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Who Says There Are Too Many Android Tablets! Orange/Huawei Add One More

Jan 10, 2012 9:01 AM

CES, currently in full swing in Las Vegas, promises to bring out another wave of Android tablets, to add to the 40+ that were on the market before the week even started (if you don’t count e-readers built on the platform; if you do, it’s more like 50). Sound flooded?…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Broadband, Companies, Apple, iPad, France Telecom, Orange, Google, Android, Countries, Europe, France, Spain, UK, honeycomb, huawei, mediapad

Microsoft: Talking To Huawei For Android Patent License; Inks Openwave Deal

Nov 8, 2011 7:00 AM

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) could be adding one more OEM to its list of Android licensees, and this one is a biggie: Huawei, the ambitious Chinese OEM that is rapidly gaining market share on the back of producing low-cost Android-based devices. The development raises questions about whether Android phone makers competing…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, HTC, Microsoft, Windows Phone, RIM, Samsung, Countries, Europe, UK, Asia, China, huawei, openwave

Big News For Dell: Its Devices Will Be Used By Baidu In Mobile Assault

Sep 6, 2011 6:47 AM

Baidu’s determination to get a piece of the action in China’s fast-growing mobile market has yielded plans for an app store and mobile platform of its own, Baidu Yi, based on Android; and now we are getting more details on the second part of the equation: the devices.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Search, Companies, Apple, Facebook, Google, Android, HTC, Vodafone, Countries, Asia, China, baidu, dell, dell streak 5, huawei

Mobile Lowdown 8-12-11: Apple; BBM; Android; Huawei; AT&T; Angry Birds

Aug 12, 2011 6:16 AM

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Apple: Looks like there could be a media event scheduled for September 7 or 8; some are wondering if this will be Apple’s anticipated ‘iPhone5’ launch, and will on-leave CEO Steve Jobs (pictured at another Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) event)…

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Companies, Amazon, Apple, iPhone, AT&T, Google, Android, HP, RIM, BlackBerry, Countries, Asia, China, Europe, UK, angry birds, blackberry, blackberry messenger, huawei, rovio, walmart

With Bidders Watching, Interdigital Goes On A Mobile Patent Offensive

Jul 26, 2011 2:24 PM

Interdigital is out to prove it’s a serious threat in the mobile patent battles that have consumed this industry. A week after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) were said to be considering a bid for the company, Interdigital made the now-familiar walk down to the International Trade Commission…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Legal, Patents, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Companies, Nokia, huawei, interdigital, zte

Mobile Lowdown 6-20-11: Huawei Tablet; Photovine; Adobe Flash; Spain LTE

Jun 20, 2011 7:19 AM

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Companies, Adobe, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, RIM, BlackBerry, Countries, Europe, UK, Spain, eagle eye solutions, flash, huawei, lte, mediapad

Mobile Lowdown 6-13-11: AT&T/T-Mo; VZW iPad, Payments; ZTE/Huawei; Lodsys

Jun 13, 2011 6:40 AM

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: AT&T (NYSE: T) has its right of reply to the critics of its proposed T-Mobile USA acquisition; the app developer nemesis Lodsys extends its patent protection to non-wireless web properties; Verizon faces a “small” iPad2 issue, and separately launches…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Regulatory, FCC, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, AT&T, Best Buy, Google, Android, T-Mobile, Verizon, federal communications commission, huawei, lodsys, payfone, zte

The LTE Ship Finally Docks In The UK, Led By BT And Everything Everywhere

May 25, 2011 7:50 AM

LTE is far from being a widely available technology, but operators in some countries—such as the U.S., Russia and Sweden—have been quicker off the mark to offer it than others. Today, the UK could have seen its first bid to join that group, as BT (NYSE: BT) and Everything Everywhere…

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Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Broadband, Companies, BT, France Telecom, Orange, T-Mobile, Countries, Europe, Sweden, Russia, UK, everything everywhere, huawei, lte, nokia siemens networks

The Mobile Lowdown 05-13-11: Twitter Docomo; Cisco; Samsung iPad; Huawei

May 13, 2011 8:20 AM

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Twitter partners up with Docomo on innovative location services; Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) gears up for layoffs; Samsung debuts a new screen that some think portends what we might see in the next iPad; and Huawei redoubles efforts in the…

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Posted In: Features, Tweets, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, AT&T, DoCoMo, i-Mode, Samsung, Sprint, Twitter, Verizon, Countries, Asia, Japan, cisco, huawei

Mobile Lowdown 05-12-11: Twitter; Corduro; Huawei/ZTE

May 12, 2011 8:30 AM

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Twitter launches a new mobile web app; Google-backed mobile payments company Corduro launches; and, in Europe, Huawei gets a win over ZTE in their ongoing patent dispute.

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Posted In: Apps, Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Twitter, Countries, Europe, Germany, corduro, huawei, zte

The Mobile Lowdown 04-14-11: Apple Cloud, iOS; Moto/Huawei; Millennial Ads

Apr 14, 2011 5:59 AM

Our look at some of the stories today in mobile: the latest Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iOS question marks on its cloud strategy and iOS devices; the details on the Huawei/Motorola (NYSE: MMI) settlement and what it means for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Siemens Networks; and the latest stats from mobile ad…

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Posted In: Apps, Legal, Patents, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iAd, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, Google, Android, Motorola, RIM, Twitter, Verizon, Countries, Europe, Russia, huawei, millennial media, nokia siemens networks

Huawei Wins Injunction Against Motorola In NSN Case

Feb 23, 2011 1:43 PM

One more advance on the lawsuit that Huawei has brought against Motorola (NYSE: MOT) in the latter company’s attempt to sell its networks business to *Nokia* Siemens Networks: the Chinese vendor has won a preliminary injunction on the $1.2-billion deal.

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Companies, Motorola, Countries, Asia, China, huawei, nokia siemens networks

Will We Finally See Service Bars On The London Underground? Huawei Hopes So

Feb 22, 2011 5:46 AM

One by-product of travelling to a different city—for example, Barcelona last week—is that it serves as a reminder that not everyone has to lose mobile connectivity when travelling on the city subway service, as we do on the London Underground. Now it looks like London may be catching up with…

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Posted In: Mobile, Companies, BT, Motorola, Countries, Asia, China, huawei, nokia siemens networks, zte

Court Rules For Huawei, Blocks Motorola-NSN Sale For Now

Jan 25, 2011 8:32 AM

On Monday evening, a judge in the U.S. District Court For Northern Illinois handed Huawei an initial victory in its fight to halt the sale of Motorola’s network business to Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Siemens Networks. Huawei alleged, in a complaint filed yesterday, that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) would be divulging confidential…

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Companies, Motorola, Nokia, Countries, Asia, China, huawei

Updated: One More IP Infringement Suit: Huawei vs. Motorola

Jan 24, 2011 10:13 AM

The mobile lawsuits keep on coming. But this latest fight does not have to do with mobile handsets, or with patented technology being used without permission: Chinese vendor Huawei is suing Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to prevent the company from transferring Huawei intellectual property to Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Siemens Networks, which…

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Posted In: Legal, Copyright, Patents, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Motorola, Nokia, Countries, Asia, China, huawei

Chinese Handset Maker Huawei Will Lean On Opera’s Mobile Browser

Feb 8, 2010 9:28 PM

Huawei, a China-based wireless infrastructure and handset maker, will pre-install Opera Software’s mobile browser on a range of mobile handsets. Opera said in a release that Huawei will use the Opera Mobile 10 browser, which is developed for OEMs and operators. Jiang Huabing, Head of Huawei’s handset and R&D department,…

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Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Browsers, Companies, AT&T, huawei

Huawei Looks To Infrastructure Deals With Cox, Clearwire To Enter U.S. Market

Mar 26, 2009 5:35 PM

In order to enter the North American cellphone market, Huawei Technologies was looking at selling a stake in its mobile-devices unit to a U.S.-based firm, but the economy foiled those plans after the poor credit markets led to few and undesirable offers last October. Since then, it seems the Chinese…

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Posted In: Companies, Clearwire, Motorola, Nokia, Sprint, T-Mobile, Countries, Asia, China, huawei

Huawei Expects To Grow Share Thanks To 3G Contracts In China

Mar 9, 2009 1:02 PM

Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecom equipment maker, told the Financial Times that it plans to grow revenue from fixed and mobile infrastructure contracts to $30 billion this year from $23 billion in 2008. The growth will likely come at the expense of the competition including Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), Alcatel-Lucent and…

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Posted In: Technologies / Formats, 3G, Countries, Asia, China, huawei

Huawei Picks Android And Symbian To Enter Global Smartphone Market

Nov 11, 2008 12:47 PM

Earlier this year, China’s Huawei Technologies was trying to sell a portion of its mobile-devices unit to a U.S.-based firm in order to gain some momentum for entering the North American market, but after it failed to get enough interest, there’s signs that the company is still moving forward. It…

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Posted In: Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, Google, Android, Nokia, Countries, Asia, China, huawei, symbian

Huawei Cancels Auction For Its Mobile-Devices Unit; Cites Economy

Oct 9, 2008 11:47 AM

China’s Huawei Technologies is canceling the sale of a major stake in its mobile-devices unit after only two bidders submitted offers, the WSJ reported. The lack of interest is an example of how the credit crisis is affecting private equity in Asia. Huawei is able to postpone the auction because…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Companies, Motorola, Countries, Asia, China, bain capital, huawei, silver lake

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