Mobile World Congress Postponed To June 2021

dkatana writes: The GSMA and Fira Barcelona announced today that next year’s MWC Barcelona won’t take place at the usual dates (early March). It has been postponed to late June to minimize the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. That has been a shock to Barcelona, as MWC is the most profitable event in the city. The biggest technology show brings over…

Huawei Has Lost at Least $60 Million on Mate XS Foldable

Huawei launched its Mate X foldable phone at MWC 2019, following up with the Mate XS in February this year. The latter foldable has enjoyed a wider launch of sorts, but the firm has revealed that it’s still making a hefty loss on the device. From a report: Huawei consumer group CEO Richard Yu told media in China that even though…

Trade Fair Mobile World Congress Has Been Cancelled

In an emailed statement, John Hoffman, the CEO of GSMA, which organizes the trade fair, said the coronavirus outbreak has made it “impossible” to hold the event. Further reading, from earlier today: MWC Hangs by a Thread After Nokia, Vodafone, DT and Other Big Names Back Out

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MWC Hangs by a Thread After Nokia, Vodafone, DT and Other Big Names Back Out

More big names are stepping away from the world’s biggest phone and telecom trade fair, they announced today, prompting the organizers to urgently decide what they wish to do going forward. From a report: Nokia, one of the omnipresent firms at major tech trade conferences, won’t be attending this year’s Mobile World Congress, it said Wednesday citing health and safety concerns…

VLT observations detect a low-mass companion of the young massive star MWC 297

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, astronomers have discovered a low-mass stellar companion embedded in the disk of the young pre-main-sequence (PMS) massive star designated MWC 297. The finding is detailed in a paper published February 5 on the arXiv pre-print server. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-02-vlt-low-mass-companion-young-massive.html…