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Nokia phonemaker HMD Global to move some manufacturing to Europe

February 25, 2023 Paul Sawers 83 ViewsHMD Global, mwc, mwc 2023, Nokia 4 min read

HMD Global, the Finnish phonemaker and inheritor of the Nokia mobile phone brand, has revealed plans to transition some of its manufacturing to Europe. The company said the move is designed to meet a “surge in customer demand” for locally-produced devices, due in part to security and sustainability concerns among both its corporate and consumer […]

Varjo, an early mover in building XR headsets and software for enterprises, taps $40M

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Varjo, an early mover in building XR headsets and software for enterprises, taps $40M

September 6, 2022 Ingrid Lunden 201 ViewsAston Martin, augmented reality, Banking, Boeing, bytedance, ceo, Companies, CTO, eqt ventures, finance, finland, Foxconn, healthcare, helsinki, here, HMD Global, HP, Kia, Lifeline Ventures, Lockheed Martin, manufacturing, Mark Zuckerberg, meta, metaverse, Microsoft, mixed reality, mobile phones, Nokia, nokia mobile phones, smartphone, technology, teleport, timo toikkanen, United States, varjo, Virtual reality, volvo, XR 5 min read

Applications in the metaverse often feel like more of a marketing gimmick than something that a critical mass of consumers would use, let alone pay for. But turn to the enterprise, and there appears to be a very lucrative opportunity that’s well into finding traction. Today, one of the early movers in building solutions for […]

Oppo stays ‘committed’ to Europe despite sales suspension in Germany

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Oppo stays ‘committed’ to Europe despite sales suspension in Germany

August 24, 2022 Rita Liao 232 Viewsdusseldorf, Europe, Germany, Huawei, Momenta, Nokia, OnePlus, oppo, smartphone, smartphones, telecommunications 2 min read

Chinese smartphone titan Oppo will keep Germany as its main operational hub for its European business despite recently withdrawing sales from the country, Billy Zhang, the firm’s vice president of overseas sales and services, told media on Monday. Oppo halted sales in Germany this month after losing a patent lawsuit to the Finnish telecoms giant […]