RESEARCH BRIEF: Huawei Technologies- A Wireless Infrastructure and Enterprise Networking Capabilities Assessment

By Will Townsend, Patrick Moorhead - February 25, 2018

Huawei is an enigma in North America but is well known throughout other parts of the world. Founded by Ren Zhengfei in 1987, the company has grown from its humble beginnings in Shenzhen, Guangdong China to become a global powerhouse in integrated communications, wireless infrastructure, smartphones and enterprise networking. In this brief, Moor Insights & Strategy will examine the company’s corporate structure, historical financial performance, and some of the history of the Chinese government’s interest in the company. Huawei has invested significantly to maintain the company’s competitiveness especially related to 5G wireless infrastructure and enterprise networking and should be considered as a vendor in these markets not only in North America but globally.

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Executive Summary
Office Of CEO And Corporate Business Unit Structure
Historical Financial Performance
The Chinese Government's Involvement In Huawei
Huawei's Patent Portfolio And Investment
Call To Action

Companies Cited

AT&T
Apple
Huawei
Samsung
Verizon Wireless

Will Townsend

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Will Townsend manages the networking and security practices for Moor Insights & Strategy focused on carrier infrastructure providers, carrier services, enterprise networking and security. He brings over 30 years of technology industry experience in a variety of product, marketing, channel, business development and sales roles to his advisory position.

Patrick Moorhead

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Patrick founded the firm based on his real-world world technology experiences with the understanding of what he wasn’t getting from analysts and consultants. Ten years later, Patrick is ranked #1 among technology industry analysts in terms of “power” (ARInsights) in “press citations” (Apollo Research). Moorhead is a contributor at Forbes and frequently appears on CNBC. He is a broad-based analyst covering a wide variety of topics including the cloud, enterprise SaaS, collaboration, client computing, and semiconductors. He has 30 years of experience including 15 years of executive experience at high tech companies (NCR, AT&T, Compaq, now HP, and AMD) leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing, including three industry board appointments.