Huawei Technologies’ 2024 annual report highlights how its technology initiatives have supported telecom operators.
Huawei Technologies said its total revenue rose 22.4 percent to reach CNY 862.1 billion or $118.162 billion in 2024. Huawei’s revenue from ICT Infrastructure was CNY 369.903 billion with an annual growth of 4.9 percent. Huawei’s revenue from the consumer segment was CNY 339.006 billion, reflecting a 38.3 percent increase.
Technology initiatives
Huawei marked 2024 as the first year of 5.5G commercial use, collaborating with global carriers to build high-speed, low-carbon networks with 10-gigabit access. These networks support multiple services, experience monetization, and AI-driven operations.
Key developments included expanding 5.5G into areas like livestreaming, gaming, and business travel, while also enhancing home broadband with 10-gigabit access and intelligent services.
Huawei further focused on intelligent network operations and green transformation to improve digital experiences. Looking ahead to 2025, the company aims to continue innovating, helping carriers transition from traditional connectivity providers to digital service providers for sustainable growth.
In response to the mobile AI era, Huawei enables carriers to launch intelligent services such as AI-powered New Calling, which includes real-time translation, AI shorthand, and digital avatar generation. The company also supports smart parking solutions that use real-time image transmission to automate license plate recognition and fee collection.
Huawei partnered with a carrier to develop a 5.5G Internet of Vehicles (IoV) showcase for cities piloting vehicle-road-cloud synergy, working with a carmaker to incubate an intelligent vehicle-cloud solution that integrates device-network synergy, network-edge convergence, and radar-video fusion for high-speed, low-latency IoV networks.
Huawei had supported experience monetization packages in over 20 Chinese provinces and cities. In the Middle East, the company partnered with a carrier to launch the world’s first 5.5G Innovation Center, fostering new monetization scenarios such as rate assurance for fixed wireless access, low latency for gaming, and prioritized experiences for VIP users, ultimately unlocking greater value from 5.5G networks.
In Europe, Huawei works closely with carriers to optimize 5G networks, improving edge user experience by approximately 40 percent and increasing dataflow of usage (DOU) by around 10 percent for one carrier. This carrier also partnered with Huawei to enhance its brand by offering differentiated 5G services, including game acceleration and livestreaming media, resulting in a 10 percent rise in high-end users and sustained revenue growth.
In Asia Pacific, Huawei collaborates with carriers using precise user segmentation to identify high-value groups such as office workers, students, online order couriers, and tourists. One carrier introduced customized 5G packages for these segments, increasing ARPU by 10 percent to 15 percent.
Another carrier, in partnership with Huawei, launched the world’s first lightweight FWA solution, deploying it on a large scale with affordable devices and prepaid packages, boosting 5G home broadband penetration.
In Latin America, Huawei leveraged business-network synergy to help a carrier develop a benchmark 5G-powered city, overcoming user development challenges and increasing 5G user penetration from 8 percent to 21 percent, aligning with local market needs.
Emerging markets are rapidly digitalizing, creating opportunities in demographics, traffic consumption, and digital applications. Huawei fosters synergy between devices, businesses, and networks to accelerate connectivity development, promote 4G user upgrades, and monetize traffic.
Mobile Money services have become a key entry point for digital lifestyles, increasing mobile broadband connections. In Africa, Huawei helped a carrier achieve around 4 percent growth in mobile payment users and a 13 percent increase in ARPU through digital financial service innovations, boosting mobile broadband and digital payment penetration while driving inclusive finance.
Video services have also emerged as a major revenue source for carriers. To address network congestion from rapid traffic growth and enhance high-definition (HD) video experiences, Huawei supported an Asia Pacific carrier in freeing up 19 percent of suppressed traffic, enabling a 20 percent faster return on investment (ROI).
One-stop rural network services play a crucial role in improving ROI for rural network coverage. In Africa, Huawei helped a carrier establish a new rural network ecosystem by utilizing excess power from local solar panels to charge phones, addressing the challenge of limited charging facilities. The carrier leveraged phone charging services as a gateway to introduce one-stop offerings, including mobile payments, SIM card sales, and entry-level phone purchases, effectively overcoming the shortage of sales agents and high device costs. This solution has significantly increased rural user adoption and boosted revenue for sales agents.
Huawei develops solutions with cross-domain, scenario-specific, and system-level innovations to enhance network experience, ensure deterministic user experiences, and improve energy efficiency. In China, Huawei’s intelligent multi-band multi-antenna and Intelligent Personalized Experience (IPE) solutions have closed technical gaps, enabling end-to-end deterministic network experiences. These innovations allow users to enjoy premium services while helping carriers transition from traffic-based to experience-based monetization.
In Asia Pacific, a carrier deployed Huawei’s indoor digital solution in stadiums, achieving downlink rates of over 100 Mbit/s during major events and increasing traffic volume by 2.6 times.
In Europe, a carrier implemented Huawei’s GigaGreen solution, which improved network investment efficiency, enhanced user experience by about 30 percent, and reduced energy consumption by approximately 30 percent.
In 2024, the number of fixed broadband connections worldwide exceeded 1.46 billion, according to a third-party report. Huawei’s F5.5G 10Gbps All-Optical Broadband solution helps carriers enhance digital and intelligent home broadband services to drive new business growth.
In China, Huawei’s 50G PON end-to-end fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) solution enabled carriers to upgrade broadband bandwidth to 10 Gbit/s, delivering nearly 10 times higher bandwidth and ultra-low latency for significantly improved home broadband experiences.
In Europe, Huawei’s FTTR all-optical home solution helped a carrier provide over 1 Gbit/s Wi-Fi coverage with no blind spots, enhancing user satisfaction and increasing revenue by approximately 10 percent.
In China, Huawei collaborates with partners to support carriers in developing new digital and intelligent home service brands, creating an ecosystem for home AI applications. These solutions meet personalized user needs while fostering services like cloud gaming and smart healthcare, leading to increased user engagement and ARPU growth.
Huawei collaborates with carriers to develop simplified and green network infrastructure, optimizing total value of ownership (TVO) through intelligent network planning, phasing out old devices, and enhancing energy efficiency and user experience.
Green sites were built with customized designs, increasing power availability (PAV) from 85 percent to 99.5 percent, reducing fuel consumption by about 10 percent, and cutting ineffective site visits by approximately 10 percent. Green central offices and modernized equipment rooms improved power usage effectiveness (PUE) from 2.0 to 1.3, freed up around 70 percent of equipment room space, and eliminated the need for diesel generators.
In China, Huawei employed coordinated energy-saving technologies to help a carrier develop green and reliable intelligent computing data centers, linking the facility layer and IT hardware platform layer to reduce total energy consumption by about 10 percent.
In Africa, Huawei introduced the FusionBlock solution, enabling a carrier to complete delivery and rollout within 10 months, shortening the project time to market (TTM) by approximately 20 percent.
Baburajan Kizhakedath
