The Phnom Penh Post

Huawei aims to bolster electronic­s ecosystem

- He Wei

HUAWEI Technologi­es is currently in “great shape” as the world’s second-largest cellphone maker and stands poised to build up an ecosystem of consumer electronic­s backed by artificial intelligen­ce, a company executive said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the Consumer Electronic­s Show Asia in Shanghai, Huawei Consumer Business Group chief strategy officer Shao Yang detailed the company’s all-in AI strategy, which experts believe is set to bring sweeping changes to the global personal electronic­s sector.

“Huawei is not at the most dangerous moment, but in its best condition,” Shao told attendees during the three-day event which wraps up on Thursday. “Optimistic and confident, we are committed to building a better world t hat is f ully interconne­cted.”

Shao envisions a major upgrade in the mobile phone sector this year as “the industry has experience­d cyclical shake-ups every 12 years since 1983, when Motorola commercial­ised the first functionin­g cellular mobile phone”.

He expects the domestical­ly produced HiAI – a mobile terminalor­iented artificial intelligen­ce computing platform – to be the central plank powering intelligen­t platforms in communicat­ions, transporta­tion, work and entertainm­ent.

In this case, smartphone­s serve as a hub connecting other intelligen­t terminals, from wearable devices to internet-connected vehicles, in order to perform a variety of daily tasks.

“Users will be able to use voice commands to give cars instructio­ns like making an online purchase, which would previously only be achieved through manual inputs. Bigger TV displays will also be put to full use, as photos and files stored on phones are synchronis­ed,” he said.

Shao also said Huawei’s self-developed Internet of Things solutions and service distributi­on platforms will encourage industry players to embrace the smart and interconne­ctivity technologi­es.

Huawei, based in Guangdong province’s Shenzhen city, was the second-biggest smartphone vendor in the first quarter of this year, behind South Korea’s Samsung Electronic­s, according to research and advisory firm Gartner.

 ?? HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP ?? Huawei was the second-biggest smartphone vendor in the first quarter of this year, according to research and advisory firm Gartner.
HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP Huawei was the second-biggest smartphone vendor in the first quarter of this year, according to research and advisory firm Gartner.

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