Huawei has announced that it plans to invest CNY10 billion ($1.4 billion) to open up a new R7D centre in Shanghai, China which will primarily focus on IoT and wireless networks along with chipmaking.
The world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker Samsung Electronics reported second-quarter net profits slumping by more than half in the face of a weakening chip market, and as a trade row builds between Seoul and Tokyo.
The leading Japanese network provider Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) has launched an eSIM service for the mobile Internet. The AirOn+ platform from G+D Mobile Security is enabling eSIM management.
An advertisement featuring an actor of Chinese origin with his skin darkened to portray different races has sparked anger in multi-ethnic Singapore, prompting an apology from the country's state-owned broadcaster.
ZTE has begun the sale of 5G-enabled smartphones ahead of its launch of 5G networks this year, making it the first telecommunications product manufacturer to make its 5G mobile accessible to the national market, according to the company’s official WeChat account.
Continuing a multi-year track record of acceleration, Huawei has ranked 61st on the Fortune 500 list. This year’s ranking represents an 11 point jump from last year and an impressive 68 point leap from 2017.
ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has signed a five-year 5G cooperation agreement with Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas of Colombia (UDFJC University) to establish a 5G Joint Innovation Research Center in Colombia.
Reliance Jio has become India’s largest telecom company, possessing a user base of 331.3 million subscribers.
Australia’s fourth largest mobile carrier Pivotel has acquired two US-based mobile satellite solution businesses, MVS USA Inc. and Explorer Satellite Communications Inc., through its US based subsidiary Pivotel America Inc., significantly increasing its scale in North America and opening new markets in Latin America and Europe.
India’s Minister for Communications, Ravi Shankar Prasad, has stated that the government will not encourage industry monopolies and will take steps towards ensuring fairer competition.
