Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Google is the latest mayor corporation to pull out of this year’s #MWC2021 in Barcelona.
The official statement said “Following our current COVID-19 travel restrictions and protocols, Google has made the decision to not exhibit at Mobile World Congress this year. We will continue to collaborate closely with GSMA and support our partners through virtual opportunities”.
They join Cisco, Sony, Nokia, Facebook, Oracle and Ericsson who have released statements that they will not exhibit.
As Mashable said “Google typically doesn’t have a massive presence at the MWC — the biggest exhibitors are usually Samsung, Huawei, and LG — but it is a big name, and its addition to the list above does not bode well for the event”.
There is now somewhat of a media consensus that #MWC2021 may end up, having to be a virtual only event.
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