T-Mobile CEO Cancels Keynote at CES 2022 Due to Pandemic Concerns

It turns out that the keynote speech by T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, scheduled for the world's largest digital technology trade fair, CES 2022, has been cancelled. CES 2022 is scheduled to be held as a hybrid between local and online, and there will be no online lecture distribution. In addition, Twitter and Facebook operator Meta have also canceled the dispatch of personnel to the local venue.

CES --The Most Influential Tech Event in the World --CES 2022
https://www.ces.tech/

T-Mobile Announcement About CES 2022-T-Mobile Newsroom
https://www.t-mobile.com/news/business/t-mobile-announcement-about-ces-2022

CES 2022 starts to fall apart as T-Mobile and others bail on in-person conference --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/21/22849223/ces-2022-t-mobile-bailed-keynote-meta-pinterest-twitter-iheart

Meta, Twitter Scrap CES Plans in Las Vegas After Covid Surge --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-21/meta-twitter-scrap-plans-for-ces-in-las-vegas-after-covid-surge

CES is one of the world's largest digital technology trade fairs, held annually in early January in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Due to the influence of the pandemic of the new coronavirus, 'CES 2021' will be held completely online for the first time in history, and 'CES 2022' scheduled to be held in January 2022 is scheduled to be held online and locally.

T-Mobile was planning a keynote speech at CES 2022 by CEO Mike Sievert, but due to the safety of themselves and other participants, it was decided to cancel the keynote speech. There will be no sponsors, but the number of people dispatched to the site will be reduced considerably.

NVIDIA is also planning a keynote, but so far there is no announcement of cancellation like T-Mobile, and it is expected to be held online.

In addition, Twitter, Facebook operator Meta, Pinterest, etc. have announced that they will not exhibit at the local venue.

Qualcomm, OnePlus, HTC, etc. have indicated their intention to exhibit locally. Sony, Samsung, Google, etc. are 'checking the local situation'.