Huawei 2018, R & D spending in 2014 grew by 149%, more than Apple, Microsoft and South Korea's Samsung Electronics company over the same period R & D expenditure growth rate. However, Amazon over the same period R & D expenditure growth up to 210% in business R & D expenditure growth rate ranking first. While Apple, Google, the parent company of the Alphabet, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics and Intel, respectively ranked third, fourth, fifth, sixth and ninth, They during which R & D expenditure growth rate is respectively of 137%, 118%2, 9%, 28% and 17%.
Huawei 2018, R & D expenditures accounted for the company's revenue ratio of 14%, according to the R & D expenditures occupy revenue ratio the size ranking, Huawei ranked second, only behind Google parent Alphabet of. The top six strong, there are ranked third, Microsoft, and Samsung Electronics company, Volkswagen and Apple.
In the 2014 to 2018 period, Huawei's R & D expenditure total of 3680 billion Renminbi, according to the period an average exchange rate of about $ 580 billion, according to the current exchange rate of about $ 546 billion, is a global R & D expenditure ranked seventh company. During this period, Amazon is the global R & D expenditure ranked first in the enterprise.
5G technology strength is not low profile
Huawei in technology on a huge investment, make it in the 5G technology was a great success.
Earlier, Huawei Rotating Chairman has said that Huawei and the world's leading operators have signed 26 5G commercial contracts, more than 10,000 of 5G base stations has been sent to all over the world; the global more than 160 cities, the world 500 strong enterprises in the 211 Home, select Huawei as its digital transformation partners; smartphone shipments to exceed 2 million units, the PC business, and the IoT (Internet of things) smart home eco also made gratifying breakthrough.
Also, Huawei introduced a highly vertical integration. Its major competitors Ericsson and Nokia different, Huawei is almost the design of the 5G technology on all components, including the Internet economy's core technology: the smartphone. Huawei is the world's second-largest smartphone manufacturer, behind only South Korea's Samsung. Experts believe that, by design of the chipset and supporting the production of mobile phones, Huawei can more quickly 5G of the product to the market.
Tracking the intellectual property business of the German company IPlytics data display, Huawei now has 5G-related patents than any other company are much. This means that the future of other companies to use the 5G core technology will have to Huawei to pay.
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Also, in the 5G standards proposal number, Huawei is ranked first.
For everyone concerned about the 5G technology, Huawei Chairman confidence said that there is no Huawei from participating in some of the 5G market, just like there is no star in the NBA game, play is not the highest technical level.
5. Hon Hai's board of directors was reorganized
Chairman of Hon Hai Group, indicated that he will participate in the 2020 and declare that the daily operation of the “Retirement to the Second Line” will be managed by the manager; foreign institutions pointed out that the board of directors after the reorganization of Hon Hai’s shareholders meeting in June will be a review of “fade out” The Hon Hai succession echelon is also expected to be more clear.
The foreign investment report pointed out that Hon Hai will hold a shareholders' meeting and re-elect the directors. The list of candidates for new directors is expected to be released. At that time, the successful team of Hon Hai should be seen.
At the shareholders meeting, last year declared that "it will not retire within five years" because these five years is the key period for the group's transformation.
Unnamed industry experts said that the succession team of Hon Hai does not rule out the adoption of Huawei's chairman rotation system, or the multi-person team of Formosa Plastics and TSMC. The echelon is best suited to five people; The difficulty and complexity of the sea succession is even worse than TSMC.
The legal person pointed out that Hon Hai Group is heading towards 8K+5G and the transformation of the industrial Internet. The new directors will focus on the sub-group managers with the above background, and the independent directors with innovative technology background.
To be continued in the next part...