LG pulls out of MWC 2020 over coronavirus fears.

The coronavirus has already led the GSMA to adopt some health and safety guidelines for Mobile World Congress, including avoiding handshakes, but clearly these aren’t enough for LG which has cancelled its plans to attend the event at the end of the month.

“With the safety of its employees, partners and customers foremost in mind, LG has decided to withdraw from exhibiting and participating in MWC 2020 later this month in Barcelona, Spain,” the company wrote in a short statement. “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.”

This ultimately doesn’t change the company’s phone release plans, of course – just its ability to showcase said handsets to a wide audience of the world’s media in one place. The company has a ‘Plan B’ in this respect, and says it will be “holding separate events in the near future to announce its 2020 mobile products.”


By Alan Martin.
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