Huawei maintains No. 2 position in smartphone market

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Huawei Technologies Lanka Ltd., the local office of the leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider Huawei, today announced that the company maintained its number two position in the Lankan smartphone market. Huawei smartphones gained a 19.6% market shipment share in Sri Lanka Q4 this year with an increase of 4.1% market shipment share from Q3. Smartphone sales (shipments) touched 0.12 million units in Sri Lanka during 4Q 2013 and 0.45 million for CY 2013.

This was according to the Sri Lanka Mobile Handsets Market Review, 4Q 2013, March 2014 release published by premier IT, telecom and semiconductor and electronics, infrastructure and life sciences market intelligence and advisory firm CyberMedia Research. Speaking about the performance during the past two quarters Daniel Sun - CEO Huawei Technologies Lanka Ltd. said: “Our continuous commitment introducing latest technology through bridging affordability backed by excellent after sales services and an island wide distribution network through our exclusive national distributor partner Singer Sri Lanka has played a pivotal role for us to maintain such a market leadership, within a very short span of time.” He further commented: “Over the next three to five years, we will continue to increase investment in technological innovation, with a focus on product design, process, quality and improvements to software and user experience. In order to leverage product quality as a key competitive differentiator, we aim to further enhance our dedication to quality and increase brand awareness in the aspects of the Huawei experience and customer service offerings.” Singer Group CEO Asoka Peiris said: “Singer Sri Lanka being the leader in the smartphone market through the Huawei partnership set forth since 2012, have being continuously working together with Huawei understanding the local market and addressing the innovative opportunities in the Sri Lankan smartphone market. We are happy about the performance of Huawei and we will continue to work closely with a brand which identifies the local pulse through our retail and service leadership.”

Singer exclusively has the country’s largest retail network including, Singer Mega, Singer Plus and SISIL World stores, comprising of over 400 retail outlets and Singer’s digital media channel that serves 1,000 digital media outlets across the country. As at the end of 2012, Huawei’s products and services are deployed in over 140 countries, serving more than one third of the world’s population. Huawei has also set up more than 20 R&D centres around the world in countries such as the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. Consumer business is one of Huawei’s three business groups offering a range of products that include mobile phones, mobile broadband devices, home devices, clouds, and consumer chipsets. For more information, visit Huawei Device online: www.huaweidevice.com For regular updates on Huawei Device, follow us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/huaweidevice Twitter: www.twitter.com/HuaweiDevice YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/HuaweiDeviceCo Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/huaweidevice