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Browsing: Huawei
As Huawei comes under unrelenting pressure from the Trump administration, it has one advantage that the US can’t undermine: a vast, global portfolio of patents on critical technology.
Huawei is to delay the launch of its first foldable smartphone, the Mate X, saying it wants to test the device further after rival Samsung suffered issues with its own foldable phone earlier this year.
Huawei Technologies knows it’s not an easy time to engage with the company. But those who do will be rewarded, said global vice president of marketing insights Andrew Williamson in an interview.
China’s Hisense is making strong headway in the entry-level and midrange smartphone segments in South Africa, and is eyeing at least 10% market share, in volume terms, by the end of the year.
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A senior Huawei executive has denied the firm is complicit in alleged repressive actions by the Chinese government, fending off comparisons to those who manufactured the gas chambers in Nazi Germany.
The US’s fight against Huawei justifies Russia’s decision to build a “sovereign Internet” to protect its domestic network from external threats, according to Russian deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov.
China’s planned technology security management system could strengthen control on exports including high-end intellectual property, according to state media commentary.
A senior White House official is seeking to delay putting in place portions of a law that limits the US government’s business with China’s Huawei, according to a person familiar with the matter.