Huawei Technologies SWOT & PESTLE Analysis
COMPANY PROFILE -Huawei Technologies
Business Sector :Telecommunications
Operating Geography :China, Asia, Global
About Huawei Technologies :
Huawei Technologies is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider headquartered in China. Founded in 1987, Huawei's products, and services and ICT solutions, are consumed in more than 170 countries. With a workforce of 180,000 employees and sales volume of over USD 39 billion , Huawei is committed to leveraging the power of Internet of Things(IoT), cloud computing, big data, and software-defined networking (SDN) to help customers across industries, including energy, transportation, government and public sectors, manufacturing and financial services, to achieve their goal of digital upgrade.Huawei Technologies Revenue :
US$ 121.72 billion Yuan - FY 31, March 2019 (y-o-y growth +15.7%)
US$ 105.19 billion Yuan - FY 31, March 2018
Ownership / Major shareholders :
Huawei technologies is an employee-owned company. Ren Zhengfei, the president of Huawei retains a direct 1.42 percent share of the company. The remainder of the shares is held by “a trade union committee tied to the affiliate Shenzhen Huawei Investment Holding Co.” This body represents Huawei’s employee shareholders. About 64 percent of Huawei staff participate in this scheme, and hold what the company calls “virtual restricted shares.” (As on April 2018)Competitive Analysis of Huawei Technologies
| 1. Global leader in networking equipment 2. Focus on Innovation and R&D 3. Strong intellectual property bank 4. Leading 5G innovation and commercial deployment 5. Cost leadership amongst peers 6. Technical advantage across telecom value chain | 1. The MADE IN CHINA preconception 2. Failure to enter into the US in smartphones segment |
| 1. Untapped Indian market 2. 5G infrastructure and opportunity across end-user industries 3. AI to be the pivotal technology in the 21st century | 1. Threat of new entrants 2. Huawei facing ban in western countries |
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Detailed SWOT Analysis of Huawei Technologies
Strength
1. Global leader in networking equipment: Globally No.1 in terms of sales of networking equipment. Huawei has held onto this position since 2014 when it overtook Sweden’s Ericsson. Huawei is disrupting smartphone market oligopoly of Apple and Samsung. Not only it is the leader in its home country, but over the past 2 years, Huawei has climbed to the top in Finland too, selling over 10 times as many phones as apple. Huawei is the leader in smartphone sales in Portugal and the Netherlands and the second biggest in Spain, Italy, Hungary, and Poland. While the industry enjoys only single-digit growth, Huawei clocked its shipments growth by 30% and revenue growth by 40% for 2016.
2. Focus on Innovation and R&D: Huawei has kept its focus on innovation from its early days. Be it World’s first 5G implementation on power grids or Hybrid Cloud Core Network or even IoT, Huawei has been the undisputed pioneer in network communications. Huawei was the recipient of ‘Best IoV Innovation’ Award at World Intelligent Vehicle Conference 2017. Open Innovation has been at the core of the company, and the company has invested at least 10% of their annual revenues in R&D every year for the past 26 years. Its continued investment has produced positive results, giving it the ability to provide our customers with innovative products and more efficient services.
3. Strong intellectual property bank: Long-term R&D investment has made Huawei one of the world’s largest patent holders. As of December 31, 2018, its total number of granted patents reached 87,805. Among them, 11,152 core patents were granted in the United States. Huawei’s patented technologies provide significant value to information society on a global scale, including the United States. We actively protect our own intellectual property rights and respect the rights of others. It has signed cross-licensing agreements with many companies around the world.
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Major Brands :
- Huawei Products( Smartphones,Tablets,PCs,Other Accessories)
- Huawei Cloud
- Fusion Solar Smart PV
- Honor
- Huawei Marine
Key Business Segments / Diversification :
Recent Acquisition / Mergers / Alliance / Joint Ventures / Divestitures :
Open Table Preview| HexaTier | Cloud Data Services, database security and compliance solutions | 2016 | Acquisition | Huawei acquired HexaTier at $42 million and will use HexaTier to set up a research and development center in Israel for databases in the cloud. |
| Toga Networks | IT Networking Company | 2016 | Acquisition | Huawei which is the world’s biggest telecom vendor has reportedly acquired Toga Networks at more than $100 million .Toga Networks is seemingly developing products for the telecom industry and has also branched out into cloud storage systems and applications for data centers, so it’s entirely in line with Huawei’s line of business. |
| Amartus | Software developer and SDN service solutions provider | 2015 | Acquisition | The acquisition of will enable Huawei to accelerate its SDN (Software-Defined Networking) roadmap and improve its competitiveness in SDN solutions and services by introducing fast business innovation and multi-vendor capability. |
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References used in Huawei Technologies Analysis Report
1. Huawei Annual Report 2018 - https://www.huawei.com/en/press-events/annual-report/2018
2. Huawei Revenue Jumped 39 Percent to $27 Billion in First Quarter - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-22/huawei-revenue-jumped-39-percent-to-27-billion-in-first-quarter
3. Huawei Revenue Jumped 39 Percent to $27 Billion in First Quarter - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/technology/who-owns-huawei.html
4. Huawei Research & Development - https://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/corporate-information/research-development
5. Huawei- our philosophy: relentless pursuit of innovation in an open ecosystem - https://huawei.eu/who-we-are/our-philosophy
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