Telecom Vendors

Chinese tech giant Huawei revealed its very own operating system, Hongmeng, on Friday amid escalating trade tensions with the US and in an attempt to rival Android.

Huawei announced today that it has earned NSS Labs' highly coveted "Recommended" rating in the latest Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) group test. In this year’s test, 12 products from industry-leading vendors were tested.

Huawei has announced that it plans to invest CNY10 billion ($1.4 billion) to open up a new R&D centre in Shanghai, China which will primarily focus on IoT and wireless networks along with chipmaking.

Asiacell has selected Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, to initiate network modernization across Iraq as a continuation of their 17-year partnership.

Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately-held Voicea, headquartered in Mountain View, CA. Voicea is the creator of a market-leading real-time solution that provides meeting transcription, voice search, and meeting highlights/action items, with robust data privacy.  It helps teams have more productive and actionable meetings by turning talk into action.

President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping agreed to a truce in their trade war, and Washington pledged to hold off on new tariffs while they negotiate As the United States and China pursue trade talks, there is a “good chance” that more US firms will be granted licenses to sell products to controversial Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said.

Huawei plans to release its first smartphone which will run on its very own home-grown operating system, Hongmeng, and is currently carrying out compatibility tests of Android apps on the new OS.

Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) is bringing unprecedented change to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the roll out of its 5G network using Nokia's end-to-end portfolio. Under a three-year deal, thousands of 5G sites are being deployed bringing faster speeds and higher quality across its networks to support a renaissance in services for both the industrial sector and consumers.

Huawei announced its business results for the first half of 2019:  USD $58.34 billion in revenue, a 23.2% increase over the same period last year. The company's net profit margin for H1 2019 was 8.7%

In view recent roll-out of 5G network technology by UAE telecom operators, Huawei will launch its highly anticipated 5G smartphone - HUAWEI Mate 20 X (5G) in the UAE this July. Supporting a wide range of patented 5G technologies, the device is expected to represent high-speed connectivity and powerful performance. HUAWEI Mate 20 X (5G) - Huawei’s first commercial 5G-enabled smartphone will usher UAE users in a new era of smart mobile technologies in July.