Boris Johnson has defeated his first party rebellion over a UK government decision to allow China’s Huawei to have a role in building Britain’s 5G phone network.

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Britain’s decision to cap Huawei’s role in 5G will cost BT £500m (€590m), the telecoms company said, as it will need to remove some of the Chinese group’s gear from its network and tap pricier rivals.

Wall Street analysts were smitten by a rebound in sales of Apple’s iPhones after a year of decline. So much, in fact, that they looked past a weaker-than-expected rise in services revenue, the company’s growth driver.

Boris Johnson is preparing to defy US president Trump’s demand to ban Huawei Technologies from the UK’s fifth-generation telecommunications networks, in a decision that risks an angry backlash from within his own

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Huawei will "enhance the experience of fans and patrons" at the stadium, which at a capacity of 82,300 is the third largest stadium in Europe.

The US has banned the Chinese company on the basis that it will use its hardware to spy, so it should do the same to the American social media giants, says Ngaire Woods.

Huawei is well known for their excellent phones but lesser so for their earbuds

Noel Campion has tested more smartphones this year than in previous years and there are some that stand out more than others.

Irish people check their phones an average of 50 times per day and women use their phones more than men, according to research.

The EU has warned of increased cyber-attacks by state-backed entities and groups from outside the EU, and said that the risks posed by telecoms equipment suppliers that have a significant market share should be assessed.

Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei is ready to licence his fifth-generation networking technology only to one other company — and he wants that potential arch-rival to be American.

Noel Campion is impressed by the excellent quality photography and video the South Korean giant offers

This Thursday, in Munich, Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled four new phones, a smart watch and a TV.

Amidst the backdrop of a trade war between the US and China, Chinese company Huawei are admirable defiant in their quest to become the number one mobile phone manufacturer in the world.

Ten Irish third-level students have represented Ireland as part of ‘Seeds for the Future’, Huawei’s STEM education initiative, visiting China to develop local ICT talent.

Troubled telecoms equipment maker Huawei has earmarked its operations in Cork for a slice of a planned €70m investment in Ireland over the next three years.

The company says the work will be supported by over 100 researchers and engineers across its offices in Cork, Athlone, and Dublin.

Huawei Technologies expect less damage from Trump-administration curbs than initially anticipated, but remain on the lookout for ways to replace key American suppliers.

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US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said the US government will extend a reprieve given to Huawei that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from US companies so that it can service existing customers, even as nearly 50 of its units were being added to a US economic blacklist.

White HSBC has ousted John Flint as chief executive after just 18 months. Mark Tucker, the chairman of Europe’s biggest bank, said this was needed to hasten progress on priority areas, such as the turnaround of its US business.

Qualcomm was fined €242m by EU competition regulators for deliberately pricing some chips so low they could eliminate a smaller rival.

The arrival of a US-based IT/digital-based international marketing company to high-spec offices within a 200-year old Cork city centre Georgian building — and one which had had lain idle for over a decade — speaks volumes for the street’s renewal, and changing tecchie tenant profile.

A memorandum of understanding signed between the Department of Business here and its Chinese counterpart on boosting technology links between the two countries has not been ensnared by the trade war between President Trump’s White House and China, which involves allegations against China’s Huawei tech giant, the Government has said.

The choice between being connected to evolving communications and data networks and retaining personal privacy is becoming one of the questions of our time, especially as the capabilities of many artificial-intelligence systems are not fully understood or revealed by their creators.

A strategy of cosying up to Trump is not without risk as, despite his avowed Anglophilia, his American First outlook may see him care little for the UK, argues Andrew Hammond.

Samsung’s quarterly profit more than halved after a global industry downturn and trade tensions hammered demand for its chips and high-end smartphones.

Samsung Electronics has completed a two-month redesign of the Galaxy Fold to fix embarrassing screen failures that forced its delay, allowing the Korean giant to debut its marquee smartphone in time for the upcoming sales season.

The Chinese telecoms giant battling claims it poses a security risk has said it has not been contacted by the Irish agency conducting a security review of proposed 5G systems.