Following its participation in the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), Huawei, leading global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices, announced that it is going to build a regional logistics center in Morocco.
Huawei and Tunisia have agreed to strengthen cooperation on digital development in country’s key economic sectors, including: transportation, education, smart city and energy. Huawei’s President for the Middle East and Africa, Yi Xiang, met with Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to exchange views on how best to promote digital transformation of Tunisian industry.
Swedish telecommunications vendor Ericsson has signed a mega 5G deal worth $3.5bn with mobile operator T-Mobile US.
US computer chip giant Qualcomm said it was set to drop a $43 billion acquisition of Dutch rival NXP after failing to win approval of antitrust authorities in China.
Arthur Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi had a meeting with Yi Xiang, Senior Vice President of Huawei during his visit to China where he said that Huawei has made great contributions to the construction of ICT infrastructure in Malawi.
Huawei released its 2017 Sustainability Report demonstrating the initiatives undertaken in the year across four areas: Bridging the Digital Divide; Supporting Network Stability and Security and Protecting Privacy; Promoting Environmental Protection; and Building a Healthy Ecosystem. Over the past year, Huawei has actively benchmarked its operations against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to achieve its strategic goals in sustainability.
To support the accelerated build out of 5G in the United States, European telecommunications vendor Ericsson will increase its investment in the market. This series of strategic initiatives will allow Ericsson to operate even closer to its customers, meeting the growing demand for 5G globally and in the region.
Ericsson Media Solutions will be rebranded as MediaKind in an attempt for Ericsson to revamp the unit. MediaKind is “designed to embody the concept that media should inspire and unite humankind”, said Ericsson Media Solutions, and will have Angel Ruiz as CEO in addition to a new management team of 11 executives.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced that its upcoming flagship mobile platform will feature a system-on-chip (SoC) built on the 7nm process node. The 7nm SoC can be paired with the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 5G modem, which is expected to be the first 5G-capable mobile platform for premium tier smartphones and other mobile devices.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced three new additions to the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 600 and 400 tiers – the Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 mobile platforms.
