Shenzhen based Huawei, are a true Chinese success story. Founded in 1988 with an initial
investment of 24,000RMB they started out life as a small distributor of
PBX products.
In 1993 they developed the first domestic
digital telephone switch which had the capacity of controlling over 10,000 circuits.
They soon built a a name for themselves and became the official supplier of components to companies such as British Telecom and Vodafone.
Now, in 2010
Huawei are the 2
nd largest supplier of
mobile equipment in the world, with only Ericsson being able to fend them off the top spot.
Over the last few years
Huawei have been pushing the boundaries of
digital lifestyle. Their
aim is for consumer to have a network of
mobile devices in the home which automatically sync with one another through a mixture of docking stations, wireless networks and finger gestures.
The video below demos a few of their ideas for the future. We especially like the idea of ‘flicking’ content from the
tablet device to the TV.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on Huawei to see if any of these excellent concepts become a reality!