Details Futurewei – Huawei’s secret 20-year project, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, has just been erased by Mr. Trump, all achievements are 0.

Tram Ho

Although only a small part of Huawei’s entire business, the world’s largest telecom provider is also the second-largest smart phone company in the world to want a greater presence in the US. They see the US market as a major growth opportunity for the smartphone business and want to sell IT equipment to companies in the country.

The specific tool performs all the ambitions that are ” Futurewei ” – a research and development team specifically for the US market of the company.

Chi tiết Futurewei - dự án bí mật hoạt động suốt 20 năm, ngốn hàng trăm triệu USD của Huawei vừa bị ông Trump xóa sổ, mọi thành quả về 0 - Ảnh 1.

In fact, Huawei has always been known as a strong R&D investment company (research and development), they have poured hundreds of millions of dollars to Futurewei for nearly two decades. The research center allows Huawei to access America’s abundant resources for technological innovation as they not only look at growth in the US but also the world and prepare to become Leading unit in 5G.

However, the company’s ambition in the US market, especially with Futurewei, has recently slowed down due to obstacles from the White House. A series of restrictions imposed by Huawei on the US include: Prohibiting the purchase of components from US suppliers, the company is not allowed to transfer technology to Huawei branches outside the US.

As a result, Futurewei fired many employees, closed offices and lost cooperation with many American universities.

Although some experts have advised the company to leave completely, Huawei will be at risk if it completely withdraws from the US.

“You can’t predict what will happen when it hasn’t happened yet, so we can’t know what the outcome will be if Huawei leaves the US,” said Scott Kennedy, a leading consultant.

On its side, Huawei has confirmed that they will be fine if forced to leave the US but that is clearly not the way they want.

“Huawei wants to meet the US government to solve the problem, but it is difficult to find the person to accept the negotiation.”

Futurewei’s 20-year journey

In early 2000, Huawei launched a “globalization” strategy in an effort to shift from being a Chinese telecommunications provider into a global mobile service provider. It was the spirit of promoting Huawei to form a US office in Plano in 2001 and began building research and development centers across the country.

In 2011, Huawei marked the 10th anniversary of its presence in the United States by opening a 19,000 m2 development research center in California. At that time, the company said it was focusing on developing “a new generation telecommunications solution for US customers while still supporting Huawei’s global research and development efforts.”

However, business has become more difficult for Huawei in the US in recent years after the US announced it said the company could potentially jeopardize national security and information security. user. Huawei is insistent on denying this allegation.

The situation became worse when in May, the US added Huawei and its 69 branches to the blacklist of exports, banning US companies from selling them without a license. This is like a punch on Huawei, making them unable to buy parts from US suppliers like Google and Intel.

Futurewei also directly affects. This means that the Futurewei offices in the US cannot transfer intellectual property or trade secrets to the headquarter in China. Currently, new research and development of the company cannot be applied to create new products for Huawei.

Last month, Huawei fired 600 Futurewei employees – half of its total US employees and closed seven offices.

What is Futurewei future?

Futurewei employees will now focus on projects that are about to be completed, according to Tim Danks, chairman of Huawei’s risk coordination and coordination department. Currently, the intellectual property of these projects will remain in the US waiting for the company to have a chance to compromise with the White House.

However, this ability rarely occurs.

“Perhaps they are hoping the Washington government will change the policy, but I think it’s very unlikely.”

Danks did not disclose whether Huawei continues to pour money into future US research projects. But in 2018, Futurewei received $ 500 million and they announced plans to pour $ 600 million in 2019 before being blacklisted.

 

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Source : Trí Thức Trẻ