Internal memo: Huawei wants to focus on software instead of smartphones

Huawei would like to focus on software rather than hardware. In software, the company would be less affected by the trade ban that the US government imposed two years ago.

The focus on software should lead to ‘more independence and autonomy’, according to Reuters in an internal memo. With these software products, Huawei is thinking of the upcoming HarmonyOS, AI system Mindspore and other IT systems. According to the memo, the intention is to conquer China, Africa and Europe, among others.

Huawei is traditionally a hardware company. It sells smartphones and network equipment, among other things, but setbacks in both categories came from the trade ban that the US government imposed on American companies. Smartphones are no longer allowed to display Google services, while many governments are banning Huawei from the core of mobile networks or completely banning them from mobile networks.

The trade ban has now been in place for two years and the administration of then US President Donald Trump has imposed it. Joe Biden has now been president of the US for four months, but Huawei is still blacklisted. Huawei sold its subsidiary brand Honor last year to a consortium led by the Shenzhen government.