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Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint in Colombo. The biggest raid was on Saturday, when police arrested 126 Chinese men. Photo: AFP

Hundreds of Chinese men arrested over online scams in Sri Lanka

Cybercrime raids also uncovered two suspects from Vietnam, as well as one each from Thailand and the Philippines.

16 Oct 2024 - 11:24AM

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou back at the helm of firm ahead of next smartphone launch

1 Oct 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

Huawei heats up global smartwatch market with launch of new GT 5 series

25 Sep 2024 - 6:07PM

My Take | Huawei shows China’s supply chain resilience amid tech sanctions, decoupling

Huawei’s 5G smartphone revival could well be the tip of the iceberg for the mainland’s supply chain transformation under US sanctions.

24 Sep 2024 - 8:51AM

Huawei Technologies has made much progress in its tech self-sufficiency efforts in spite of US restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock

Xiaomi, Honor look ready to push trifold handsets, following Huawei’s lead

Both Xiaomi and Honor have previously applied for a design patent on a double-hinged handset, according to public records.

10 Oct 2024 - 3:39PM

Huawei’s Mate XT trifold handset sparks frenzy, leading scalpers to hike prices

Scalpers at electronics marketplace Huaqiangbei aim to resell the Mate XT’s base model for up to US$9,866, above Huawei’s US$2,800 price tag.

23 Sep 2024 - 12:20PM

UK watchdog shows Vodafone-Three merger a path forward despite concerns

Vodafone’s US$19.7 billion deal for the network owned by Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings would create the UK’s largest carrier.

13 Sep 2024 - 9:30PM

Branding hangs outside a Vodafone shop in Oxford, UK. Photo: Reuters

China’s new 6G standards mark significant advance in setting future framework

Proposed standards intended to aid different 6G requirements, such as the need to send secure content and keep data up to date.

13 Sep 2024 - 9:03AMvideocam

Kazakh giant eyes Hong Kong’s dim sum bonds to fund cable project

The company’s telecoms unit Freedom Telecom plans to spend 107 billion tenge (US$236 million) until the end of 2027 on two projects in Kazakhstan.

12 Sep 2024 - 4:15PM

Huawei unveils Mate XT trifold handset in face-off with Apple’s iPhone 16

The Mate XT will officially go on sale on September 20, the same day that Apple kicks off its iPhone 16 retail sales on the mainland.

10 Oct 2024 - 3:41PM

Huawei Technologies’ new trifold smartphone, the Mate XT, is displayed in a glass case at the company’s flagship store in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Huawei trifold smartphone seizes mainland’s interest ahead of iPhone 16 launch

Around 3.04 million people have made online reservations to buy Huawei’s new 5G Mate XT as of Monday afternoon.

10 Oct 2024 - 3:45PM

The large number of Mate XT pre-orders reflects how Huawei appears to be stealing Apple’s thunder ahead of its new iPhone launch event. Photo: Huawei

Planned Huawei chip unit event stokes speculation over tech breakthrough

A conference next month by Huawei’s secretive chip design unit HiSilicon has fanned speculation that a sanctions-busting breakthrough may be announced.

25 Sep 2024 - 4:03PM

Huawei plans tri-fold smartphone as Apple weighs foldable iPhone, reports say

Apple is reportedly working on a clamshell-style foldable smartphone for release as soon as 2026, while Huawei prepares a dual-hinged foldable for production.

25 Jul 2024 - 7:00AM

Huawei enters new partnership to drive AI adoption in China’s heavy industries

The latest initiative by Huawei, the world’s largest telecoms equipment supplier, shows its focus on expanding into industrial solutions.

17 Jul 2024 - 6:00PMvideocam

Huawei Technologies’ digital-transformation efforts in heavy industries reflect the company’s push to broaden its operations in the world’s second-largest economy. Photo: Shutterstock

Huawei store staff free to reveal smartphone chip details to customers

Huawei distributors have started giving customers details of the processors used inside the company’s flagship smartphones, even though the US-sanctioned tech giant remains mum on the subject.

15 Jul 2024 - 11:32PM

A customer checks out a Mate 60 Pro smartphone at a Huawei flagship store in Beijing, September 25, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Huawei builds US$1.4 billion campus ‘with 100 cafes’ to lure foreign talent

Around 30,000 Huawei research and development personnel are expected to move into the Shanghai campus, which will start operations this year.

16 Jul 2024 - 9:07AM

China’s Honor sees slim, AI-powered foldable smartphones driving premium market push

Honor expects on-device artificial intelligence and a slim design will differentiate its foldable smartphones against rival models from Huawei and Samsung.

12 Jul 2024 - 10:19PM

Philippines eyes Japan to build 5G network amid China’s dominance

Japan is reportedly planning to help the Philippines build an open radio access network ahead of Manila’s 5G deployment.

3 Jul 2024 - 4:11PMvideocam

People use mobile phones in Taguig City, the Philippines. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s telecoms operators and gear makers tout AI ambitions at MWC Shanghai

China’s telecoms industry players are betting on the growth potential from increased demand for artificial intelligence by enterprises and consumers.

27 Jun 2024 - 2:43PM

Huawei tops Apple in sales growth for shopping festival, but iPhone still ahead

Huawei smartphone sales jumped 42 per cent while offering the smallest discounts, but Apple sold more by value in the month through June 20.

26 Jun 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

Huawei’s HarmonyOS to break the dominance of Western mobile platforms in China

There are currently more than 900 million devices that run on HarmonyOS, with more than 2.5 million developers creating apps for Huawei’s mobile platform.

21 Jun 2024 - 8:38PM

The adoption of HarmonyOS on the mainland has accelerated on the back of rapid growth in Huawei Technologies’ smartphone shipments. Photo: Shutterstock

Intel’s China arm invests in telecoms subsidiary of Apple supplier Luxshare

Intel’s latest investment on the mainland reflects its efforts in driving the buildout of sophisticated data centres used for the development of artificial intelligence systems.

18 Jun 2024 - 9:00PM

Intel’s latest investment comes amid growing US tech restrictions on the mainland. Photo: Shutterstock

Lychee farmers reap the benefits of China’s rural 5G push

Enhanced 5G coverage is helping farmers reach more customers through live streaming, as unpredictable weather threatens their livelihood.

16 Jun 2024 - 2:00PM

Huawei’s HarmonyOS tops Apple’s iOS as China’s No 2 mobile platform

Huawei saw HarmonyOS’ domestic presence more than double, from an 8 per cent share in the first quarter of 2023, on the back of brisk sales of its new 5G smartphones.

15 Jun 2024 - 5:16PM

Opinion | What decline of iPhone grey market says about China’s consumer landscape

Chinese consumer mentality is shifting, propelled by patriotism and won over by innovative local phones offering better value and reliability.

12 Jun 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

A Huawei customer after attending a new product launch conference in Beijing, on September 25. Photo: AP

Huawei overtakes Samsung as world’s top 5G foldable smartphone seller

The South Korean giant’s market share dropped to under a quarter from more than half a year earlier, while Huawei’s share rose to 35 per cent.

31 May 2024 - 5:30PM

Huawei has overtaken Samsung to become the world’s top vendor of foldable smartphones by shipments. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Will 6G deliver where ‘overhyped’ 5G didn’t? An expert sees a holographic future

British professor Jiangzhou Wang tells a conference in Beijing that he is disappointed with 5G’s failure.

18 May 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

Germany’s digital ministry resists Huawei 5G ban as decision nears

The interior ministry has sought to strip out equipment from China’s Huawei and ZTE for national security reasons.

18 May 2024 - 12:30PMvideocam

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5G, or fifth-generation mobile telecommunications technology, enables data to be transferred at a speed that's 20 times faster than existing standards. The Huawei 5G fight is at the centre of the US-China tech war. A Huawei ban was implemented in the US in May 2019.

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9 September, 2024