Apple iPhone sales plunge 24% in China as Huawei smartphone business resurges, report says
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CNBC ^
| 05 March 2024 | Ryan Browne
Apple is facing a tough environment in its key market, China. Several notable trends are adding pressure, not least of which is intense competition from local Chinese smartphone makers - including a resurging Huawei.
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Iphones Go on Discount in China as People Choose Huawei
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Citizen Watch Report ^
| Chris Black
Apple is in dire straits. There
are 1.5 billion people in China and many of them can afford to buy a new iPhone every year or two. They used to buy them, but they don’t anymore, because the US is a hostile country and using an iPhone is increasingly being viewed as very unpatriotic.
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Huawei and Tencent spearhead China's hold on cybersecurity patents
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Nikkei Asia ^
TOKYO -- China's presence is growing in cybersecurity technology, with companies such as Huawei and Tencent accounting for six of the top 10 global patent holdings in the sector as of August. Chinese companies have made headway in technological fields that affect economic security, according to industry insiders, as they focus on
fostering their own tech amid the growing standoff between the U.S. and China. The rankings, compiled by Nikkei in cooperation with U.S. information services provider LexisNexis, are based on patents registered in 95 countries and regions, including Japan, the U.S., China and the European Union. Patent registrations were...
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Huawei surges into the 5.5G lead...Chinese telecom giant leading the charge into 5.5G, which promises a tenfold improvement over current 5G
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Asia Times ^
| OCTOBER 31, 2023 | By SCOTT FOSTER
Huawei is moving ahead into the 5.5G era, a marked advance over current 5G networks and a practical halfway house on the road to 6G. Also known as 5G-Advanced, 5.5G promises big improvements in factory automation, autonomous driving and various other applications. At
the company’s 14th Global Mobile Broadband Forum held on October 10-11 in Dubai, Huawei’s President of Wireless Solution Cao Ming announced “the industry’s first full-series solutions for 5.5G,” which he said “will help operators deliver full-scenario tenfold capabilities and enable ultra-high energy efficiency, spectrum utilization, and O&M [operations & maintenance] efficiency.” Huawei has been working on 5.5G...
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Russian teenage genius joins Huawei .sparking concerns in the United States.
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Business in Russia and China...
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Huawei 'working extra hours' to meet surging smartphone demand
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Nikkei Asia ^
TAIPEI/HONG KONG -- Huawei said on Monday it was "working extra hours" to meet surging domestic demand for its smartphones after the Chinese tech company last month quietly unveiled its first 5G-capable handset, despite U.S. sanctions that had cut off vital chip supplies since 2020. "We
thank all our national people for their strong support," said Richard Yu, CEO of the consumer business group, at a launch event. "Currently, we are urgently working extra hours to manufacture our handsets to allow more users to get to experience our products," he added, suggesting that the company was struggling to meet demand...
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So what if China has 7nm chips now, there's no Huawei it can make them 'at scale'
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The Register ^
Further escalating the rivalry between the US and China, America's Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo earlier today voiced open dismay over Huawei putting out a smartphone powered by a sophisticated 7nm homegrown processor during her visit to the Middle Kingdom. Raimondo insisted the US administration is utilizing every available resource to thwart or
slow down China's technological advancements, such as cutting the nation off from the latest American chip-making hardware and software, which could potentially have adverse implications for the States. It's one thing to stop a rival country from making or obtaining competing, top-tier components, it's another to cut off...
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Is the new Mate 60 Pro a 5G comeback for Huawei?
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Nikkei Asia ^
TAIPEI -- Details on Huawei's latest phone are trickling out after the Chinese company quietly released its flagship Mate 60 Pro domestically this week with little comment and no fanfare. Local
tech reviews suggest the phone is Huawei's first 5G handset with its own chips since U.S. sanctions cut off the Chinese tech champion from critical chip supplies and production partners. According to teardown videos posted by Chinese media, the new phone comes with a self-developed Kirin mobile chipset and can support 5G connectivity and satellite phone calls. Huawei also developed its own Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and power management chips for...
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Huawei unveils latest AI model as ChatGPT boom rolls on
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Asia Times ^
TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies on Friday released a new version of its artificial intelligence model for cloud computing services, its latest move to keep up with the generative AI boom kicked off by ChatGPT even as the Chinese company struggles with a U.S. clampdown that limits its access to important computing hardware.
Huawei Cloud, the company's cloud computing solutions unit, said its AI model takes a different approach than Open AI's ChatGPT, a chatbot that answers questions and compiles humanlike responses to text prompts. Dubbed Pangu Model 3.0, the new offering is aimed at meeting the needs of specific industries...
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EU push to rip and replace Huawei 5G meets resistance
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Asia Times ^
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton wants Germany and other European countries to stop dragging their feet and eliminate Chinese equipment from their 5G telecom networks. The
European telecom industry and Huawei are pushing back. In a June 15 press conference, Breton cited European Union guidelines that ask member countries to evaluate “high risk vendors,” adding, “To date, only 10 of them have used these prerogatives to restrict or exclude high risk vendors. This is too slow, and it poses a major security risk and exposes the Union’s collective security, since it creates a major dependency for the EU and serious vulnerabilities.”...
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Mega patent holder Huawei said to be putting licensing squeeze on SMEs
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The Register ^
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei may be looking to put the squeeze on small to medium companies for license fees on its sizeable patent portfolio as its bottom line continues to be hit by US sanctions and other restrictions. A
report in Nikkei Asia claims that Huawei has approached about 30 small to midsize companies in Japan, apparently seeking license fees for using its patented technology. The move is being viewed as the Chinese company attempting to claw back some of the revenue it has been losing because of Washington's crackdowns. Nikkei states that the companies in question are all involved...
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The high, high cost of sanctioning Huawei
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Asia Times ^
... Asked if he has seen any hard evidence of Huawei using its 5G equipment for purposes of espionage, Evan Anderson, CEO of information service INVNT/IP (Inventing Nations vs. Nation-Sponsored
Theft of IP), told Asia Times by email: “While I am not aware of a case wherein Huawei was caught directly surveilling foreign citizens outright, they retain the motivation, capability, and government support to do so. As with any company in China, they cannot say no to the government or Communist Party, by law. “They are a de facto arm of the Chinese state. Conversations about backdoors and evidence of...
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U.S. Ban on Huawei Seen Widening China Chip War
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EE Times ^
By Alan Patterson 02.03.2023 An imminent ban on U.S. exports to Huawei is seen as the first volley in a new wave of restrictions that will impair China’s semiconductor, AI and quantum computing industries—all critical for tech dominance in military and commercial realms. The
administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has stopped licensing U.S. companies to export to Huawei as Washington aims for a total ban on sales of U.S. technology to the Chinese telecom equipment giant, the Financial Times reported this week, citing people inside the White House familiar with the plan. China’s largest chipmakers like Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
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Huawei disbands enterprise business team in Russia in further pullback amid Western sanctions
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South China Morning Post ^
| 20 Dec, 2022 | Iris Deng
Chinese telecommunications and smartphone giant Huawei Technologies Co is closing down its enterprise business unit in Russia in a further retreat that affects 2,000 jobs... Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group division in Russia, responsible for selling data storage systems and telecommunications equipment to corporate clients, will be disbanded on January 1... The move
has been made to avoid the risk of secondary sanctions on the telecoms giant, which is already subject to US trade sanctions, as the systems and equipment could be used by the state, according to the report... ...Several Chinese firms have been caught in the crossfire created by...
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US government bans Huawei, ZTE and Hikvision tech over ‘unacceptable’ spying fears
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Tech Crunch ^
| November 28, 2022 | Carly Page
The U.S. government said it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from several prominent Chinese brands in an effort to protect the nation’s communications network. The
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Friday to expand its ban on the sale and import of Chinese technology from firms that pose an “unacceptable risk to the national security” of the United States. The decision implements the directive in the Secure Equipment Act of 2021 signed by President Biden in November that places additional restrictions on companies including Huawei and ZTE, surveillance camera makers Hikvision and Dahua, and two-way radio manufacturer...
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China espionage fears in D.C.: FBI killed a $100M Chinese government garden in capital that would have been 'perfect' for intelligence and determined Beijing-made Huawei equipment could disrupt nuclear arsenal, disturbing report finds
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UK Daily Mail ^
| 07/25/2022 | Morgan Phillips
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) quietly killed a $100 million project to build a National China Garden in Washington, D.C. just two miles from the U.S. Capitol as the intelligence community becomes increasingly concerned that Chinese investments in the U.S. are being is to increase their spying capabilities. In
2017, local Washington officials and Chinese leaders celebrated a deal to build an ornate Chinese garden in the National Arboretum. The plan was to transform a 12-acre field in the arboretum with temples and pavilions and native Chinese shrubbery. It was believed that Chinese officials were eager to foot the...
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TRUMP WAS RIGHT: China Placed Huawei Equipment Atop Cell Towers on Purchased Farm Land Near US Military Bases – Capable of Disrupting and Capturing Signals
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GATEWAY PUNDIT ^
| 7/22/2022 | JIM HOFT
As reported earlier by We Love Trump a Chinese company recently paid $2.6 million for 300 acres of farmland in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The parcel of land’s location near a US Air Force base that houses sensitive drone technology has lawmakers on Capitol Hill worried about potential espionage by Beijing. The
Chinese firm Fufeng Group recently purchased 300 acres of farmland in North Dakota just down the road from a US Air Force base that houses sensitive drone technology near Grand Forks. The farmland is just a 20-minute drive to the Grand Forks Air Force Base. The Fufeng Group...
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FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications
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CNN ^
| 7.23.2022 | Katie Bo Lillis
Since at least 2017, federal officials have investigated Chinese land purchases near critical infrastructure, shut down a high-profile regional consulate believed by the US government to be a hotbed of Chinese spies and stonewalled what they saw as clear efforts to plant listening devices near sensitive military and government facilities. Among
the most alarming things the FBI uncovered pertains to Chinese-made Huawei equipment atop cell towers near US military bases in the rural Midwest. According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, the FBI determined the equipment was capable of capturing and disrupting highly restricted Defense Department communications, including those...
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China Infiltrates US, Other Nations Through Huawei, Expert Says: Beijing Supports the Company To the Tune of Tens of Billions
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Epoch Times ^
| 02/22/2022 | Frank Fang and David Zhang
Chinese tech giant Huawei rose to prominence because it received tens of billions from Beijing, thus allowing the firm to undercut competitors and gain market shares, said book author Jonathan Pelson.However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) did not shell out the money for only pure business reasons.“The CCP was not helping Huawei
so that [it] can succeed as a company,” Pelson said. “They were helping Huawei so that the CCP could succeed in its geopolitical efforts, to export its philosophies and its governance principles around the rest of the world.”Pelson made the remarks during an interview with EpochTV’s “China Insider”...
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Tony Podesta pulls in $1 million lobbying White House on behalf of Huawei
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Fox news ^
| 01/23/2022 | Emma Colton
Tony Podesta made $1 million lobbying the White House on behalf of Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, public disclosure forms show. Podesta
earned $500,000 lobbying the "Executive Office of the President" on "Issues related to telecommunication services and impacted trade issues" in the fourth quarter of 2021, the New York Post reported, citing public disclosure forms released last week. He pulled in another $500,000 from Huawei to lobby the "White House Office" on "Issues related to telecommunication services and impacted trade issues" in the third quarter of 2021.
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