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Huawei looks forward to growth in a third-quarter revenue

Ren Leen October 23, 2020

SHANGHAI (CHINA) – Huawei Technologies Co Ltd looking forward to a gain in third-quarter revenue. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has added on to the difficulties supply-chains have had because of US restrictions regarding business with the Chinese firm. The figure comes in the wake

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Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE gear for firms participating in 5G spectrum auction

Editorial Bureau October 20, 2020

STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN) – The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) on Tuesday stopped the use of products from China’s Huawei and ZTE by companies, part of a 5G spectrum auction scheduled for next month. The PTS said it will be followed by assessments made by the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Security Service. Approval […]

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Huawei might sell off parts of Honor smartphone unit

Editorial Bureau October 14, 2020

HONG KONG – Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is in talks with Digital China Group Co Ltd and other suitors to get parts of its Honor smartphone unit sold off in a deal. Through the deal, it aims to fetch up to 25 billion yuan (2.9 billion pounds), sources said. Huawei will focus on its higher-end […]

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Huawei serving European 5G clients, executive says

Editorial Bureau October 11, 2020

ZURICH (SWITZERLAND) – Chinese telecom giant Huawei is finding it harder to face US sanctions designed to cut off its access to semiconductors. However, it can continue to serve European 5G network clients, a senior European executive told an Austrian newspaper. Abraham Liu, Huwaei’s vice-president for Europe, told the Kurier paper, “Since the US

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Huawei colluded with Chinese govt, says UK parliament committee

Editorial Bureau October 8, 2020

LONDON (UK) – The defence committee of the British parliament said on Thursday that it had unearthed clear evidence that Huawei had colluded with the Chinese government and said the UK may have to purge all equipment of the telecoms giant earlier than scheduled. In July, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had ordered that all […]

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Samsung witnesses a surge in Q-3 profit

Editorial Bureau October 7, 2020

SEOUL (KOREA) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s September-quarter profit likely increased more than a third, triggered by sales of strong smartphone and a slew of order for memory chips from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, analysts said. Samsung is likely to announce preliminary July-September operating profit and revenue on Thursday. Profit likely rose 35% to 10.5

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Japan’s Sony and Kioxia waiting for US approval to supply to Huawei

Editorial Bureau October 4, 2020

TOKYO (JAPAN) – Japan’s Sony Corp and memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp are awaiting US. approval so that supply of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd can be continued, Nikkei reported on Sunday. If given a confirmation, it follows suit to other tech companies such as Intel Corp that were recently given licences by US authorities. Washington […]

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Huawei phone see a price rise in China

Ren Leen September 17, 2020

SHENZHEN (CHINA) – Chinese consumers are in a hurry to buy smartphones from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd that features its high-end Kirin chips. This decision was made as they feared control regarding the firm’s access to US technology that will soon put an end to the production of its premium handsets. Phone vendors in Huaqiangbei, located […]

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Huawei to introduce Harmony OS on smartphones next year

Ren Leen September 10, 2020

SHENZHEN (CHINA) – Huawei Technologies is aiming to introduce its Harmony operating system, which is seen as the best from the company to take the place of Google’s Android mobile operating system, on smartphones next year, according to the head of its consumer business group on Thursday. Richard Yu was talking at at the company’s […]

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Huawei to terminate sponsorship of Canberra Raiders

Editorial Bureau August 31, 2020

SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) – The Australian wing of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said on Monday that it would terminate its sponsorship of a national rugby league team a year earlier than the end of the contract, citing downturn in its business. Huawei said in a statement it would end its sponsorship of the Canberra Raiders at […]