This past week, the GSMA managers who are in charge of the Mobile World Congress explained that they are working to have everything ready for this year's event that It will be held during the month of June due to the problems derived from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first news was quite promising and it seemed that everything would go according to plan until today one of those who already retired last year at the first exchange confirmed that he would not attend this year's event either. Ericsson, confirmed a few hours ago that he will not attend the event in person.
It seems that the firm wants to "Preserve the health of employees" and have decided to put the event aside making your presentations virtually and fully integrated with the MWC, as they already did at the MWC in Shanghai. In Barcelona the firm seems to be in the background with this event virtually.
Apple does not usually have any relationship with the MWC but it is true that some years it is present in one way or another, either with new products or with key news to distract attention from the amount of media that usually come to cover La Ciudad Condal. In this case it seems that again Apple will not have a presence in it but neither will Ericsson, one of the large companies that has practically a pavilion all to themselves in the La Fira area.
It is too early to say if other companies are going to fall like Ericsson from this event but it is possible that, as happened in 2020, the rest of the firms may come up attend only virtually the MWC of this 2021. We will be attentive to the news that arise.