US spooks avoid “back door” questions
Er...um... Huawei?
A US politician is asking the National Security Agency (NSA) about its implementation of back doors in technology products that let spooks spy on network traffic.
5G delays will hit UK economy
5G will damage UK economy – report
A report commissioned by Huawei claims a delay to 5G will cost the United Kingdom £100 billion in economic benefits and particularly take its toll on employment in areas beyond the South East/London bubble over the next 10 years.
Huawei releases last pre-sanction phone
Last of the self-designed Kirin chips
Huawei introduced the Mate 40 smartphone series on Thursday, potentially its last major release powered by its self-designed Kirin chips.
Chinese firms object to Nvidia's ARM deal
Worried they will lose access to tech
Huawei and several other Chinese tech firms have raised concerns to local regulators about chipmaker Nvidia deal to buy UK-based chip designer ARM.
Ericsson beats Wall Street predictions
Higher margins and lots of Chinese work
Telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson is doing better than the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street predicted thanks to higher margins and China’s 5G rollout.
Swedes buckle to US pressure on China
Gustavus Adolphus spins in grave
Swedish regulators have buckled to US pressure and banned the use of telecom equipment from China's Huawei and ZTE in its 5G network ahead of the spectrum auction scheduled for next month.
Dutch plump for Ericsson
After move to ignore Huawei
Dutch Telecoms outfit KPN is using Ericsson to build core elements of its new 5G mobile network following a decision last year not to use China’s Huawei.
Huawei might sell Honor smartphone unit
Budget phones are probably not worth the limited chips we have
Huawei is in talks with Digital China Group and other suitors to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit in a deal that could fetch up to 25 billion yuan ($3.7 billion).
Mate 40 Pro looks a bit like Exynos 1080 SoC
Huawei Kirin 9000 might be a rival
Eagle eyed hacks at mysmartprice have noticed that the Huawei Mate 40 Pro (Kirin 9000) has appeared on AnTuTu with scores similar to that of Exynos 1080 SoC
Huawei MatePad Pro gets inside yer heid
Great sound, great build, fit ye sae?
I’ve been reviewing both software and hardware for over 35 years now, but this is the first time I’ve had to take into account geopolitics. But more, much more on that later.