
One of tech's biggest events plans to be in-person this year. Big companies are already bailing
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The wireless industry is having déjà vu this week.
Industry trade group GMSA on Monday announced plans to hold an in-person Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in June — and a string of high-profile companies, including Ericsson and Sony, have already said they won't attend. The situation is reminiscent of last year, when Mobile World Congress, the wireless industry's biggest annual trade show, was slated to go ahead as normal in late February. But the world was coming to grips with the scary reality of coronavirus. After more than a dozen major tech firms pulled out, the event was scrapped at the last minute.More Related News

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