Greater China

Contract manufacturer Foxconn turned in record sales in Q3 despite smart consumer electronics product revenue remaining flat year-on-year, as demand for AI servers and components for the automotive sector soared.

A domestic AI chip push by China looked to be bearing fruit, with various reports local manufacturer Cambricon Technologies is cresting a wave of anti-Nvidia moves and separate details of progress by Huawei involving server silicon.

Limited supplies of Huawei's tri-fold Mate XT smartphone spurred prices to more than double or treble in Shenzhen ahead of its official availability tomorrow (20 September), as resellers took advantage of surging demand.

US vendor Celona extended its private 5G network platform into China by striking partnerships with various companies to offer its 5G LAN service to enterprises.

PCCW Global forged an agreement with Chinese commercial space company GalaxySpace to deliver high-speed connectivity services using low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites to customers in Hong Kong and other international markets.

Apple reportedly approved a new version of Tencent's WeChat for an expected iPhone 16, but the companies continue to work out details on a possible revenue share deal and the inclusion of links to external payment services within the app's mini games.

Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as Huawei posted increased revenue and net profit in H1, Verizon forged a D2D messaging deal with Skylo and HMD released its Barbie handset.