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Telco lobby urges EU lawmakers to spurn push for Wi-Fi car standard
•The Commission's decision will impact telcos providing the equipment for high-speed networks.
Indian OEMs including Micromax, Lava blame GSMA for favouring Chinese phone makers
Tech2 News Staff •GSMA is the international trade body which allocates a part of the IMEI numbers to all devices.
Huawei opens cybersecurity lab in Brussels in a bid to reassure EU member states
•Huawei is currently fighting back US allegations that its equipment poses a national security risk.
Women are 28 percent less likely to own a mobile than men in South Asia: Report
Tech2 News Staff •Study tells us that a mobile phone is a primary way to access the internet for 48 percent of women mobile users.
GSMA proposes crisis meeting to discuss Huawei’s 5G equipment ban in the EU
•The European Commission is weighing a de-facto ban on Huawei’s 5G network equipment due to security concerns
BMW, Vodafone and Ericsson make last ditch effort to let EU use 5G in cars
•ITS-G5 supporters include Volkswagen, Renault, NXP, Autotalks, and Kapsch TrafficCom.
Bharti Airtel's managing director Gopal Vittal elected to the board of global industry body GSMA
•"Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel has been elected to the board of GSMA for the 2019-2020 term," Bharti Airtel said in a statement.
China is expected to become the world's largest 5G market by 2025: Report
Ians •Chinese mobile operators are currently conducting live 5G trials as part of a multi-year plan.
GSMA delays eSIM rollout as US govt initiates probe into AT&T and Verizon's anti-consumer business practices
•GSMA said that the move to a global standard for eSIM technology is “on hold pending the completion of an investigation by the United States Department of Justice.”
Huawei forging closer commercial ties with telecos across Europe and Asia to lead the global race for 5G networks
•Deals to start building 5G networks are still largely a year away, but Huawei has signed 25 MoUs with telecom operators to trial 5G equipment.