Samsung is reportedly lining up an investment of $500 million for a smartphone display manufacturing plant in India.
After receiving permits to trial 5G technologies from the Department of Telecommunications, India’s operators have selected suppliers for their tests.
The government of India has thrown the doors open for vendors to take part in the country’s forthcoming 5G trials, including China’s Huawei.
Google has claimed that it will be unable to sell new Android smartphones in Turkey after falling afoul of the country’s competition regulator.
Digital Colony has announced its entrance into the digital infrastructure market in Brazil with the acquisition of a major telecoms infrastructure company.
News agencies are reporting that vendor Ericsson is planning to invest about 1 billion reais (close to $240 million) in Brazil to add a new assembly line dedicated to fifth generation technology.
Spectranet and Nokia are to provide 100+ Mbps ultra-broadband services with FttH to home and business users in Nigeria. Meanwhile, also in Nigeria, solar-based internet service provider (ISP) Tizeti has launched a 4G LTE network.
Globalstar, a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, and telecoms giant Nokia have announced a partnership to deploy a digitization platform utilizing 3GPP Band 53 spectrum. A shared solution is being showcased at the Globalstar stand at AfricaCom.
A flurry of announcements in recent days has offered both good and bad news for the giant Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies, with a number of 5G deals being done, prevented or delayed.
Recent reports from the Indian press indicate that some vendors that have sold goods or services to BSNL and MTNL are considering insolvency pleas against the state-run operators after non-payment of dues.
At ZTE’s recent Wireless User Congress & 5G Summit in Vienna, DT Editor James Barton sat down to a roundtable with Zhang Jianpeng, Senior Vice President and President of Overseas Marketing, to discuss the Chinese vendor’s 5G strategy across various global markets.
Nokia and SENAI-SP (Brazil’s National Service for Industrial Training) are teaming up to implement the vendor’s portfolio of technology and connectivity solutions at SENAI-SP’s lab in São Caetano do Sul.
According to recent reports in the Indian press, the merger between Bharti Infratel and Indus Tower, which would have created one of the world’s largest telecom tower companies, has been delayed.
In an attempt to placate security concerns over its equipment in India, Huawei has pledged to keep its 5G network equipment in line with strict security standards.
Swedish company Sinch AB, a leading name in cloud communications for mobile customer engagement, has announced its planned acquisition of SMS connectivity provider TWW do Brasil SA.
Recent news from the Indian press has suggested that Nokia is in talks with Indian operators regarding supply deals for rural 4G expansion.
Vox is partnering with its wholly owned infrastructure provider Frogfoot Networks, along with Telkom and Cloudseed, to launch Lekelela Technical Services in South Africa.
US rating agency Fitch has confirmed what the big three Indian operators probably already suspected: that any ban on Huawei could raise their expenditure on 5G infrastructure.
ND SatCom, a German supplier of – and integrator for – satellite communication systems and solutions, has announced the acquisition of Tecna Suarl, a satellite transmission and radio telecommunications solutions provider based in Dakar, Senegal.
India is the latest market to come under pressure from the US to drop Huawei’s equipment from its 5G network buildouts.
Samsung has announced that it will no longer manufacture mobile devices in China.
In the latest development in the ongoing story of Huawei and US sanctions Huawei’s CEO has claimed that the company is already producing 5G base stations without US parts.
It’s a rare day when Huawei isn’t in the news, as recent events – or possibly non-events – in Poland and Brazil make clear.
Latin America is a vast region with huge economic potential – but amid backlash against Brazil’s recent destruction of natural environments for agricultural purposes, it’s clear that industrial growth cannot come at any cost.
Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei has said that the company would be ready to share its 5G portfolio with a non-Asian company for a one-off fee.
Apple has conceded that its largest iPhone manufacturing plant broke Chinese labour laws relating to the use of temporary staff.
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has confirmed that it no longer plans to hold an IPO in mainland China.
Huawei is looking to set up a new manufacturing plant in Brazil with an investment of $800 million.
Nokia’s CTO for Latin America believes that Brazil’s impending auction of 5G-ready spectrum will be the world’s largest.
Huawei is preparing to invest CNY10 billion ($1.4 billion) to establish a new R&D centre in Shanghai to create wireless/IoT equipment and components.
ZTE Corporation 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.
State-owned Russian vendor Rostec has begun developing 5G equipment and is seeking to commence production domestically via international partnerships.
Huawei’s H1 revenue growth has exceeded expectations given that the Chinese vendor was placed on a US trade blacklist in May.
Huawei has come under renewed scrutiny after The Washington Post reported that the company had a role in deploying and running a 3G network in North Korea, which would contravene US export restrictions.
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