Lenovo Group Ltd., whose investors today approved the buyback of a mobile-phone division, said its handset business in China won’t be affected by the possible exit from the country of technology supplier Google Inc.
Google’s actions will have “no effect” on Lenovo’s new LePhone handset, which uses the U.S. company’s Android technology, Chief Technology Officer He Zhiqiang told reporters today in Hong Kong. Lenovo, China’s biggest maker of personal computers, plans to offer the smartphone for the Chinese market, He said.
Google this week delayed the introduction of two handsets for China, the world’s biggest mobile-phone market, amid a dispute with Chinese Internet regulators over censorship following cyber attacks on its local Web site. The U.S. search engine operator said last week it may end its search-engine operations in the Asian country pending talks with the Chinese government.
A Jan. 20 ceremony planned by Google and China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. to introduce new handsets was postponed, Marsha Wang, spokeswoman for the U.S. company, said on Jan. 19, without giving a reason or a new date.
Lenovo expects to eventually sell more handsets than computers in China, Chief Executive Officer Yang Yuanqing said today, without providing a timeframe. Lenovo investors approved the company’s plan to buy Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. for $200 million, he said.
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