Chinese vendors win nearly all of China Mobile’s 5G business – there’s a shock
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, has completed the second phase of its 5G tender and 86% of the work went to Huawei and ZTE.
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ZTE says it has heard nothing about fresh US bribery investigations
US media is reporting that ZTE is the subject of a fresh bribery investigation, but the Chinese vendor says that’s the first it has heard of it.
Chinese vendors continue to gain share in the global telecoms equipment market
Preliminary numbers from research firm Dell’Oro reveal that, while the kit market grew in 2019, it was driven almost entirely by Chinese vendors.
FCC orders inventory audits ahead of Chinese purge
The FCC has begun surveying the US telco landscape to understand how deeply embedded Huawei and ZTE equipment is in the nation’s networks ahead of a ‘rip and replace’ project.
LG ditches and ZTE scales back on MWC due to coronavirus
The World Health Organisation declaring the coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern raises serious concerns about impact will this have on Mobile World Congress.
1&1 Drillisch trials with ZTE seemingly up-and-running
ZTE might not get much media attention nowadays, though some might think of this as a blessing, but it seems to be getting along just fine with Germany’s newest telco, 1&1 Drillisch.
Huawei and ZTE have a month to convince the US they’re not a security threat
The US Federal Communications Commission has set a deadline of 3 February for comments on its designation of Huawei and ZTE as security threats.
Orange launches first operator-branded 5G smartphone
Orange has launched what it claims is the first operator-brand 5G compatible smartphone, the Orange Neva jet, which will be debuted in Romania.
SK Telecom wins big at the 2019 Global Telecoms Awards
In the year that 5G finally made its commercial debut, Korean operator SK Telecom’s fast start helped it win three awards at the 2019 Glotels.
FCC wants to use state muscle to ban Huawei and ZTE even more
What little presence Chinese vendors still have in US networks will be further eroded by a new initiative from the US regulator.
ZTE gains confidence on the back of solid earnings growth
Perhaps ZTE has just been enjoying an uncomfortable silence and expensive milkshake in recent months, but with its financials for the first half of 2019 are screaming for attention.
The barren years are forecast to end as 5G profits close in
Research from Gartner suggest the 5G spending boom is almost within the grasp of the beaten and battered vendors, with 5G infrastructure spend set to increase by 89% over the next 12 months.
ZTE claims first 5G smartphone in China
ZTE seems to have beaten its many Chinese smartphone competitors to the first domestic 5G commercial launch.
ZTE gets ahead of the game with cybersecurity centre launch
With Huawei facing scrutiny over its alleged ties to the Chinese Government, it will only be a matter of time before ZTE faces the same questions considering its own, complex ownership structure.
ZTE moves to prove its own security credentials
Taking a page from the Huawei playbook, ZTE is opening its own European cybersecurity lab to demonstrate its own security credentials and appeal to customers.
Huawei forecast to have narrow advantage in 5G RAN race
Analyst firm Strategy Analytics has taken a look at the runners and riders in the global 5G race and has Huawei ahead of its rivals by a nose.
All four operators are awarded 5G licences in Japan, with security conditions attached
NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, Softbank, and Rakuten have all received the 5G licences they applied for, but they come with coverage obligations and security commitment.
Orange Spain and ZTE complete Europe’s first standalone 5G call
The mobile operator claimed that the voice and data call over end-to-end 5G network in Valencia was the first of its kind in Spain as well as in Europe. All other trials have been done over non-standalone networks.
Despite a $1 billion loss ZTE is seeing light at the end of the tunnel
The Chinese telecom vendor ZTE reported a total annual net loss of over $1 billion from its business in 2018 but is foreseeing returning to profit in Q1 2019.
Trump’s Huawei executive order not much more than a power play
Rumours are swirling around Washington DC suggesting President Donald Trump is on the verge of signing another executive order, this one the final blow to Huawei’s US ambitions.
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