China is exploring a merger between two of the nation’s three wireless carriers to speed up the development of 5G mobile services amid a race with the US over the technology, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fifth-generation mobile networks will have the same high-level architecture as previous cellular networks, but the intricate details are very different.
Australia has banned China’s Huawei and ZTE from supplying next-generation wireless equipment to the nation’s telecommunications operators, the latest blow in an escalating global battle over network security.
Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy Note9, banking on the larger-screen device to rejuvenate sales of a struggling flagship line and fend off Apple’s upcoming iPhones over the holidays.
Apple and Samsung’s domination of the smartphone world is being challenged like never before, with Chinese companies muscling in with cheaper and just as innovative devices.
In this episode of TalkCentral, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about the week’s biggest tech news, including Apple’s $1-trillion milestone and Liquid Telecom’s spectrum plans in South Africa.
Huawei Technologies, which just edged past Apple to become the world’s second largest smartphone maker, wants to be top of the heap before the end of 2019.
Huawei has pulled ahead of Apple to claim the number-two position in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter just behind Samsung Electronics, solidifying the rise of Chinese competitors.
The slowdown in the global smartphone market is starting to take a toll on Samsung Electronics, with net income falling short of analysts’ estimates as the sluggish market hit demand for its Galaxy devices.
Nokia shares plunged after the company said customers aren’t quite ready to increase spending on faster networks and are demanding price cuts.