They join a host of other major communications and tech companies that have withdrawn. This year’s event was expected to host the largest contingent on record from China. “Out of an abundance of caution, Facebook employees won’t be attending this year’s Mobile World Congress due to the evolving public health risks related to coronavirus,“ Facebook said in a statement. Already, Ericsson, Amazon, Sony and LG have scrapped plans to attend what has become the world’s biggest mobile industry trade show. Event organizers for the Mobile World Congress have prohibited anyone travelling from the Hubei province, home to the virus epicenter of Wuhan.

Source: thestar February 11, 2020 15:45 UTC