Huawei Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Global Innovation Leadership in Telecom Energy Solutions

[Sydney, Australia, Dec.8, 2015] Frost & Sullivan has presented its “2015 Global Product Innovation Leadership Award in Telecom Energy Solutions” to Huawei in recognition of its product leadership position, valuable efforts in product and technology innovation, and the company’s constant and sustainable contribution to the ICT industry. This is the second time Frost & Sullivan has recognized Huawei’s efforts in the telecom energy space. In 2014, Frost & Sullivan presented Huawei with its “Global Product Leadership Award for the Telecom Energy Market” in recognition of its market leadership position. The Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Leadership Award in Telecom Energy Solutions is widely recognized as The “Oscar” of the global ICT energy industry. The recognition not only shows that Huawei’s “Next Generation Energy and Infrastructure Solution” is welcomed by global ICT Carriers, but that Huawei’s innovative products and solutions deliver value to both customers and the wider society.

James Qiao (L), Vice President of Huawei Telecom Energy Business, receives the award

“The annual total electricity consumption worldwide is close to 20 trillion kWh per year with the ICT industry accounting for about 5% of that, or around 1 trillion kWh. That translates to a cost of about US$100 billion a year. In the telecom industry, service providers’ electricity bills typically account for over 10% of their operating expenditures. In IT, electricity costs typically account for over 50% of a data center's operating expenditures.

“Huge energy consumption inevitably comes with waste, mainly due to the lack of energy-efficient technologies of traditional products. Traditional telecom power solutions also lack an integrated and optimized design, and effective energy efficiency management tools for network and infrastructure facilities,” said James Qiao, Vice President of Huawei Telecom Power.

“As the leading global ICT solutions provider, Huawei’s dedication to energy saving and carbon emissions reduction, along with its innovation in the Telecom Power industry, enables it to maximize network energy efficiency, reliability and management simplicity by leveraging the unique blend of our technology advancements in power electronics, digitalization, internetworking, artificial intelligence, and our synergy between network and infrastructure businesses. Huawei’s new generation ICT energy infrastructure solutions will help ICT service providers and their partners maximize network energy efficiency, achieve business success, and ensure sustainable development.

Qiao gives the award acceptance speech

“We are proud to receive this honor,” Qiao said. “And I am pleased to see that these new generation innovative solutions have been widely deployed worldwide. I would like to thank all the stakeholders that contribute to our Green, Reliability, and Management Simplicity Initiatives. There is still a long, but brighter way ahead for all of us. Thanks to Frost Sullivan for recognizing our efforts and contributions along the journey. It means a lot! “