Mobile World Congress Cancelled Amid Corona Virus Fears

By Marty
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MWC 2016

After days of the world’s biggest technology companies pulling out of Mobile World Congress citing fears of further spreading Corona Virus, organisers have cancelled the world’s biggest mobile orientated trade show.

John Hoffman, the CEO of GSMA, said the outbreak had left it “impossible” to host the event in Barcelona at this time.

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