INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has revealed it is aiming to crack the US market next year.A senior executive told Reuters that the
They added that talks with operators were ongoing, with no concrete agreements secured.Xiaomi hopes its US connections will ensure it avoids
the difficulties that have afflicted other tech firms from its homeland cracking America.Xiaomi US launchXiaomi has enjoyed considerable
success in China and has since targeted other Asian nations to contribute to an astonishing 129 per cent rise in year-on-year sales
A distribution deal with CK Hutchison, parent company of Three, will see its devices sold in the UK and other parts of Europe.However, the
US represents an entirely different prospect
Huawei has no distribution agreements and is effectively frozen out of the government market, while some US politicians have called for
formal bans of its telecommunications network equipment on national security grounds.Meanwhile, ZTE is in the process of overturning a
seven-year ban from even dealing with US companies for breaching a previous settlement for violating US sanctions against Iran and North
