Huawei Technologies Co. wants to dominate the next generation of wireless technology and it\u2019s investing in that goal at a pace few companies can match.<\/p>\n
The world\u2019s leading maker of networking equipment spent $15.3 billion on research last year.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s more than double the amount it shelled out roughly five years ago — a pace surpassed by only Amazon.com Inc. among the world\u2019s 10 biggest spenders on R&D.<\/p>\n
That ballooning outlay, aimed at shoring up Huawei\u2019s lead in fifth-generation networking, is likely to unnerve Washington.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration accuses the Shenzhen company of aiding Beijing in espionage — something it\u2019s repeatedly denied — and is orchestrating a campaign to block it from 5G rollouts around the globe.<\/p>\n
Huawei is making increasingly aggressive forays into everything from mobile and cloud services to semiconductors.<\/p>\n
In money terms, its 2018 R&D budget trailed only those of Amazon, Alphabet Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., data compiled by Bloomberg show.<\/p>\n
The U.S. government is waging a campaign against Huawei as companies around the world prepare to invest billions of dollars in 5G networks, a key ingredient for self-driving cars and other advanced infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Still, nations accounting for roughly 40 percent of the world\u2019s gross domestic product are either embracing Huawei or appear unlikely to fully restrict the Chinese vendor.<\/p>\n
Huawei\u2019s 2018 research budget grew 149 percent from 2014, outpacing increases by Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Korea\u2019s Samsung over the same period. Amazon\u2019s 210 percent growth in R&D expenditure was the only bigger rise among the top R&D spenders.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the business achievements Huawei has made should be credited to the company\u2019s handsome R&D investment budget,\u201d said Xiang Ligang, a telecoms consultant and chairman of industry website cctime.com. \u201cIt has significantly boosted the company\u2019s competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Huawei\u2019s 2018 R&D budget accounted for 14 percent of its revenue, the second-highest proportion, after Alphabet, among the top six spenders.<\/p>\n
And for the years from 2014 to 2018, Huawei ranked seventh in overall R&D expense at 368 billion yuan — $58 billion in average rates, or $54.6 billion at the current exchange rate.<\/p>\n
Amazon was the world leader over the same period. Bloomberg\u2019s R&D figures were adjusted for one-time charges and non-recurring activities, and the dollar amounts based on average exchange rates during the relevant periods.<\/p>\n
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