Huawei first-half results: H1 revenue up 23%

China’s Huawei reported a 23.2% year-over-year enhance in revenue for the primary six months of 2019 yr regardless of going through political headwinds.

The firm mentioned its whole revenue got here in at 401.three billion yuan ($58.26 billion) and its internet revenue margin for the interval was 8.7%. In a press launch, the tech large mentioned its operations are “smooth” and that the “organization is as sound as ever.”

Huawei’s service enterprise, which sells core networking gear, reported 146.5 billion yuan in gross sales revenue.

To date, the corporate says it has secured 50 business 5G contracts with main international telecommunication carriers. 5G refers back to the fifth technology of high-speed cell web — it is anticipated to be a significant factor within the tech trade for years to come back.

For its half, Huawei is taken into account to be one of many main names within the race to develop the nascent 5G know-how. But the corporate is going through mounting fears that its know-how may allow Chinese espionage by these high-speed cell networks. Huawei has repeatedly denied that its merchandise signify any danger.

Still, nations just like the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan have restricted the corporate’s participation in 5G growth inside their borders.

In May, the United States added Huawei and its associates to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List, which successfully halted its capability to do enterprise with American firms. Later, Washington softened its stance considerably and the tech firm may probably be used as a bargaining chip in ongoing commerce negotiations with Beijing.

“Revenue grew fast up through May,” Huawei Chairman Liang Hua mentioned in an announcement. “Given the foundation we laid in the first half of the year, we continue to see growth even after we were added to the entity list. That’s not to say we don’t have difficulties ahead. We do, and they may affect the pace of our growth in the short term.”

Huawei Founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei beforehand mentioned in June that the U.S. authorities had launched “precise ‘strikes’ against us, with each ‘strike’ hitting our vital parts.”

He mentioned on the time that Huawei’s manufacturing capability might lower within the coming years and its gross sales revenue “will be about 30 billion US dollars lower than forecasted.” Ren beforehand predicted that Huawei’s annual gross sales revenue could be about $100 billion in 2019 and 2020.

For 2018, Huawei topped $100 billion revenue for the primary time.

The know-how large’s client enterprise, which sells smartphones, tablets, PCs and wearables, reported 220.Eight billion yuan in revenue.

Huawei mentioned it shipped 118 million items of smartphone for the primary half of 2019, leading to a 24% on-year leap. That determine consists of its Honor-branded telephones,

The firm is already the world’s second-largest smartphone maker by cargo quantity. In China, Huawei consolidated its lead by…