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Xiaomi doubles down on African market
Xiaomi has set up a business headquarters in Africa eyeing the growth potential of the handset market in the region. Xiaomi will also team up with Jumia Technologies, a leading pan ...
Here are top performing smartphones in China in Q3
Nubia Red Magic 3S, Black Shark 2 Pro and Huawei Mate 30 Pro were the top performing smartphones in China in the third quarter. ...
Tim Cook has a new title at China's top university
Apple CEO Tim Cook is now the chairman of the advisory board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (SEM). ...
Report: Huawei in early talks with US firms to license 5G tech
Huawei is in early-stage talks with some US telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them and some firms had expressed interest, said a Huawei executive. ...
Apple Ring? New patent shows that's possible
Apple is granted a patent for a "wearable electronic ring computing device", which presumobably is called Apple Ring. ...
China filed 1.5 million patents last year, nearly half of the rest of the world
China patents application reached a record 1.54 million, nearly half of all the patent applications filed worldwide. ...
Huawei's third-quarter revenue jumps 27% as smartphone sales surge
Huawei’s third-quarter revenue jumped 27%, driven by a surge in shipments of smartphones launched before a trade blacklisting expected to hammer its business. ...
Huawei open to 'no backdoor' agreement with India, says local head
“If (the Indian) government wants, we are open to having the source codes in an escrow account,” said Jay Chen, the CEO of Huawei India unit. ...
China phone shipments down 7.1% in September
Phone shipments in China went down 7.1 percent year on year to 36.236 million units in September. That number was up 17.4 percent from August. ...
Qualcomm's next-gen flagship chip could come next month due to pressure from Huawei
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865, the firm’s next-gen flagship chip, may be released earlier than usual on November due to piling pressure from Huawei. ...