HUAWEI REINFORCES ECOSYSTEM INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP AT COMMUNICASIA 2017

HUAWEI REINFORCES
ECOSYSTEM INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP AT COMMUNICASIA 2017

Collaboration with 20
key industry partners announced at Huawei eco-Connect to drive innovation and
capitalize on cloud transformation opportunities

SINGAPORE, May
23, 2017 – Huawei Technologies
announced collaboration and partnerships with 20 key industry peers at this
year’s Huawei eco-Connect conference, held in conjunction with CommunicAsia
2017.

The series of partnerships, announced over the
course of the three-day trade conference from 23 to 25 May at Sands
Expo & Convention Center, Singapore, reinforced Huawei’s continued
stronghold of the cloud ecosystem in the Southern ASEAN and Oceania region. The
partnerships also demonstrate Huawei’s commitment to empower its cloud partners
and build synergies that will: (1) support the growth of the cloud ecosystem;
(2) enable more businesses of all sizes and industries to tap on the
opportunities of cloud technologies; and (3) accelerate the region’s digital
economy transformation.

Mr Lim Chee Siong, Chief Strategy and
Marketing Officer of Huawei Southern Pacific Region, said, “The role
information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure play as the
catalyst for socioeconomic growth has never been more prominent and critical.
In fact, the recently released Global Connectivity Index 2017 demonstrated that
for every additional US$1 of infrastructure investment in information and
communications technology (ICT), it will create a return of US$3 in the current
GDP and a potential return of US$5 in GDP in 2025. This equates to an
accumulative US$17.6 trillion in GDP that will boost global economic growth in
2025.”

Lim added, “ASEAN demonstrates great
potential for an intelligent, connected future – one that harnesses the full
spectrum of benefits that future technologies such as Internet of Things has to
offer to governments, businesses and consumers. From Huawei’s perspective, the
region represents a collective of key growth markets that are strategic to our
business and vision to build a connected future for all.”

Huawei currently offers its Cloud Platform to
enable customers to build new business models and increase revenue streams in
the digital age. Huawei also identifies growth opportunities, and hence the
emphasis, on IoT-as-a-Service where telecommunications operators and industry
partners will be equipped with a holistic approach to IoT services. Other areas
for growth identified by Huawei include Video Cloud hosting services for
entertainment, gaming, education and business.

To drive innovation and glocalisation of
technology services in Singapore, Huawei also recently invested and established
a Customer Solution Innovation & Integration Experience Center (CSIC),
OpenLab, and jointly introduced the i5Lab with NUS Enterprise. The
collaboration aims to cater to the industry’s needs for incubation of
innovative ideas, training, research support, funding, testing and certification
in the region.

Huawei continues to develop industry alliances and partnerships
with businesses, open source communities, as well as developer platforms to
unleash greater potential for innovation, as well as promoting the growth and
sustainability of the ecosystem. Existing partners such as SAP, i5Lab,Ascent, Itron, Fusionex, Redtone and more form
the growing line of collaborators who share expertise, solutions and networks
to realise the region’s connected future ambition.

To enable the development of an open,
conducive platform where the innovation ecosystem players can engage, learn,
share best practices, and grow business match-making opportunities, Huawei will
be organizing a series of insights-driven platforms such as an IoT Ecosystem
Forum, Asia Pacific Telco Content Forum, Singapore Channel Partner Summit, and
Smart City Roundtable that gather all key stakeholders of the innovation
ecosystem ranging from governments to regulators, operators, developers and
content providers.

Extending the experience to the CommunicAsia
Expo, Huawei and its partners will showcase at its booth cloud applications in
business and consumer-simulated environments, as well as the latest IoT
innovation in sectors such as utilities, energy, transportation, public safety
and infrastructure, as well as waste and drainage management.