China has reportedly urged the US to reconsider its ban on telecommunications vendor ZTE during crunch trade talks between the global superpowers in Beijing. The US has imposed a seven year ban on American companies from selling services and equipment to the Chinese vendor after it claimed ZTE had failed to comply with its trade rules.
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Study claims investment in IoT will generate billions for Lebanon IT market
Internet of Things investment will support Lebanon's IT market growing to LBP 820 billion by 2019, and will transform daily lives and businesses, industry experts announced during the recent SmartEx Lebanon exhibition.
Huawei smartphone sets new record in the UAE
Huawei Consumer Business Group announced that the Huawei P20 Pro has become one of its bestselling smartphone devices in the UAE for 2018. After only one week of being on public pre-booking, the Huawei P20 Pro has overtaken last year's Huawei P10 Plus, outselling its predecessor by three times on the first sale day to become the most successful Huawei P series ever sold by Huawei in the UAE.
Nokia suffers challenging Q1 but CEO remains bullish over 5G
Finnish telecommunications vendor Nokia has endured a difficult Q1 following the official announcement of its financial results for the first quarter of 2018. However, despite a drop in its net sales and profitability, Nokia CEO, Rajeev Suri remains bullish.
Huawei strives to build ICT ecosystem
Huawei's global partners Microsoft, Thales, and SAP have discussed the importance of building a collaborative ICT ecosystem for business driven innovation that is relevant to the UAE.
Ericsson partners with research institute to test industrial applications of 5G
Ericsson and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology have teamed up to explore and develop industrial applications of 5G. The first use case for production of jet engine components for MTU Aero Engines is currently being evaluated and is presented this week (April 23-27) at the Hanover Fair in Germany.
Nokia enters negotiations over the sale of its Digital Health business
Nokia announced plans to sell its Digital Health business to Éric Carreel, co-founder and former chairman of Withings.
ZTE vows to fulfill needs of operators and partners despite US ban
Chinese telecommunications vendor ZTE has vowed to protect its company and its employees and declared it would utilize all the tools at his disposal to ensure it continues to serve its operators, partners and suppliers despite the export ban issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Chinese vendor joins AICTO as associate member
The Arab ICT Organization is pleased to announce the membership of Huawei among its associate members. The official signature of the adhesion was celebrated on the occasion of the 14th edition of AICTO General Assembly held in Tunis, on the 12th of April 2018.
Qualcomm and NXP withdraw and refile application for Chinese regulatory approval
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) at the request of the Ministry of Commerce in China (MOFCOM) have withdrawn and refiled the notice of acquisition regarding the companies' planned combination.