Sony becomes fifth company to pull out of Barcelona telecom conference over coronavirus

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Amazon.com Inc, South Korea’s LG Electronics , Swedish equipment maker Ericsson and U.S. chip maker Nvidia have already said they will not attend the conference.Sony said its launch event for the conference would be held via video. “As we place the utmost importance on the safety and well-being of our customers, partners, media and employees, we have taken the difficult decision to withdraw from exhibiting and participating at MWC 2020 in Barcelona, Spain,” it said in a statement.

These measures add to earlier actions aimed at preventing the spread of the virus across the conference’s three main venues, including changing microphones between speakers and advising all attendees to adopt a “no-handshake policy”.

 

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