Huawei’s revenue falls another 5.9 per cent in first half, but the decline is slowing amid cloud-computing lift
- Huawei pulled in US$44.7 billion for the first six months of the year, in line with forecasts, according to the privately held company
- Cloud computing remained a bright spot for the telecoms equipment maker, as it pivots to corporate services while under US sanctions
First-half revenue fell 5.9 per cent year on year to 301.6 billion yuan (US$44.7 billion), according to data released on Friday by the Shenzhen-based telecoms equipment maker, paring back the much steeper 13.9 per cent first-quarter drop.
Performance in the first half was “in line with forecasts”, the company said in a statement.
Revenue from the device business group, which includes smartphone sales, fell 25.4 per cent to 101.3 billion yuan, from 135.7 billion yuan in the same period last year, as it continued to lose market share, both in China and abroad, because of a lack of access to advanced chips resulting from US sanctions.
Its network gear business, which sells to telecommunications network operators, grew 4.24 per cent to 142.7 billion yuan in the first half.
The company’s enterprise business has been a bright spot thanks to growth in cloud computing and other services. The unit recorded a 27.5 per cent jump in revenue to 54.7 billion yuan.
The cloud business has achieved “healthy” sales and rapid growth in the first half of 2022, William Dong, president of Huawei Cloud Marketing, said in a written statement.
The company did not break out cloud-only revenue for the first half, but the unit grew 30 per cent last year to reach 20.1 billion yuan.