According to the report, as of June 2020, 65438+1 October1,the number of global 5G standard patent applications was 2 157 1. Huawei topped the list with 3 147 items, followed by Samsung (2795 items) and ZTE (256 1 items); LG Electronics (2,300 items), Nokia (2 149 items) and Ericsson (1494 items) ranked 4-6. Qualcomm and Intel from the United States only ranked 7th and 8th. Sharp and NTT Docomo have successfully entered the top ten.
In addition to Huawei and ZTE, China Xintongyuan, OPPO, vivo, Lenovo and other China enterprises are also on the list. Of course, the application process is quite long, and there is no guarantee that you will get a patent. At present, less than half of Huawei has been approved, and it can only rank fourth according to the amount of authorized approval. The top three are Samsung, Nokia and LG.
In fact, patented technology is only a small part of Huawei. As the world's largest manufacturer of communication equipment, they have won 9 1 5G commercial contracts, and the shipment of 5G base stations exceeds 600,000, which is in the leading position in the industry. In contrast, Ericsson won 865,438+0 commercial contracts and provided equipment for 24 officially operated commercial 5G networks. There are 67 Nokia and 46 ZTE respectively.
In the past year, Huawei has withstood many tests, but its performance has still achieved steady growth. Operating income reached 858.8 billion yuan and net profit reached 62.7 billion yuan, up by 19. 1% and 5.6% respectively. Since the beginning of this year, the challenge has been further upgraded. In the first quarter, the sales revenue was 65.438+0822 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 654.38+0.4%, which was significantly lower than the year-on-year increase of 39% in the same period last year. The net profit margin was 7.3%, a slight decline year-on-year.
Although the growth prospects are not optimistic, Ren believes that this is only a temporary difficulty. He said that Huawei's development in the next few years will only be better than that in 20 19 and 2020, because we know where to feel pain and where to need treatment, and I believe it will become healthier in the next few years. After these lessons, I will sum up and climb slowly like a mountain.
Behind self-confidence, there is a steady stream of R&D investment. Last year, Huawei's investment in R&D was as high as1.31.70 billion yuan, more than twice the net profit, accounting for 1.5% of the annual sales. In the past ten years, the total investment of R&D has exceeded 600 billion yuan. Up to now, the company has 85,000 valid patents in the world, of which invention patents account for 90%. Despite the difficult situation, Ren said that this year's R&D expenditure will increase by 5.8 billion US dollars, possibly exceeding 20 billion US dollars.
The strength of ZTE should not be underestimated. In addition to the top three patent applications, it has also won 46 5G commercial contracts worldwide, covering China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and other markets, and conducted in-depth cooperation with more than 70 operators. They have developed more than 300 partners in industrial manufacturing, cultural tourism, education, energy, transportation and other 15 industries, and reached cooperation with more than 200 industry-leading product providers.
Last year, ZTE achieved revenue of 90.737 billion yuan, up 6.11%year-on-year; The net profit was 56,543.8+0.48 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 65,438+0.738+0%. Behind the eye-catching achievements, it is also a continuous investment in research and development. Expenditure on technology research and development reached 65.438+02.548 billion yuan, up 654.38+05.06% year-on-year, accounting for 654.38+03.83% of operating income. The number of R&D teams is 28,300, accounting for 40% of the total number. There are more than 74,000 patent applications and more than 34,000 patents granted worldwide.
Undoubtedly, 5G will lead the next era. Huawei and ZTE have the right to speak in this field through continuous R&D investment. With the increase of 5G investment of operators in various countries, it is estimated that during 2020-2025, the mobile capital expenditure will reach as high as 1. 1 trillion dollars, of which nearly 900 billion dollars will be used for 5G network construction. This will be a big plus for communication enterprises.