Beijing, China | Xinhua | British moves to beef up ban on China’s Huawei have undermined the mutual trust for bilateral cooperation, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily press briefing in response to a relevant question. Without any concrete evidence, Britain, …
Read More »Huawei roots for 5G technology amid growing cyber attacks
Beijing, China | Xinhua | Chinese technology firm Huawei on Thursday called for increased adoption of 5G technology amid growing cyber-attacks. Mika Lauhde, Huawei’s global vice president for cybersecurity and privacy, told a virtual meeting that 5G is much more secure than 4G and earlier technologies such as 3G and 2G …
Read More »Huawei to launch HarmonyOS for smartphones next year
Shenzhen, China | XINHUA | Chinese tech giant Huawei on Thursday announced the launch of HarmonyOS 2.0, the updated version of its own open-source operating system. The operating system will be available on Huawei smartphones in 2021, said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, at the Huawei Developer Conference …
Read More »Banning Huawei may lead to significant impact on UK economy
London, UK | XINHUA | Banning and removing Huawei equipment from Britain’s 5G networks by 2027 risks severely delaying operators’ 5G roll-out plans, adversely affecting its economy by 18.2 billion pounds (around 23.7 billion U.S. dollars), according to an independent report released Wednesday by Assembly, a London-based analyst firm. In …
Read More »Research firm affirms Huawei’s top spot in global phone sales
New York, US | XINHUA | Huawei Technologies Co. has achieved its goal of becoming the world’s top seller of smartphones, at least in the second quarter of this year, fueled by the rapid economic recovery in its home market of China, according to research firm Canalys. “A years-long slump …
Read More »Expert warns Europe of “American trap” over Huawei ban
Madrid, Spain | XINHUA | Europe should resist U.S. pressure to isolate China and remain independent in its decision making in the face of so-called security concerns, a Spanish expert has said. “If the U.S. wants to include Europe in its ‘anti-China’ strategy because it does not want anyone to …
Read More »UK made “a very bad decision” on Huawei, Chinese envoy says
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Britain has made “a very bad decision” on the Chinese technology company Huawei, representing “a dark day for China-UK relations,” a senior Chinese diplomat has said. Liu Xiaoming, the Chinese ambassador to Britain, made the statement in an interview with BBC in response to the British …
Read More »Huawei to replicate Kenya digital classroom in five more countries
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Chinese technology firm, Huawei, on Wednesday announced that a successful model of teaching digital skills to disadvantaged communities in Kenya will be replicated in five other countries including France and the Philippines in the next two years. Huawei’s initiative, known as DigiTruck project, which was …
Read More »Britain pushing US to form 5G club of nations to cut out Huawei
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Britain said Friday it was pushing the United States to form a club of 10 nations that could develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China’s controversial technology giant Huawei. The issue is expected to feature at a G7 summit that US President …
Read More »Canada court decision could end ‘Huawei Princess’ extradition saga
Ottawa, Canada | AFP | A Canadian judge will deliver a key decision Wednesday on the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that could set her free and help repair Canada-China relations. Four days of legal arguments in January focused on whether US charges against the “Huawei Princess” would stand up …
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