Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei has surpassed US behemoth Apple in worldwide smartphone sales for the first time ever. The news is a welcome boost for Huawei following the decision by the Australian government to ban them from bidding on forthcoming 5G contracts.

Read more: Huawei surpasses Apple in global smartphone sales for the first time ever

The Chinese government has stated that the decision by the Australian government to ban Huawei and ZTE for bidding on lucrative 5G infrastructure contracts would ultimately and inevitably have an impact on trade relations between the two countries.

Read more: Chinese government says 5G ban will impact trade with Australia

In a recent announcement by Australia's TPG Telecom Ltd, the company mentioned that it was examining a merger deal with rival Vodafone. This move could allow TGP to enter the mobile network market faster and less expensively while lightening the competition in this ruthless industry.The news caused a huge increase of 20% to a near-two-year high in TPG's shares, their best daily gain since 2009.

Read more: Australia's TPG Telecom and Vodafone in talks of potential merger

Nokia's cloud-native core technology is being deployed by Idea Cellular in Delhi, the capital of India, as part of the operator's transformative steps toward digitalization to meet increasing data demand and mobile broadband growth.

Read more: Indian operator partners with Nokia in effort to accelerate its digitalization

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