As Light Reading reported, Nokia, Oracle and Sony have all determined to not take part within the MWC offline exhibition held in Barcelona in June this 12 months.
Nokia said in an e-mail despatched on to Gentle Studying: ‘After cautious consideration, Nokia has determined to not have a bodily presence at Cell World Congress Barcelona 2021.
The well being of our workers, clients and companions is of paramount significance to us. Given the worldwide nature of the occasion and with the worldwide vaccine roll out nonetheless in its early phases, we have now made the thought-about determination to as an alternative take part in solely the digital occasion.
We perceive that GSMA is planning a spread of on-line actions and we sit up for working with them to grasp how we are able to take part.’
As well as, Oracle confirmed to TelecomTV that the corporate is not going to take part on this 12 months’s MWC present. Additionally, CNET reported that Nokia and Sony have additionally confirmed that they won’t take part within the MWC Barcelona reside occasion.
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Gentle Studying contacted another firms, together with Intel, Lenovo, Qualcomm and LG. These firms have said that they haven’t but determined whether or not they’ll take part within the MWC Barcelona occasion.
On Monday, GSMA introduced on its official web site its well being and security measures plan for MWC21 Barcelona reside events-Dedicated Group. Later, Ericsson said to Gentle Studying that, out of consideration of the epidemic scenario, Ericsson wouldn’t take part on this 12 months’s MWC Barcelona occasion.
Quickly after, GSMA responded to Ericsson’s determination to not take part on this 12 months’s MWC Barcelona reside occasion, expressed respect for this determination, identified that its on-line digital platform will present assist for individuals who can’t attend the occasion. It as soon as once more emphasised that they’ll undertake a sequence of strict well being safety measures to guard the individuals.
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