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mobile operating system to  development. Indeed, Huawei  are already addicted to the look
        replace Google’s Android on  has not stopped innovating.                and feel of the apps and systems
        some of its devices. Rumours  To an outside viewer of the  they use daily. Consumers may
        about  this  have spread since  tech commotion, the hubbub  not be loyal and willing enough
        2012 when Huawei was said  is exciting. It’s like the space  to commit to what may be an
        to be working on their own  race all over again with multi- inferior user experience during
        top-secret operating  system  national companies pushing  the discovery phase.
        called ArkOS.  These rumours  toward the finish line.  The  Regardless of the consumers,
        were put to rest but have since  possibility of a new operating  there are also app writers and
        been awakened due to the trade  system for Huawei is more than  developers who may not see
        ban.  There is another software  a replacement; it is a symbol of  the initial return of investing
        project, which Huawei Business  progress and new beginnings  resources in developing their
        Group chairman Richard  Yu  in the tech space. Huawei  apps  for  a  new operating
        called ‘Plan B’ and talk of it has  Technologies are more than a  system.  The  difficulty  of  a
        been ongoing since 2018.            phone company. For years they  seamless transition led many
        This talk of a better, faster  have strived to provide tech- who ventured on this path to
        operating system has intensified.  solutions to the world’s under- fail. Blackberry and Microsoft
        The  speculated  system  will  be  served, unheard communities.  attempted  it  but  their  revenue
        called Hong Meng in China  Before the  trade ban, Huawei  did not skyrocket.
        and OakOS in the rest of the  Technologies was on its way to  There is a lot to prove as a
        world. This system is rumoured  becoming the globe’s number  pioneer.  A  genesis  is  eminent
        to be 60% faster than Android.  one smart phone distributor  whether                or    not    Huawei
        The general lack of official  by the year 2020, and would  succeeds.  By daring to try, they
        statements, tests and public  have           dethroned      Samsung have released a domino effect
        trials  makes  most  believe that  Technologies.                        of innovation. More companies
        these speculations are part of a  If  ground-breaking  discoveries  will seek independence and safe
        PR stunt to protect Huawei’s  do          not    happen,     Huawei guards against the impact of
        best interest – its market.         Technologies and their devotees  US laws and regulations.  The
        In this time of change and  will have to brace for impact.  trickle-down effects of stepping
        new beginnings, other Asian  There has already been a 60%  up, fostering cooperation and
        companies like Xiaomi are  dip in the shipment of Huawei  trust  will  be  fascinating  to
        uniting  with the Asian tech giant  smart phones. In the optimists’  see,  especially on  the  African
        to speed up the release of a new,  view, this could just be a setback  continent.
        independent  operating  system.  to prepare for a comeback when
        Spain has cooperated with  they launch two brand new
        Huawei and Vodafone to launch  mobile phone series later in

        a 5G network to a majority of  2019.
        Spanish cities. 5G network  Aside from fighting legal
        may sound like all it  does is   systems and procedures, they
        load up Instagram fast, but it  have to face the fact that human
        is what we need for industrial  beings do not buy operating
        development.      5G     network systems; they buy convenience,
        will  make cross-continental  communication, affluence  and
        surgeries possible and will aid  reach. Some phone users may
        in speeding up innovations that  not be keen to leave the territory
        rely on communication, science  of the familiar. Introducing
        and technology. 5G network  a new operating system will
        will give Africa access to the rest  require a discovery phase where
        of the world for research and  everything is new. Most people

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