Huawei's global smartphone shipments jump 25 percent in first half

By Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], the world's third-largest smartphone vendor, said first-half global smartphone shipments jumped 25 percent, helped by rapid growth in traditionally high-end markets such as Europe. Shenzhen-based Huawei, which competes with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc , shipped 60.5 million smartphones globally in the first half. Huawei aims to surpass market leaders Samsung and Apple within five years to become the worl