France brings in bill amendments aimed at China’s Huawei Technologies

Despite facing international pressure on its business, Huawei has managed to secure 30 contracts to supply 5G equipment; it has already shipped 25,000 5G base stations. As per a report by French newspaper Les Echos, France is weighing its option for introducing a bill amendment so as to empower its defense and security institutions to…

Top 3 Japanese telecom to not source equipment from Huawei and ZTE

The development will have short term consequences for SoftBank given its relation with Huawei; it will find it hard to replace the pre-existing Huawei network equipment that has been customized to its requirements and thus is not easily interchangeable. On Monday, Japan’s Kyodo News News reported, the three biggest telecom operators of Japan, do not…

Britain’s BT will remove Huawei equipment from its core 4G network

The move follows similar measures undertaken by the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. On Wednesday, Britain’s BT Group Plc stated it will remove Huawei Technologies Co’s equipment from its core 4G network within two years. The development brings BT’s mobile phone business in line with an internal policy to keep the equipment of Huawei Technologies…

New Zealand bans usage of Huawei’s equipment for 5G network

The Government Communications Security Bureau has effectively banned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s 5G equipment from New Zealand citing significant risks to national security. On Wednesday, Spark New Zealand stated, the Government Communications Security Bureau has declined its proposal to use Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s 5G equipment citing significant risks to national security. This decision effectively…

Nokia signs $2.3 billion deal with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom

The development comes midst efforts by China to merge two of the nation’s top wireless carriers to speed up the development of 5G mobile services. 5G will play a strategic and significant role in the coming years. On Wednesday, Finland’s mobile telecom network maker Nokia stated, it has signed a $2.3 billion (2 billion euros)…

Elliott Management Corp acquires 5% stake in semiconductor maker Hitachi Kokusai Electric

With the forthcoming launch of electric cars, the demand for video processing chips and IoT enabled chips is likely to surge. On Monday, U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp disclosed that it has acquired a shade of 5% stake in Hitachi Kokusai Electric, a chip manufacturer for equipment and video solution business. Earlier in April,…