HONG KONG: China`s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world`s fourth-biggest smartphone manufacturer, said it shipped 48.2 million smartphones globally in the first half of 2015, a 39 percent rise from a year before.
Shenzhen-based Huawei, which competes with Chinese smartphone makers Lenovo Group Ltd and ZTE Corp, recorded a 69 percent increase in its consumer business group revenue to $9.09 billion thanks to strong sales from high-end smartphone models, the company said in a statement.