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	Asia Daily Briefing - Google steps up October 9, 2019

	Google set to release 5G smartphone ahead of Apple TAIPEI -- Google has begun test production of a 5G smartphone that it may unveil as soon as next week as part of its aggressive expansion into branded hardware, the Nikkei Asian Review has learned.
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