My comment: Huawei is a private corporation; it does not sell stocks in
bourses, so there is few obligations to disclose corporate data. Financial
Times in the past year has had a handful of reports about the company,
usually positive. As a whole, the newspaper is conservative (as the moneyed
mostly are) and on the money. In rare occasions, Financial Times can be off
the mark. Economist magazine is more consistent and about right. In the
latest issue, the magazine sings praise of Huawei. MAYBE Hauwei is indeed an
, and THE, innovative company in China, which has succeeded in world state
on its own and despite (rather than because of) Beijing. A corporation that
Chinese (at or from PRC) can and should be proud of.
Here is the articles, in the ensemble of "A special report on telecoms in
emerging markets":
(1) Mobile marvels: Poor countries have already benefited hugely from mobile
phones. Now get ready for a second round, says Tom Standage. Economist,
Sept. 24, 2009.
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14483896#
My comment: This article is an introduction. Only the following quote is
about Huawei or China.
"Three trends in particular are reshaping the telecoms landscape. * * * The
second trend is the emergence of China抯 two leading telecoms-equipment-
makers, Huawei and ZTE, which have entered the global stage in the past five
years. Initially dismissed as low-cost, low-quality producers, they now
have a growing reputation for quality and innovation, prompting a shake-out
among the incumbent Western equipment-makers. The most recent victim was
Nortel, once Canada's most valuable company, which went bust in January.
Having long concentrated on emerging markets, Huawei and ZTE are well placed
to expand their market share as subscriber numbers continue to grow and
networks are upgraded from second-generation (2G) to third-generation (3G)
technology, notably in China and India.
(2) This article is all about Huawei.
Up, up and Huawei: China has made huge strides in network equipment.
Economist, Sept. 24, 2009.
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14483904
Note:
(a) Base station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_station
(b) TD-SCDMA is acronym for Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple
Access, whereas W-CDMA, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access.
My comment: do not ask me about either in the Note above. I know nothing.
(3) Beyond voice: New uses for mobile phones could launch another wave of
development. Economist, Sept. 24, 2009.
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14483848
My comment: Only this quote is about China:
"Services to help farmers have been most widely adopted in China, where
China Mobile offers a service called Nong Xin Tong [农信通网站] in conjunction with the agriculture ministry, as part of its push into rural areas. It has already signed up 50m users and is aiming for 100m within three years. The service provides news, weather information and details of farming-related government policies.
"China Mobile also runs a website, 12582.com, that sends farmers information
about planting techniques, pest management and market prices. The service,
which costs two yuan ($0.30) a month, sends out 13m text messages a day and
has over 40m users.