Huawei creates customer value, maintains effective growth in 2014
Huawei creates customer value, maintains effective growth in 2014
Beijing, China,-- Huawei announced on January 13 it has maintained effective growth in 2014, thanks to its commitment to creating value for customers.
Global sales revenue in 2014 is expected to reach between Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY) 287-289 billion, an increase of nearly 20 percent year-on-year.
Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou announced that profits from Huawei's main businesses in 2014 are expected to reach CNY33.9-34.3 billion, with a margin of 12 percent which is proportionately in line with 2013. Both cash flow from operating activities and asset to liability ratios remained stable and strong.
Each of Huawei's Carrier, Enterprise, and Consumer Business Groups recorded strong performances in 2014.
Revenue at Huawei's Carrier Network business increased by approximately 15 percent over the previous year. The main drivers of the growth were a steady increase in 3G investment and the jump in 4G investments across the globe.
Huawei's Enterprise Business grew by around 27 percent. The business now serves more than 100 of the world's top 500 companies. Huawei also established strategic partnerships with leading enterprises including SAP and Accenture for joint innovation in areas including cloud computing and big data.
Finally, Huawei's Consumer Business recorded a revenue increase of around 32 percent year-on-year thanks to higher sales of mid-range and high-end handsets within a rapidly growing smartphone market worldwide, with Huawei enjoying particularly strong growth in emerging markets.
According to Ms Meng, two major reasons explain Huawei's steady global business growth in 2014. The first is the reinforcement of its core values — being customer-centric, treating dedicated employees as the foundation, and commitment to dedication.
The second is continuously implementing management and organisational transformation designed to improve efficiency and inspire passion across the organisation.
“By 2025, the number of connections around the world is expected to exceed 100 billion with connectivity becoming ubiquitous, much like air and water,” said Ms Meng. “Ubiquitous connectivity and big data will drive a new industrial revolution in intelligent technology, propelling the modernisation of traditional industries, and reshaping today's industries and business landscape.
“The focus of industrial innovation will migrate from the consumer Internet to the industrial Internet. A Better Connected World is awaiting us. Anytime, anywhere connectivity will become the new norm.”
Huawei is committed to connecting numerous systems, businesses, cities, and people around the globe.
Doing so will improve work efficiency, help transform industries, create a better experience for every user, and enable the free exchange of thoughts and ideas. Huawei will become a leading enabler of the information society.
In view of this, Huawei invests in building future-proof technological advantages on an ongoing basis. In 2014 Huawei invested between CNY39.5-40.5 billion in R&D, an increase of 28 percent over 2013.
Huawei has cumulatively invested CNY188 billion in R&D over the last ten years. In addition, the company has submitted 546 proposals for LTE core standards to 3GPP, accounting for nearly 25 percent of the world's total.
Huawei was included for the first time in the Thompson Reuters list of 2014's Top 100 Global Innovators.
The company also ranked 94th in Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands, making Huawei the first mainland China-headquartered company to make it onto Interbrand's annual global list.
“The core values of ‘being customer-centric, making dedicated employees the foundation of our success, and our overall commitment to dedication' have been the cornerstones of Huawei's growth over the past 20-plus years,” noted Ms Meng. “Huawei will continue to follow and embed these core values across the organisation over the next decade to help us become the leader in the ICT industry.”
The financial results announced are unaudited. Huawei will release its final financial results audited by accounting firm KPMG in March 2015.
Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Our aim is to enrich life and improve efficiency through a better connected world, acting as a responsible corporate citizen, innovative enabler for the information society, and collaborative contributor to the industry.
Driven by customer-centric innovation and open part nerships, Huawei has established an end-to-end ICT solutions portfolio that gives customers competitive advantages in telecom and enterprise networks, devices and cloud computing. Huawei's 150,000 employees worldwide are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers.
Our innovative ICT solutions, products and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the world's population. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.
