Telecom Vendors

The UK has finally approved a limited role for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in the country's 5G network, but underscored that "high risk vendors" would be excluded from "sensitive" core infrastructure.

Huawei has been ranked fifth on the recently released 2019 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard as one of the biggest investors in research and development worldwide.

Despite opposition from the United States, Britain is to yet to decide on a potential role for China's Huawei in developing its 5G telecoms network. However, reports say this will be in a limited capacity after heavy US obstruction on security grounds.

Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) announced that it has shipped 6.9 million units of 5G smartphones as of December 2019, in addition to offering end-to-end 5G solutions. The strong sales reflect Huawei’s relentless commitment to 5G R&D and reinforce Huawei’s leadership in 5G technology.

Ericsson published its Q4 financial results which highlighted that the Swedish telecom vendor did not experience much growth.

Nokia has announced that it has reached 63 commercial 5G contracts worldwide, positioning itself as a global leader in the delivery of end-to-end 5G solutions.

The founder and chief executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has said he is ready for the United States to escalate a "campaign" against the firm this year but insisted it would not have a significant effect on business.

Huawei is a leader in the Wi-Fi 6 market. With its AirEngine Wi-Fi 6, Huawei took the lead in deploying the industry's first enterprise-class Wi-Fi 6 network in Shanghai as early as 2018.

Huawei has closed a deal with Dutch navigation and digital mapping company TomTom for the use of its maps and services in smartphone apps, according to a Reuters report.

Huawei FusionServer Pro 2488H V5 rack servers and Huawei KunLun 9008 V5 mission critical servers have passed the SAP HANA® certification for BWoH/BW4H/DM and S4H scale-out appliance solutions.