AT&T, Telefonica bids win Mexican spectrum auction

The auctio­n had drawn strong intere­st from operat­ors becaus­e it is well-suited for broadb­and

• Huawei sees smartphone shipments rebounding in 2018 to over 200 million

  That would represent a 31 per cent growth in shipments for 2018

• HTC faces biggest drop in over two years

  Its popularity has dwindled with the emergence of rivals such as Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi

• US lawmakers cut anti-ZTE measure from defense bill

  Allowing China’s second-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business