Telecommunications

Lu Weibin, the man behind Xiaomi’s budget smartphone series Redmi, succeeds Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun as president of Xiaomi China.

The company has started to benefit from its IoT and lifestyle segment amid sluggish smartphone sales.

IDC projects 1.5% increase in 2020 as market awaits Apple’s entry.

Both rival telcos plan to speed up 5G deployment together while remaining competitive in other areas.

Huawei created over 46,000 jobs in Japan last year, both directly and indirectly through local partnership deals, according to an Oxford Economics report.

China is expected to ship over 100 million 5G mobile phones by 2020.

Chinese telecom equipment leader answers US sanctions with Southeast Asia gambit.

Strategies that include a sharper focus on its home market have helped Huawei stabilise the ship through the trade ban.