BEIJING: Huawei Technologies Co is offering up its most valuable 5G secrets and US$1.5bil to software developers, courting the global tech community at a time the United States is heightening scrutiny of the Chinese giant.
China’s largest technology company aims to ramp up investment in its developer program over the next five years, deputy chairman Ken Hu told attendees at an annual conference. That effort is gaining urgency with Huawei in danger of losing access to American circuity and code, including the Google software it needs to run the world’s No. 2 mobile device business.