Mobile World Congress will be a ghost town this year

Amazon, Ericsson, LG, Nvidia, Sony, TCL, ZTE. That's the list of major tech companies who have fully or partially withdrawn from this year's Mobile World Congress. 

All of the companies above cited the ongoing coronavirus outbreak as the reason. Sony, which announced its withdrawal early on Monday, said in a statement that the decision was "difficult," but that the company is placing the "utmost importance on the safety and wellbeing of our customers, partners, media and employees." TCL, whose announcement went public just minutes ago, is canceling its press event, but will still showcase its mobile devices at the event.  Read more...