As we analyzed in last week’s Wireless Watch, the initial response to the COVID-19 crisis sends mixed signals in terms of short to medium term impact on the mobile industry. On the one hand, 3GPP standardization processes have been slowed, so there will be some delays to the next two waves of 5G standards. And vendors are warning about the effect on their 2020 financial performance, with Huawei being the most gloomy, given that the pandemic is an additional pressure to join the list of challenges the Chinese market leader faces because of geopolitical and trade tensions between the USA and China. On the other hand, operators are experiencing short term usage rises – though mainly on fixed lines rather…