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No Huawei ban, Brazil regulator approves 5G spectrum auction rules
According to the Reuters report, Brazil’s telecoms regulator Anatel has approved rules for a spectrum auction for fifth-generation networks this year without any curbs on China’s Huawei Technologies Co as an equipment supplier.
Telecom companies will also be required to build stand-alone networks with the latest versions of 5G technology to be operating in state capital cities by July 30 next year, which will involve heavier investments that they had wanted.
Right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last year criticized the Chinese company and was under pressure from the Trump Administration to ban Huawei from the country’s fifth-generation technology market on security concerns.
Brazil’s telecom companies insisted on a free market, complaining that excluding Huawei would cost billions of dollars to replace the Chinese company’s equipment that supplies 50% of the current 3G and 4G networks.
“Anatel found a good balance between obligations for the companies and the collection of operating rights payments,” said Andre Gildin, a telecoms expert at RKKG Consulting.
He said companies that have already built up infrastructure based on existing 4G technology, such as Telefonica Brasil SA and Claro, owned by Mexico’s America Movil, will have higher capital expenditure outlays because they have to change the core of their networks.
The third of the major cellphone companies, TIM Participações SA, which is controlled by Telecom Italia SpA, had not advanced so far into updated technology and favored the stand-alone rule, Gildin said.
Anatel President Leonardo de Morais estimated the spectrum auction will generate 80 billion reais ($14.3 billion) in investments over the next 20 years. The telecoms would need about 7.6 billion reais in investments, including building a secure network for the federal government, which is expected to exclude equipment from Huawei.
The auction rules must be approved by Brazil’s Federal Audit Court, where the telecoms hope the government’s onerous conditions can be changed. (Additional reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Editing by Dan Grebler).
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According to the official information, the Huawei released the delisting announcement of its Petal Mail App. The full text of the announcement is as follows: [translated]
Thank you for your continued attention and support to the Huawei Petal Mail App. In order to better adapt to the changing needs of product experience, service content and local markets, we have made strategic adjustments to the Huawei Petal Mail App.
The Petal Mail App will officially switch to the Email App on December 31, 2024, and the Petal Mail App will no longer be available for download from the App Store. The Petal Mail App you have installed can be used normally. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can continue to view, send or receive emails in the pre-installed Email App on your Huawei phone or use a computer browser to open the Petal Mail official website ( https://www.petalmail.com ), and your emails and personal data will not be lost.
Huawei released the Mate 70 series of mobile phones, with a starting price of 5,499 yuan. At present, the prices of spare parts for the new Mate 70 series have been announced on Huawei’s official website.
Huawei Mate 70 lineup repair spare parts prices announced
Battery and motherboard
Mate 70
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2499
12GB+512GB — 2899
12GB+1TB — 3599
Mate 70 Pro
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2899
12GB+512GB — 3299
12GB+1TB — 3999
Mate 70 Pro+
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 4399
16GB+1TB — 4899
Mate 70 RS
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 6499
16GB+1TB — 6999
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Huawei officially announced the new FreeBuds Pro 4 headphones. This is the first TWS headset equipped with HarmonyOS NEXT and will be officially launched at the Huawei Mate Brand Festival on November 26.
As can be seen from the poster, the headset adopts an in-ear design with black and gold color matching, and the overall shape is similar to the previous generation. With the support of the new system, FreeBuds Pro 4 is expected to bring more functional upgrades.
For reference, Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 was released in September last year with an initial price of 1,499 yuan . It is equipped with the Kirin A2 chip that uses Polar code, supports Star Flash connection core technology and Bluetooth technology, and the new L2HC 3.0 protocol.
