Huawei also expects to keep R&D investment at a high level in 2023
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies estimated that its 2022 revenues remained flat compared to the previous year, despite continued sanctions by the U.S. government.
"U.S. restrictions are now our new normal, and we're back...
Chinese vendor Huawei’s green 5G strategy aims to help carriers to build networks with high performance and energy saving at the same time, Daisy Zhu, VP of wireless marketing for Huawei, told RCR Wireless News.
“Green is the latest buzz word to make it into...
Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE have secured contracts to deploy the converged 5G and 4G core network for China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, according to Chinese press reports.
Both Huawei and ZTE will each get about 50% of a contract...
Chinese vendor Huawei reported a decline in earnings in the first half of the year, largely due to the impact of trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. government.
Huawei’s revenues declined by 29.4% year-on-year to CNY320.4 billion ($49.5 billion), while its net profit margin rose...
Nokia won its first 5G radio contract in China, after securing a share in one of China Mobile's three contracts for the provision of 700MHz 5G base stations, while rival vendor Ericsson lost market share chiefly due to political tensions between China and Sweden.
Through these...
Chinese vendor Huawei expects 6G technologies to hit the market by around 2030, the company’s rotating chairman, Eric Xu, recently said a Huawei global analyst conference.
“We think 6G will be on the market by around 2030, but we don't really know what 6G is...
Safaricom will trial 5G network with consumer and enterprise customers
African carrier Safaricom activated its 5G network in Kenya, the telco said in a release.
The new 5G infrastructure, which was launched in the cities of Nairobi, Kisumu, Kisii and Kakamega, is expected to be expanded...
Chinese vendor Huawei believes that it will be extremely unlikely that the new U.S. administration would lift the current restrictions imposed by former President Donald Trump, Huawei’s founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, said at a media roundtable.
“I think it's very unlikely that the U.S....
South China's Guangdong province has built over 110,000 5G base stations, with nearly 27 million 5G users, Chinese press reported, citing official statistics.
Ma Xingrui, governor of Guangdong, said that province has over 1,600 5G-related enterprises, accounting for about one-third of the national total.
In the...
China has announced it has already installed nearly 700,000 5G base stations so far this year, exceeding the country’s original target of 500,000, South China Morning Post reported.
According to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) vice-minister Liu Liehong, this figure is more...
German operator Vodafone Germany announced that its 5G network currently covers 10 million people across the country.
In a release, the carrier said that its 5G technology has been recently activated in 300 new cities and municipalities across Germany.
"We launched the first 5G network in...
Huawei Technologies expects 5G users to account for 20% of total mobile users in China and South Korea by the end of June 2021, Ryan Ding, president of Huawei's carrier business group, said during a presentation at the company’s Global Mobile Broad Forum in...
Airtel to trial 5G tech from Nokia and Ericsson
Indian operator Bharti Airtel is preparing to submit new applications for 5G trials with European vendors Nokia and Ericsson for circles or cities where it previously requested permits to partner with Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported.
According to...
U.S. push against Huawei gaining traction in Europe
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun the process of drawing up a list of telecommunications equipment deemed to pose a security risk for the country as part of the agency’s efforts to limit the reach...
Deutsche Telekom said that the company continues to be committed to a multi-vendor strategy for the deployment of its mobile networks.
In a company blog post, the German carrier said that this strategy allows it to buy gear from a large number of different manufacturers...
Bell Canada has decided to put on hold the commercial launch of its 5G network due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company’s CEO Mirko Bibic said during a conference call with investors.
“We are ready with our initial 5G network, but frankly we don't think...
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has partnered with compatriot mobile network operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom to install advanced 5G infrastructure on Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, according to Chinese press reports.
China Mobile, the world’s largest wireless network operator, said its 5G...
Middle East telco Ooredoo Group announced it has selected Huawei to make its network fully 5G-enabled in Oman, Indonesia, Tunisia and Maldives over the next five years, the telco said in a release.
Under the terms of the deal, Huawei will deploy its 5G SingleRAN...
U.K. telecom group BT said that the decision by the UK government to restrict the use of Huawei’s kit in the country’s 5G networks would have a cost of £500 million ($655 million) for the company over the next five years.
“We are in the...
Malaysian Prime Minister not afraid of Huawei: 'But what is there to spy (on) exactly in Malaysia?'
The Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said the country is on track to commercially launch 5G technology in the third quarter of 2020 and hopes...
The 5G speed was achieved on a live, 3GPP compliant test network in Istanbul
Earlier this week, Türk Telekom and Huawei reported a single-user 5G smartphone speed above 2.92 Gbps, breaking a world record. The “unprecedented” speed was achieved on a live, 3GPP compliant 5G...
Swiss telecommunications firm Sunrise said its 5G technology now covers 309 towns and cities across Switzerland.
The telco said that its current 5G coverage nearly doubles the coverage of its closest competitor. The carrier also highlighted that it is only counting cities and towns where at...
WBA CEO: 'Wi-Fi 6 has the potential to unlock many possibilities for academia'
Huawei and the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) have announced a new Wi-Fi 6 pilot that the two entities are calling “groundbreaking.” The project, consisting of a series of Wi-Fi 6 verification tests...
