Chinese tech titan Huawei is aiming to invest one billion dollars to research self-driving and electric vehicles (EV) technologies, as the company aims to take on market leader Tesla Inc. and rival Xiaomi. Speaking to industry analysts in Shenzhen earlier this week, rotating chairman Eric Xu said that the telecom giant will team up with […]
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Chinese authorities summoned 11 companies including Alibaba and Tencent for talks regarding the security of voice software, as Beijing steps up scrutiny over the internet sector. The internet watchdog the Cyberspace Administration of China said Thursday that the talks were about security assessments of technology used in voice-based social media and deepfake technology that can […]
Iliad Italia has launched a new plan dubbed ‘Flash 100 5G’ with 100GB of data at maximum possible speeds of up to 5G plus unlimited calls and SMS for EUR 9.99 a month. The plan by the telco improves its inaugural 5G offer of 70GB of data for the same price launched at the end […]
5G is the next significant evolution in the mobile landscape, promising to deliver better and faster connectivity. The technology will also empower innovate variety of existing and new apps, including cloud gaming on the go. Newzoo’s Global Mobile Market Report shows that there will be over 700 million 5G-ready smartphones active in the market this […]
In light of the U.S. sanctions and pressure on the Chinese telecom sector, especially Huawei, during the past few years, some of the consequences of this policy are beginning to emerge. Although pressures did not initially affect the sector, however, this situation did not last long after China’s smartphone market closed with 84 million unit […]
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic hit smartphone shipments hard following two years of subdued growth and has drastically shaped our purchasing behavior. According to a report published by Singapore-based research firm Canalys, worldwide smartphone shipments reached 348 million units in Q3 in 2020, at a 1 percent decline year on year. However, they were up 22 […]
Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its budget-price Honor smartphone brand in an effort to rescue the struggling business from damaging U.S. sanctions imposed on its parent company. The sale announced Tuesday is aimed at reviving Honor by separating it from Huawei’s network equipment business, which Washington says is a security threat, an accusation Huawei […]
China is on its way to ship 140 million 5G smartphones this year, according to Hong Kong-based market research company Counterpoint Research, underscoring the rapid spread of the next-generation communication technology in the country. The country’s sales of 5G smartphones peaked at 14 million units by July of 2020, marking a whopping 239 percent increase […]
The telecom industry in India has seen exponential growth over the last few years driven by many factors including inexpensive tariffs, roll-out of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and expanding 3G and 4G coverage. India will become the second-largest smartphone market globally by 2025 with 1 billion installed devices and is expected to have 920 million […]
It is clear that US sanctions will not stop Huawei market growth at least in China. In fact, The Chinese telecom giant is working on expanding its local market. Huawei is expected to lead the smartphone sales in the second quarter of 2020. In a press release published on July 24, 2020, Counterpoint Research states […]