MADRID - South Korean mobile handset manufacturer Samsung Electronics will not be present at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona next month and will attend remotely because of concerns over covid, newspaper La Vanguardia said on Tuesday.

The 2020 edition of the world's largest mobile telephone industry event, usually held each year in Barcelona in February, was cancelled because of the pandemic and postponed to late June 2021.

World Mobile Congress organisers could not immediately comment and Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

  - Reuters