VIRUS WORRIES FORCE CANCELLATION OF MAJOR TECH SHOW IN SPAIN
Feb 14, 2020
3 minutes
Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair are pulling the plug over worries about the viral outbreak from China.
The annual Mobile World Congress will no longer be held as planned in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 24-27.
“Global concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak, travel concern and other circumstances, make it impossible for the GSMA to hold the event,” John Hoffman, head of the GSMA organizing body, said in a statement Wednesday.
The decision comes after dozens of tech
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