Huawei, Honor woo Indian app developers with $1 bn fund

New Delhi: Cut off by US companies from supplying hardwares and softwares, Chinese telecom major Huawei and its sub-brand Honor on Wednesday approached Indian app developers with a $1-billion global fund to develop its own mobile services suite similar to that of Google.

While the US-based mobile operating system companies charge developers for loading their app on their platform, Huawei and Honor are offering to pay up to USD 17,000 to app developers for getting their app published on Huawei Mobile Service (HMS), a suite of app required for smooth functioning of mobile phones such as messaging and navigation, according to a presentation of the company.