Huawei Buys Digital Payments License, Joining Rush to Challenge Alipay and WeChat

New payment license frees the giant telecommunications-gear maker to offer more flexible services to Chinese users than its older smartphone-based system

Nokia Plans 10,000 Job Cuts to Fund Strategy to Catch Up on 5G

Telecoms giant aims to stem losses in market share to Huawei and Ericsson in wireless network rollout race

U.S. Plans to Cut Off China Unicom Over National Security Concerns

Telecoms regulator begins process to revoke wireless carrier’s license to offer U.S.-based services

Embattled ZTE’s Revenue Growth Hits Five-Year High

Telecom-gear maker has a bumper 2020, even as sales in some Western markets decline

CX Daily: North China Bathed in Orange as Vast Sandstorm Descends

China eases visa rules for foreigners who get Chinese vaccines. Huawei and four other companies are designated as threats to U.S. national security

Huawei, Hikvision Land on New Blacklist From U.S. Telecoms Regulator

Pair are among five companies named by the Federal Communications Commission after being ‘deemed a threat to national security’

Mobike Co-Founder Hired to Lead Baidu-Geely Electric Car Firm

Clubhouse Craze Sends Shares of Chinese Imitator Skyrocketing

Stock of the similar Lizhi quadrupled last week, while Agora doubled on suggestions that it was a key supplier to the audio networking sensation

CX Daily: Chinese Firms Take U.S. Government to Court to Undo Trump-Era Bans

Many Chinese will not go home for the Lunar New Year holiday due to rising Covid-19 cases. Ericsson is worried about China's retaliation

Ericsson Sees China as Its Fastest Growing Market Despite Looming Threat of Retaliation

Huawei’s European rival sees China market growing twice as fast as its U.S. business this year

Swedish Huawei Ban Violates WTO Rules, China Claims

Sweden pressed ahead with its 5G spectrum auction this week after a two-month delay as Chinese hardware-maker sought legal redress

CX Daily: China and EU Reach Agreement on Investment Pact

China cuts red tape to beef up its interbank bond market. The country’s Sinopharm says its Covid-19 vaccine is 79% effective

China’s Record 5G Blueprint for 2021 Electrifies Telecom Stocks

MIIT’s Xiao Yaqing discloses plan for additional 600,000 base stations in major cities, boosting shares of ZTE, Datang Telecom and other gear makers

Sweden Can Go Ahead With 5G Auction That Bans Huawei Gear, Court Rules

Country’s telecom regulator won its appeal to overturn a lower court’s ruling that blocked order barring bidders from using the Chinese company’s gear

U.S. Moves Against China Telecom and Huawei, Citing Security

Federal Communications Commission orders carriers to remove Huawei equipment, and commenced a proceeding asking whether to bar China Telecom from operating in the country