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Coronavirus closes MWC 2020, but the show will go on
For years now the industry has faced talk of whether shows and trade fairs and some will now move online to hold digital product launches in lieu of MWC. Read more…
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It’s over – MWC 2020 finally cancelled over coronavirus fears
After a week of ‘will they or won’t they’ conjecture, the GSMA has finally come to its senses and cancelled this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC). Read more…
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StarHub announces free app for SMEs to offer remote working
StarHub today announced that it will offer SME customers free subscriptions to the softphone app for remote workers. Read more…
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First-quarter smartphone sales may halve due to coronavirus
China’s smartphone sales may plunge by as much as 50% in the first quarter, with shops closed and production yet to fully resume due to the coronavirus. Read more…
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NTT Docomo, Sony and Amdocs latest to pull out of MWC
Japan’s largest wireless carrier, NTT Docomo, Sony and Amdocs became the latest companies to pull out of Mobile World Conference (MWC) in Barcelona. Read more…
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MWC vs coronavirus, who will win out – poll results in!
Debate about the fate of MWC this year continues. We know that fake news and coronavirus scaremongering has reached new levels but our poll doesn’t lie! Read more…
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Coronavirus: if we can’t cancel MWC, let’s cancel the boring bits
The GSMA’s decision to not cancel MWC due to the coronavirus is a bad one. But then there are no good choices. Maybe they could cancel the keynotes? Read more…
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What’s happening in Wuhan city after the coronavirus lockdown?
Wuhan, a Chinese city of about 11 million, has been under virtual lockdown for more than a week as the government tries to contain the coronavirus. Read more…
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Asia’s censors and govts battling coronavirus misinformation
Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media, some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests, fines and fake news laws. Read more…
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Should, or will, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) go ahead?
Should the Mobile World Congress (MWC) go ahead, as scheduled, in Barcelona in a few weeks’ time, despite the outbreak of coronavirus in China? Read more…