The Verge reports that Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei has emphatically denied accusations that his company presents a danger to US intelligence and national security, refuting claims that the smartphone maker has illicit ties to the Chinese government. . Read More

Bloomberg reports that SoftBank Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. have told a U.S. lawmaker that they won’t use equipment from Chinese company Huawei Technologies Co. in Sprint’s network once they merge, the legislator said. SoftBank and Sprint are trying to meet U.S. concerns regarding possible electronic spying by China. . Read More

Counterpoint Research has released new data on the handset/smartphone market in Japan, which shows that Apple's iPhone is leading the market. . Read More

Microsoft Corp. today introduced the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, a new effort through which the company will actively engage in Africa’s economic development to help to improve its global competitiveness. . Read More

Shenzhen, China - The Orchard, a digital distributor of independent music, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a deal to license its catalog to Huawei Technologies' AIMI service. Huawei provides mobile digital music services to wireless carriers who collectively count over 160 million subscribers worldwide, including China Mobile and Thailand's AIS.

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