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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Huawei of lying about its government ties, while China has asked the US government to cease its “wrong actions” if trade talks are to continue, CNBC is reporting. Last week, the US blacklisted networking gear from Huawei, and President Donald Trump signed an executive order essentially banning the Chinese …

Qualcomm illegally hurt competitors in the wireless chip market and used its dominant position to force unnecessary licensing fees on handset makers like Apple, US District Court Judge Lucy Koh said in a long-awaited ruling issued late Tuesday. Qualcomm must change how it does business and renegotiate license deals with its customers, according to the ruling, which came four months …

UK mobile carrier EE announced its plans to launch 5G in the UK on Wednesday. The network will be switched on on May 30, with the first 5G phones available to preorder from today. EE’s initial 5G rollout will focus on six cities (London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester), with promises to expand to 19 cities by the end …

Huawei’s Mate 20 X 5G was set to become the company’s first 5G phone in the UK. But on Wednesday UK carriers Vodafone and EE said they’re pulling it from their device lineups for their 5G network launches. This follows a report Sunday that Huawei’s upcoming phones will no longer get access to Google apps and services like Gmail and …

Google’s troubles in China now include Huawei. For years, the tech giant has been dogged by its relationship with the world’s biggest country. In 2010, Google pulled out of the search market in China after co-founder Sergey Brin cited the government’s “totalitarian” policies, including censorship of the web. Since then, Google has tried to tiptoe back into the huge and appealing …

Qualcomm is a monopoly and has to change the way it does business, a US district court judge ruled late on May 21. The ruling, by Judge Lucy Koh, said Qualcomm wrongfully suppressed competitors in the wireless chip market, using its dominant position to force unnecessary licensing fees. The ruling requires Qualcomm to change its business practices and renegotiate the license agreements …

A day after Google cut off Huawei from using Android on its phones, the US Commerce Department scaled back its restrictions on Huawei’s access to American components and software that go into its devices. The department on Monday created a temporary general license that will allow the China-based phone maker to keep existing networks and issue updates to existing phones, …

Huawei apparently sought out partners last year to fill up its app store. The embattled Chinese phone maker tempted app makers with the prospect of getting a foothold in its home market, the most populous country in the world, if they would create software for its App Gallery, Bloomberg reported Monday. Huawei reportedly told the app makers that they’d reach …

Huawei’s ambitions to unseat Samsung as the world’s largest phone brand by 2020 came crashing to the ground this week following a report that Google will pull support for Huawei’s Android phones. Sidelining its most enthusiastic rival could prove to be a windfall for Samsung — assuming the blacklist status lasts. The measures are already softening. On Monday, the US …

Huawei sub-brand Honor announced its latest phone, the Honor 20 Pro, in the face of escalated hostility from the US against the brand. Despite the ban, and Samsung’s ability to gain from Huawei’s loss, the company and its Honor sub-brand have amassed a global following for their phones, posting 50% growth this month. The Honor 20 Pro and standard Honor 20 will still release …