Ren builds ‘united front’ of partners to insulate Huawei
Ren Zhengfei, the founder and chief executive of Huawei, has said that the Chinese tech giant is creating a united front with their partners in order to collaboratively satisfy society and people.
“I think Huawei’s goal is to work hard to develop advanced technologies, and provide cutting-edge services to humanity,” Ren said during a recent interview with Bloomberg TV.
“We will enhance cooperation with any company that is willing to support us,” he told the media in a separate interview. “As the Chinese saying goes, ‘a just cause attracts much support, an unjust cause finds little.’ This is how we are building a united front.”
Huawei Asia-Pacific Innovation Day will be held on September 3 in Chengdu, China. Experts, innovators, scholars and policy-makers will gather to explore innovative and meaningful applications of cutting-edge technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, as well as how they can drive progress in all areas of human endeavour.
At the event, Huawei will unveil its Kunpeng Ecosystem Base. Also to be showcase are the company’s latest innovations around 5G telemedicine and AI application for children with hearing loss.
“Over the past 30 years, we've been staying in the front line to serve humanity. Huawei can always be found anywhere at any time, be it in war-torn or disease-ridden regions, or during natural disasters like the nuclear leak in Japan,” said the Huawei CEO.
Ren told the media that in the next five years, the company will invest $100 billion (Bt3.06 trillion) in reshaping network architecture, to make networks simpler, faster, more secure and more trustworthy.
“When information transmission speeds increase, we will see incredible economic growth. 5G is at least 10 times faster than 4G, and faster speeds will drive rapid economic and cultural development,” he said.
According to the company’s 2018 Sustainability Report, innovative technologies have made Huawei's 5G more energy-efficient, reducing the power consumption per 5G site to 20 below the industry average.
With programmes such as Tech4ALL, which focuses on connectivity, applications and skills, the 5G leader will help 500 million people directly benefit from digital technology over the next five years, according to the report.
“In the information society, children even in remote regions can see what the world looks like. Then they will develop faster, grow more harvests and create more wealth. More people will be lifted out of poverty. All this will benefit society.”
Addressing recent challenges, the CEO said during an interview that the company will not be crushed by US restrictions. “In fact, we are doing even better than before,” he insisted.
In the first half of 2019, Huawei’s revenue reached 401.3 billion Chinese yuan (Bt1.71 trillion), a 23.2-per-cent increase over the same period of last year. The company will invest 120 billion yuan in R&D this year, according to its H1 report.
“We want to satisfy society and people, because our ultimate goal is to serve our customers. Who are our customers? [They are] 6.5 billion people, and possibly more in the future, for more IoT connections. Therefore, we are committed to creating value for customers and ensuring we satisfy people's needs,” Ren said.
