According to Forbes Russia, Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co, which is already sanctioned by the US, is planning to exit Russia by furloughing some local staff and halting new contracts with operators. According to a story published last week that claimed unnamed sources, Huawei furloughed a portion of its personnel in its Moscow office […]
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Pakistan offers huge opportunities of investment in technology sector: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that as Pakistan offered huge opportunities of investment in technology sector, foreign tech companies would be facilitated in all respects with regards to investment and expansion. The current government intends to increase the IT exports of Pakistan from USD 1.5 billion to USD 15 billion in the […]
Embattled Huawei fights for slice of European market at fair
At the world’s biggest mobile fair underway in Spain this week, only one major handset maker opted to take part in person: China’s embattled Huawei whose business has been battered by sanctions imposed by the United States which considers it a spy threat. Samsung, the world’s top smartphone maker, Nokia and other major telecoms firms […]
Huawei to launch new mobile operating system in fight for survival
Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei will launch a homegrown new mobile operating system on Wednesday as it fights for survival in the smartphone arena after the United States blocked it from using Android. Huawei will unveil its first mobile devices loaded with the new HarmonyOS in an online event broadcast from its headquarters in the […]
Pakistan asks Huawei to help in setting up media technology university
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain discussed cooperation with Huawei Technologies delegation in the realm of digitalization and effective implementation of e-governance in the different government institutions of Pakistan. In a meeting with the delegation of senior representatives from Huawei Technologies led by Vice President for Middle East region Space Lee, he […]
Huawei plans extensive layoffs at its US operations: report
BENGALURU: Huawei Technologies is planning extensive layoffs in the United States as the Chinese telecoms equipment company grapples with its US blacklisting, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The layoffs are expected to affect jobs at Huawei’s US-based research and development subsidiary Futurewei Technologies, which employs about 850 people in […]
Huawei files to trademark mobile OS around the world after US ban
China’s Huawei has applied to trademark its “Hongmeng” operating system (OS) in at least nine countries and Europe, data from a UN body shows, in a sign it may be deploying a back-up plan in key markets as US sanctions threaten its business model. The move comes after the Trump administration put Huawei on a […]
China warns tech giants after US Huawei ban
The Chinese government convened top tech companies this week and warned them of consequences if they cut off technology sales to the country, US media reported on Saturday. The meeting followed US President Donald Trump’s move last month to blacklist Chinese tech giant Huawei over national security concerns, threatening the firm’s global ambitions and ramping […]
Google flags US national security risks from Huawei ban
The move comes as the world’s two top economies ratchet up tariffs in a battle While the sanctions are expected to hurt Huawei in the short term, industry experts say it could force the company to be self-reliant Alphabet Inc’s Google has warned if the US administration moves ahead with sweeping ban on Huawei Technologies […]
Huawei charm offensive runs into buzzsaw of US charges
Fraud, obstruction of justice and cloak-and-dagger trade theft — a US rap sheet alleging systematic skullduggery by Chinese telecom giant Huawei has deepened the company’s problems just as it sought to win back global trust. The US Justice Department this week unveiled a raft of charges against Huawei which could see its Chief Financial Officer […]