Huawei expands in Macau, Hong Kong

Huawei, considered to be one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers, is looking to boost its smartphone market share in Macau, Shawn Ge, general manager of the company’s Macau office, told the Times yesterday. Ge also revealed that the company hopes to be ranked in the top three smartphone suppliers in the city within the next two years.
However, Ge admitted that much work remains to be done before such a goal is achieved. This is due to the fact that Huawei had commenced business operations relatively late in both SAR regions, particularly in Macau. “Even though the sales of our phone products cracked the top three globally in 2015, […] we had just entered the Macau market in the second half of 2014.”
Ge further stated that besides smartphone sales, Huawei is also intensively expanding into other service areas in Macau. “We are trying to work with local partners to deploy the 4.5G technology,” he said.

Shawn Ge

According to the company’s local representative, Huawei has already invested a great deal of financial and human resources into research and development, stating that “we respect the intellectual property of others, and we actively participate in market cooperation.”
Huawei has more than 170,000 employees around the world, 76,000 of whom work in the department of Research and Development. In 2015, the company invested CNY59.6 billion (USD9.2 billion), which represents 15 percent of its annual revenue, into the research and development of new technologies.
Ge further explained that the company is acting locally in terms of research. “We have many research centers overseas, such as in the US, and in Sweden. For research centers like this one, we hire local experts.”
Last year, Huawei ranked fifth in smartphone sales in Hong Kong. Rick Yu, business director of the company’s Hong Kong’s office, explained that efforts are being made expand their share of the Hong Kong market. Staff reporter

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