The CFIUS approval comes in the wake of Deutsche Telekom reviewing its ties with Huawei. T-Mobile is a unit of Deutsche Telekom. In a significant development, T-Mobile US and Sprint Corp have stated they have received the go-ahead from the… Read More ›
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Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou, founder’s daughter and CFO, arrested in Canada
The arrest and the subsequent extradition to the United States is one of several headwinds facing Huawei. Countries across the world are taking steps to bar the usage of Huawei’s equipment from their core existing and future mobile operations. In… Read More ›
Germany could ban Chinese firms from its 5G auctions
While in the past German policies have been guided by business interests rather than strategic factors, surely Germany, Europe’s biggest and strongest economy, has gained from history’s strategic insight and will take the right decision. Senior German officials are telling… Read More ›
Australia to exclude telecom equipment suppliers with ties to foreign governments from its 5G market
Given that 5G will become a critical infrastructure since it will connect everything ranging from smart gadgets to automobiles, telecom equipment suppliers will be scrutinized for their ties to foreign governments. In what could possibly explain Australia’s move to ban… Read More ›
Facebook admits to sharing users data with its Chinese partners
Weeks after the Cambridge Analytica fiasco, Facebook has admitted to sharing users’s data, with its Chinese partners. Following Facebook Inc’s disclosure that it had shared data with its Chinese partners, which includes Huawei, the social media giant has come under… Read More ›
Best Buy Inc ends relationship with Huawei
Huawei is likely to fall back to its old strategy of selling its smartphones in the U.S. only through open channels. As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, Best Buy Co Inc, the largest U.S. consumer electronics… Read More ›
Huawei eyeing to dislodge Samsung as World No. 2 smartphone maker
Perhaps Samsung did not want to rush into the World Mobile Congress (WMC) with a half-baked product. After all it has traditionally used the forum to launch its new devices. Hopefully the cost of not launching the product at the… Read More ›