Huawei: Moving forward with software?

In a recent internal presentation, Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei candidly talked about the company shift from hardware to software, the motivation behind it, and what it will take for Huawei to succeed.

In this Sparring Partners, we had an open discussion with Paul Scanlan CTO, Carrier Business Group, Huawei, and Jeremy Thompson, Vice President and CSO, Huawei UK on the implications of this change on competitiveness, ecosystem and customer relationships, and internal culture.

For background on this discussion, read Monica’s take on Huawei’s CEO Zhengfei on the role of software and openness to succeed in global telecoms in this blog.