On March 16, Huawei made another major move. What is it? Ding Jianxin, director of Huawei's Intellectual Property Department, said at the "Innovation and Intellectual Property White Paper 2020" conference that Huawei will start charging royalties for 5G patents in 2021. At the same time, Huawei also stated that it expects the company’s intellectual property revenue to reach US$1.2-1.3 billion from 2019 to 2021.
After this information was released, many people felt that Huawei did not collect 5G patent fees before. Is Huawei short of money at this time? Or does it have other plans? In fact, seeing that Huawei has begun to charge 5G patent fees, if we just think that Huawei may be short of money before charging patent fees, then we would be underestimating Ren Zhengfei's wisdom.
Huawei suddenly wants to charge 5G patent fees. According to Huawei's strategy, there are at least three intentions, two of which are the most important.
The first intention: Huawei wants to strengthen the global influence of Huawei's 5G technology. Laos and the United States are trying to persuade people around the world not to use Huawei's 5G equipment, and they always use security and other topics to set up obstacles for Huawei.
Today, Huawei is making a big deal about charging 5G patent fees to strengthen the positive influence of Huawei 5G in the world and let more people know that many countries are already using Huawei 5G, and we have started to charge Okay, if you haven't gotten on the bus yet, hurry up and get on the bus.
The second intention: I am telling the United States that you can no longer stop the promotion of Huawei’s 5G technology in the world! Why do you say that? Not only does Huawei still rank first in the world in the 5G equipment market in 2020, but it also currently ranks first in the world in terms of the number of 5G patents.
Based on these two firsts, Huawei will start charging. What does it mean? It's like I opened this path. In the past, you, America, did everything you could to stop others from taking my path. What about now? The road I opened is already used by the most people, and it is the best road in the world. Therefore, no matter how hard you, America, suppress you, it will be of no use. It has nothing to do with you here. Don't waste your efforts.
What is the third intention? It's very simple. Huawei has invested so much in research and development. It ranks first in the world in terms of the number of 5G patents and leads the world in technology. So, at this time, it is appropriate to recover some costs.
However, the most important intention is not to collect money, because for Huawei, the money is not actually big money. More importantly, the first and second intentions are to strengthen the global influence of Huawei's 5G technology and let more people get on the Huawei car. Secondly, I would like to warn the United States, don’t waste your efforts. You have been struggling for so long. Not only have we, Huawei, survived, but we will still be the number one in 5G equipment in 2020.
Therefore, these two intentions of Huawei are actually reality, which makes the United States extremely anxious. But there’s no point in being anxious!
Text/Zifan