Huawei offers its most valuable secrets to software developers
Tech giant is willing to sell a 5G licence as it works to develop alternatives to US technology
18 September 2019 - 17:34
Beijing — Huawei Technologies is offering up its most valuable 5G secrets and $1.5bn to software developers, courting the global tech community at a time the US is heightening scrutiny of the Chinese giant.
China’s largest technology company aims to ramp up investment in its developer programme over the next five years, deputy chair Ken Hu told attendees at an annual conference. That effort is gaining urgency with Huawei in danger of losing access to US circuitry and code, including the Google software it needs to run the world’s No 2 mobile device business...
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