Report emanating from China, has just confirmed that the world number 2 smartphone maker - Huawei, have just sued Transion Holdings in a local court in China. OK, before you begin asking who or what Transion Holding is, let me help! Transion Holdings is the mother company of Tecno Mobiles. Transion is also the company behind Infinix Mobility and iTel Mobiles, all of which are Chinese-African focused smartphone makers.

Huawei is said to have sue Transion Holdings over IPR theft. According to Business Dictionary, Interlectual Property Right, popularly known as IP(R) is;

A right that is had by a person or by a company to have exclusive rights to use its own plans, ideas, or other intangible assets without the worry of competition, AT LEAST FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME. These rights can include copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. These rights may be enforced by a court via a lawsuit. The reasoning for intellectual property is to encourage innovation without the fear that a competitor will steal the idea and / or take the credit for it.

According to the law suit, Huawei claims that Transion Holdings has made use of some of her Interlectual Properties that are not licensed or leased to company.

Notice the bolded clause above? It means IP right can expire, and when it does expire, anyone could freely make use of that IP. This is the reason why some phone makers still manufacture 2G/3G phones in the continent of Africa. They are simply using expired IPs to avoid lawsuits. According to gizmochina.com, Transion Holdings currently has only 630 network patents and 286 computer software copyrights to its name in China, while it direct competitors like Huawei or Xiaomi has above 100,000 copyrights.

Some Latest Trends Worth Noting;
For the record, Transion owned Tecno, iTel and Infinix currently have a spot in the list of top 5 smartphone makers in Africa according to a canalys report of 2017/2018. Also in a recent global report, specifically Tecno Mobiles made it, to be on number ten (10) of the world largest smartphone vendors



It is also worth noting that Transion Holdings is currently gaining good grounds in the Asian Pacific Market, a market heavily dominated by Huawei and it Honor brand. 2G/3G phones don't really sail well in these markets. And even in Africa, the primary dome of Transion, almost every network provider, and even local phone users, are demanding 4G networks, and for Tecno, Infinix and iTel phones to appeal to consumers, the Transion need to up it game, focusing more on 4G LTE enabled smartphones.

That's Where the Problem Lies;
Well, as it seems, to keep up with these trends, Transion seems to have stepped on the toes of Huawei, conversely leading to the lawsuit against the firm. Huawei is currently under heavy pressures coming from the US government, and to retain it position as the world’s 2nd largest smartphone vendor, the company could do all it can to silence growing competitions either in it home country, the Asian market, or even the African market, which is currently, one of ripped vineyard the company may want to harvest.

We'll keep our eyes on these underdog verses the champion's battle between Transion and Huawei, and see how it ends.
Source: https://www.droidafrica.net/huawei-drags-tecno-infinix-and-itels-mother-company-to-court/29367/

Yeye talk. Huawei know whether Tecno dey exist?

;DPishure of the suyee letter or i don't believe

lilbest4:
Yeye talk. Huawei know whether Tecno dey exist?

Bros, Na WA for you ooo! Anyway, myself use to think little of Tecno, until I saw the company's name among top 10 smartphone vendors in the world. That alone should tell you that even Apple and Samsung, and Huawei inclusive know Tecno much, much, much more than you. I wish I can emphasize more on the 'much'

talk2ekpa:

Bros, Na WA for you ooo! Anyway, myself use to think little of Tecno, until I saw the company's name among top 10 smartphone vendors in the world. That alone should tell you that even Apple and Samsung, and Huawei inclusive know Tecno much, much, much more than you. I wish I can emphasize more on the 'much'

lol from which research?

lilbest4:
lol from which research?

CounterPoint

talk2ekpa:

CounterPoint

lol and you believe Nokia can lead Huawei and Samsung in any stat?

By the way I can't find Tecno here
https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-smartphone-share/

talk2ekpa:

CounterPoint

Now see how tecno infinix itel marketer will evade this thread like....

lilbest4:
lol and you believe Nokia is leading Huawei and Samsung in stats?

By the way I can't find Tecno here
https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-smartphone-share/

You said you don't believe their reported screenshot insinuating that Nokia can not top Huawei in Android update, and then you are making reference to same site.

Anyway, your link is pointing at 7 top brands, not 10. For more links and proves, please visit the article source. They have more links that I can't post on Nairaland.

Mitchew
Huawei shu not let some people in Africa hate them. Transition phones are what they can afford

talk2ekpa:

CounterPoint

That statistics is showing phone with the best OS update... Of course nokia is the first because almost all its phone are now running on android 9 and anticipating android 10 thanks to being android one.

ToyBoyAaron:

That statistics is showing phone with the best OS update... Of course nokia is the first because almost all its phone are now running on android 9 and anticipating android 10 thanks to being android one.

Yeah, I sure know that. But maybe you should read the heading of the statistics again!

Android version share for TOP 10 MANUFACTURERS

When they start hating or attacking you from left and right,just knowing that you are heading to the top.

talk2ekpa:

Yeah, I sure know that. But maybe you should read the heading of the statistics again!

Yea, you're correct but I almost got confused yesterday.

ToyBoyAaron:

Yea, you're correct but I almost got confused yesterday.

Good. I think with this screenshot, I can finally stop replying to some comments in here.

Youngpo413:
When they start hating or attacking you from left and right,just knowing that you are heading to the top.

Not always true. Sometimes it's because you're doing something terribly bad

talk2ekpa:

Bros, Na WA for you ooo! Anyway, myself use to think little of Tecno, until I saw the company's name among top 10 smartphone vendors in the world. That alone should tell you that even Apple and Samsung, and Huawei inclusive know Tecno much, much, much more than you. I wish I can emphasize more on the 'much'

Top 10 smartphone in the works for what exactly? Be careful

sunshineV:


Top 10 smartphone in the works for what exactly? Be careful

You no see vendor for the comment

sunshineV:


Top 10 smartphone in the works for what exactly? Be careful

hahaha... � No provoke abeg. Sorry.

ToyBoyAaron:

You no see vendor for the comment

lol You get time ehn. Some don think say brands like tecno and the likes no fit do we

I am interested in this case and the outcome. Wil be interesting. Plus I don't want to think Transsion as a company will be stealing ideas.

Behankey:
lol You get time ehn. Some don think say brands like tecno and the likes no fit do we

I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody. I don't like what is happening with the company and Africans. But I feel our authorities have something to do with it because I see no reason they will launch a higher spec for lower money outside Africa and a lower spec for higher money in Africa.

ToyBoyAaron:

I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody. I don't like what is happening with the company and Africans. But I feel our authorities have something to do with it because I see no reason they will launch a higher spec for lower money outside Africa and a lower spec for higher money in Africa.

You spoke my mind a thousand times bro.
Imagine Infinix hot 8;
1. Hot 8 (MT6762) 2.0GHz Octa-core Helio P22 Cortex-A53 - India - 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM and 4G LTE network
2. Hot 8 (MT6761) 2.0GHz Quad-core Helio A22 Cortex-A53 - Africa, Pacific - 2GB RAM + 32GB ROM and 4G LTE
3. Hot 8 (MT6580) Lite, 1.3GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A7 - Africa, Nigeria - 2GB RAM 32GB ROM; only 3G network

The Hot 8 Lite is almost 36k on Konga while Hot 8 with 4GB RAM is Rs. 6999 in Indian (around $98 or N36K)

I want to see where this ends though

Can you imagine?
Techno = 628 patents
Huawei= 100,000 patents
Yet some dumb marketer will come here and start some useless comparisons between both brands.
Also explains why tecno keeps using helio p22. They are avoiding some lawsuits cause they don't wanna pay for soc upgrades