Huawei revenue dips 16 per cent to $23.5bn. Bosses aren't worried because decline was a matter of (selling smartphone brand) Honor
(2021/04/29)
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Huawei has posted its Q1 2021 results – and the headline figure is a 16.5 per cent year-on-year revenue drop to CNY152.2bn (US$23.5bn).
The Chinese comms equipment giant nonetheless [1]characterized its business as “resilient,” and pointed to the sale of the mid-range smartphone brand Honor as a reason its consumer business dipped, while its network business continued to grow.
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Huawei is not a public company and so it doesn’t disclose much about its finances. Markets were told its net profit margin rose 3.8 percentage points year-on-year to reach 11.1 per cent, thanks to “ongoing efforts to improve quality of operations and management efficiency.” A US$600m wedge of patent revenue helped, too.
Huawei sells low-end Honor handset business due to 'tremendous pressure' in supply chain [3]READ MORE
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Rotating chairman * Eric Xu nodded to the company’s geopolitical challenges in a canned statement, adding that the electronics giant remains “committed to technological innovation and investing heavily in R&D as we work to address supply continuity challenges caused by restrictions in the market.
"We will continue making breakthroughs in basic science and pushing the frontiers of technology."
Perhaps a little more investment in security could be worth consideration, too, considering a [5]newly disclosed bug that allows attackers to knock out Huawei’s ManageOne unified data centre management suite. This bug is a mere 4.7 on the ten-point CVSSv3 vulnerability-rating scale. ®
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* Huawei has three chairpersons. Each has a six-month stint in the big chair, then steps aside for a year.
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[1] https://www.huawei.com/en/news/2021/4/huawei-q1-2021-business-results
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[3] https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/17/huawei_sells_lowend_honor_handset_unit/
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The Chinese comms equipment giant nonetheless [1]characterized its business as “resilient,” and pointed to the sale of the mid-range smartphone brand Honor as a reason its consumer business dipped, while its network business continued to grow.
[2]
Huawei is not a public company and so it doesn’t disclose much about its finances. Markets were told its net profit margin rose 3.8 percentage points year-on-year to reach 11.1 per cent, thanks to “ongoing efforts to improve quality of operations and management efficiency.” A US$600m wedge of patent revenue helped, too.
Huawei sells low-end Honor handset business due to 'tremendous pressure' in supply chain [3]READ MORE
[4]
Rotating chairman * Eric Xu nodded to the company’s geopolitical challenges in a canned statement, adding that the electronics giant remains “committed to technological innovation and investing heavily in R&D as we work to address supply continuity challenges caused by restrictions in the market.
"We will continue making breakthroughs in basic science and pushing the frontiers of technology."
Perhaps a little more investment in security could be worth consideration, too, considering a [5]newly disclosed bug that allows attackers to knock out Huawei’s ManageOne unified data centre management suite. This bug is a mere 4.7 on the ten-point CVSSv3 vulnerability-rating scale. ®
[6]
* Huawei has three chairpersons. Each has a six-month stint in the big chair, then steps aside for a year.
Get our [7]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.huawei.com/en/news/2021/4/huawei-q1-2021-business-results
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[3] https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/17/huawei_sells_lowend_honor_handset_unit/
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[5] https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2021/huawei-sa-20210428-01-dos-en
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