Huawei announced today that it has been named to Thomson Reuters’ “Top 100 Global Innovators of 2014” list.
Huawei is notably the only mainland Chinese company to make the ranking, started in 2011, which focuses on global leadership in innovation across industries assessing factors including a company’s overall patent volume, patent grant success rate, global reach of patent portfolio, and patent influence as evidenced by citations by other companies.
With 7,000 invention patents and 1,000 design patent applications filed by Huawei’s Consumer Business Group alone through August 2014, the company’s active investments in R&D have paid off with successful flagship products like the recently released Huawei Mate7 and Huawei P7.
The Mate7 has received industry acclaim for its precise single-touch fingerprint technology, utilizing 508PPI ratio reader, which enables users to unlock the phone at least 80% faster than devices using sweeping recognition options.
Among its standout features, the P7 has been noted for its camera technology, in particular an innovative 8MP 5P non-spherical lens front-facing camera equipped with panorama function for panoramic “selfie” shooting.
“At Huawei, one of our key success driversin expanding globally has been a dedicated commitment to R&D and ongoing patent innovation.
This recognition from Thomson Reuters is testament to that commitment,” said Mr. Shao Yang, Vice President of Marketing, Huawei Consumer Business Group.
“With the results of our investment bearing successful products like the flagship Mate7 and P7, which have been popularly received in global markets, we look forward to continuing to create breakthroughs and making it possible for our fans around the world.”
On a company-wide level, through June 2014, Huawei Technologies had filed more than 65,000 patent applications in China, the US, and Europe. Annually, Huawei Technologies invests approximately 10% of its R&D investment in innovation research.
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About HuaweiConsumer Business Group
As at the end of 2013, Huawei’s products and services are deployed in over 170 countries, serving more than one third of the world’s population. Huawei ranked third in global smartphone shipments in 2013.
Huawei has also established more than 16 R&D centers around the world in countries such as the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China.
One of Huawei’s three business groups, Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) provides a range of products including mobile phones, mobile broadband (MBB) devices, home devices.
With more than 20 years of rich business expertise in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, an extensive global network, vast global business operations and partners, Huawei Consumer BG is dedicated to bringing the latest technology to consumers, offering a world of possibilities and creating extraordinary experiences for people everywhere.
For more information, visit Huawei Consumer BG online: www.consumer.huawei.com/en/
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