The department and Huawei will provide 5G training to a group of 100 final-year Walter Sisulu University IT students.

US prosecutors charge Huawei and its subsidiaries with an alleged racketeering conspiracy as well as conspiracy to steal trade secrets.

Industry body IITPSA points to the ICT brain drain and slow ICT skills development as threats to the country’s fourth industrial revolution progress.

The country backdates the exemption of tax to December 2009, cancelling all tax obligations for Huawei.

The US ban is unlikely to dent Huawei’s revenue anytime soon, boosted by its domestic market China and the EMEA region, says GlobalData.

Samsung ended 2019 as the leader in shipments, while Huawei started to feel the impact of continued headwinds from the US.

Apple posts solid quarterly results, spurred by its iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro smartphones, but most South Africans still can’t afford these devices.

The UK’s evidence-based decision is good for more advanced and secure telecoms infrastructure, says Huawei.

The UK says the Chinese company will be excluded from critical networks and sensitive geographic locations.

The US-based enterprise software giant says its new local cloud regions will deliver high performance and new experiences to local firms.

With multinational companies planning to open data centre facilities locally, the country is set to witness intense competition in the cloud space.

Eric Xu warns the company may downsize or merge non-performing business units.