NYT: Microsoft and Huawei to Unite
It's another gamble by Microsoft. They have modest expectations of surpassing RIM for third place in the African smartphone market.
”The phone, called the Huawei 4Afrika Windows Phone, will cost $150 and initially be sold in seven countries. Microsoft's Windows Phone software is fourth among smartphone operating systems, with just 2 percent of the worldwide market in September, according to Canalys, a research firm in Reading, England.”
It's another gamble by Microsoft. They have modest expectations of surpassing RIM for third place in the African smartphone market.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/business/global/microsoft-looks-to-africa-for-mobile-gains.xml
”Microsoft, taking aim at the world's fastest-growing smartphone market, said on Monday that it would team up with Huawei of China to sell a low-cost Windows smartphone in Africa.””The phone, called the Huawei 4Afrika Windows Phone, will cost $150 and initially be sold in seven countries. Microsoft's Windows Phone software is fourth among smartphone operating systems, with just 2 percent of the worldwide market in September, according to Canalys, a research firm in Reading, England.”