The number of Huawei employees increased by 4%, approaching 200,000: Nokia laid off 4,800 people last year

Although 5G has brought a new round of growth momentum to the global communications industry, 2019 is obviously a year of cold and warm self-awareness for global head communications equipment manufacturers. The According to Light Reading, in Nokia ’s recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), about 4,800 jobs disappeared in 2019, accounting for nearly 5% of its total number of employees, including one-tenth of jobs in the North American market Disappeared, in China this proportion is about 9%. In fact, this is the overall trend of global equipment giants in recent years. Between 2017 and 2018, Ericsson cut 5% of jobs, and the total number of employees by the end of 2018 was 95,359. ZTE also suppressed U.S. sanctions, reducing the number of employees by 9% to 68,240. In contrast, Huawei is the one that bucks the trend. In the annual report released in 2018, the total number of employees of Huawei is about 188,000, an increase of 8,000 annually. And the latest 2019 annual report released this week shows that the number of Huawei employees increased by 4% last year, reaching nearly 196,000. Although bigger does not necessarily mean better. Ideally, the company hopes to maintain or increase revenue through the most streamlined organization, thereby bringing more profit to shareholders. However, such data does indeed reflect the current order pattern of the global equipment manufacturers market. Despite the efforts of the United States to suppress, Chinese manufacturers represented by Huawei and ZTE, with their increased investment in research and development, are moving Ericsson and Nokia farther. Huawei and ZTE accounted for 87% of China ’s largest operator ’s 5G network second-phase access network announcement this week. Ericsson also won a contract worth about US $ 590 million. Only Nokia came back empty-handed. . Against this background, whether the communications equipment vendor market will continue the Matthew effect in 2020 or will continue to be full of variables will become the focus of the industry.