The GSMA has introduced that it’s rescheduling all of its MWC 2021 occasions.
MWC21 Shanghai will happen from February 23rd to 25th, whereas MWC21 Barcelona will happen between June 28th and July 1st.
MWC21 Barcelona was initially scheduled for the primary week of March 2021. Nonetheless, the GSMA has determined to push the occasion again resulting from COVID-19.
The GSMA says it’s dedicated to investing in MWC21 so it may well nonetheless go forward and “provide a singular, unmissable expertise” with “digital components to enrich the overwhelming demand to convene bodily.”
[ANNOUNCEMENT]
#GSMA at the moment introduced a rescheduling of MWC Barcelona & MWC Shanghai 2021.Shifting the Barcelona occasion to 28 June – 1 July 2021 permits the GSMA to cope with exterior circumstances associated to COVID-19.
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— GSMA (@GSMA) September 23, 2020
Moreover, GSMA says it labored with the town of Barcelona to get approval for the brand new date. Additional, the GSMA indicated that the date modifications “be sure that 2021 reverts to a full annual cycle of MWC occasions between Shanghai, Barcelona, L.A.”
With MWC21 in June, it’s not clear what exactly this implies for cellphone launches. Sometimes, phone-makers like LG, Huawei, Sony and TCL unveil their handsets at MWC or the weekend earlier than. It’s doable that these firms will now maintain their very own occasions in February, or wait till June to launch their handsets.
MWC was cancelled earlier this 12 months because of the ongoing COVID_19 pandemic.
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