Huawei has unveiled two new smart televisions, the first products to use HarmonyOS, the company's own operating system. The televisions will be available from August 15 in China and marks the first use of HarmonyOS, chief executive George Zhao said, adding that it will be marketed by its mid-range brand, Honor.
US government agencies will be banned from buying Huawei equipment after the Trump administration implemented a congressional measure to crack down on Chinese companies seen as security threats. A rule issued by the administration bans Huawei and other Chinese groups from supplying the federal government.
Huawei's sales revenue rose 23.2 percent year on year to 401.3 billion yuan (about 58.3 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2019, according to the company's semiannual report.
Huawei is to launch the Mate 20 X 5G smartphone on July 26 in China and has started extending invitations for the launch event.
Huawei board member and senior Vice President Catherine Chen said on Thursday that the company's Hongmeng operating system is not intended for smartphones and the company intends to continue to use Google's Android operating system for its smartphones.
Huawei Developer Conference 2019 (HDC 2019) will be taking place between 9 to 11 August in Songshan Lake, Dongguan, China. The conference will be divided into three parts including the keynote speech, a technical forum and Codelabs.
The US has hit back at Huawei, asking a federal judge in Texas to dismiss the firm’s lawsuit against the US ban on its products. Huawei filed the lawsuit in March, claiming that a law limiting its American business is unconstitutional.
During GSMA’s MWC19 Shanghai, 5G commercial networks have been officially launched inside the Shanghai New International Expo Center. The deployments are based on Huawei's 5G digital indoor system and extended 5G coverage to all of the seven exhibition halls. This was the first MWC event to offer 5G commercial services, supporting the event’s theme of Intelligent Connectivity.
Following talks with President Xi Jinping. President Trump said Saturday he will allow U.S. companies to sell products to Huawei, offering a concession to China.
Huawei has refuted claims that its employees worked with the Chinese military to carry out research projects over the last decade.
Huawei unveiled three new phones at a launch event in China today, all part of the Nova line. Huawei detailed the specs of the new devices at the event but didn’t really mention much about the software powering the devices.
Chinese officials have warned US Tech giants, as well as major tech companies from other countries, about consequences for cooperating with Washington’s ban on trading with Chinese firms.