 can be safely held this year or whether it will be canceled just before 2020. Related information can be found here.
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