Devices RAN Vendors Samsung January 28, 2019 Samsung VC division makes Mobeewave investment Samsung’s investment arm was one of several companies to take part in a $20 million funding round by Canada-based mobile payment processing company Mobeewave. Other investors in the round include the VC arm of Mastercard, NewAlpha and Forestay Capital. By Chris Donkin
Devices January 28, 2019 BlackBerry hires new COO BlackBerry tapped former Cisco executive Bryan Palma (pictured, below) as its new president and COO as it gears up to integrate assets from a $1. 4 billion acquisition of security company Cylance in late 2018. By Diana Goovaerts
5G+ Devices Huawei Network Tech RAN Vendors Video January 25, 2019 Mobile Mix: Huawei maintains Honor in France This week Steve is in Paris where Huawei’s sub-brand Honor kicked off the 2019 flagship smartphone battle in style, launching its View20 device.
Apple Devices Huawei Network Tech Oppo RAN Vendors Xiaomi January 25, 2019 China smartphone market contracts Chinese smartphone shipments dropped by more than 50 million units in 2018, as a run of quarterly declines continued in the final three months of the year, Strategy Analytics figures show. By Joseph Waring
Devices January 24, 2019 Vivo to showcase high-tech smartphone at MWC Vivo unveiled what it dubbed a concept smartphone with features including 5G support and hole-free body, which it will showcase at MWC Barcelona next month. The concept of a body without openings seems to have caught on with several vendors. By Steve Costello
5G+ Asia Pacific Devices Huawei Network Tech RAN Vendors January 24, 2019 Huawei teases foldable 5G device for MWC Huawei unveiled a raft of new 5G products at a media event in Beijing, including a modem which will power a foldable smartphone to be unveiled at MWC Barcelona. By Joseph Waring
Devices Xiaomi January 23, 2019 Xiaomi bends to flexible trend Xiaomi co-founder Bin Lin (pictured) shared a video of a folding smartphone prototype, sparking speculation the company may be readying such a device for commercial launch. By Steve Costello
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