Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong
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Native name
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华为技术有限公司 |
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Industry | Telecommunications equipment Networking equipment Semiconductor |
Founded | 1987 |
Founder | Ren Zhengfei |
Headquarters | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Sun Yafang (Chairwoman) Sabrina Meng (CFO) |
Products | Mobile and fixed broadband networks, consultancy and managed services, multimedia technology, smartphones, tablet computers, dongles |
Revenue |
CN¥395.009 billion (2015) US$60.839 billion (2015) |
CN¥45.786 billion (2015) US$7.052 billion (2015) |
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Profit |
CN¥36.910 billion (2015) US$5.685 billion (2015) |
Total assets |
CN¥372.155 billion (2015) US$57.319 billion (2015) |
Total equity |
CN¥119.069 billion (2015) US$18.339 billion (2015) |
Owner | Employee-owned corporation |
Number of employees
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170,000+ (2015) |
Subsidiaries | HiSilicon |
Website | www |
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 华为技术有限公司 | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 華為技術有限公司 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Huawei Technology Limited Company | ||||||||
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Huawei | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 华为 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 華為 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Splendid/Chinese Action/Achievement | ||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Huáwéi Jìshù Gōngsī |
IPA | [xu̯ǎu̯ěi̯tɕîʂû i̯òu̯ɕi̯ɛ̂n kʊ́ŋsɹ̩́] |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Huáwéi [Listen] |
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (/ˈhwɑːˌweɪ/; pinyin: Huáwéi) is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world, having overtaken Ericsson in 2012.
Huawei was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former engineer in the People's Liberation Army. At the time of its establishment, Huawei was focused on manufacturing phone switches, but has since expanded its business to include: building telecommunications networks; providing operational and consulting services and equipment to enterprises inside and outside of China; and manufacturing communications devices for the consumer market. Huawei has over 170,000 employees as of September 2015, around 76,000 of whom are engaged in research and development (R&D). It has 21 R&D institutes in countries including China, the United States,Canada, the United Kingdom,Pakistan, France, Belgium, Germany, Colombia, Sweden, Ireland, India,Russia, Israel, and Turkey, and in 2014, the company invested $6.4 billion USD in R&D, up from $5 billion USD in 2013.