1. Li Liyou resigns from Ziguang and becomes the global CEO of Imagination next month
Original title: Li Liyou resigned as the co-president of Ziguang Group and chairman of Spreadtrum, and will assume the position of Imagination Global CEO next month.
According to the micro-network news, today's Ziguang Group announced that it has officially agreed that Dr. Li Liyou resigned as the co-president of Ziguang Group and chairman of Spreadtrum for personal reasons.
Dr. Li Liyou joined Spreadtrum Communications in May 2008. (Note: Spreadtrum Communications has now merged with RDA Microelectronics into Ziguang Zengrui.) During his tenure, under the leadership of Dr. Li Liyou, Spreadtrum Communications has always been committed to independent innovation in technology. The rapid development of product R&D and market expansion has enabled Spreadtrum to grow into a global leading chip design company, which has enhanced the competitiveness of China's chip industry.
On November 19 last year, Ziguang Group officially announced the appointment of Mr. Li Liyou as the co-president of Ziguang Group, as well as Chairman of Spreadtrum Communications, and Mr. Zeng Xuezhong took over as CEO of Spreadtrum. In fact, Spreadtrum Communications can have today’s results, and Li Liyou’s low profile. Hard work style and hard work for nearly ten years. With more than 30 years of experience in the field of wireless communications, he used tough reforms to lead Spreadtrum through the trough, eroding almost all of his customers in the GSM market. The company's performance has increased from US$70 million in 2009 to US$2 billion in 2016, an increase of 28.5 times. At the same time, Spreadtrum occupied approximately 27% of the global baseband market share in 2016, and three points with Qualcomm and MediaTek.
Regarding the resignation of Dr. Li Liyou, Zhao Weiguo, Chairman of Ziguang Group, stated: 'We understand Dr. Li Liyou's career decision and thank him for his efforts and contributions to the Ziguang Group's business. I wish Dr Li Liyou a new career development success. With the new business strategy layout and more forward-looking talent layout, Ziguang Zengru will continue to promote Ziguang Zengru to continue to lead the innovation of domestic chip design under the guidance of the Group’s “Core Cloud” strategy. We believe Ziguang Zengru will be in the future. Achieve more powerful and promising development. '
At the same time, Li Liyou’s whereabouts are also the focus of industry attention. Gu Wenjun’s research on Weibo concealed that “Ziguang Group agrees that Li Liyou resigns as the co-president. The end of an era. Xun Xun enters a new era, Leo also To enter a new era. Leo will join a former European company that has a relationship with China. In a sense, it will continue to contribute to China Semiconductor. 'Set micro-network learned that Li Liyou will become the global CEO of Imagination next month.
Imagination was successfully acquired by Canyon Bridge for $730 million in November last year. Imagination is a star of British technology. It has been very fortunate to have just won the Lamice failed Canyon Bridge to win Imagination. Most Chinese-funded cross-border semiconductor acquisitions suffered setbacks. At the time, in order to reduce resistance, Imagination first sold MIPS to Tallwood, and Canyon Bridge went to acquire parts that did not have MIPS.
However, Imagination’s current situation is not very good. In April 2017, Imagination announced that Apple products will no longer use its developed intellectual property (hereinafter referred to as IP) from 15 months to two years later. At that time, Apple contributed half of Imagination About income, Imagination's IP is widely used in iPhone, iPad and other products. Imagination's stock price then plummeted by more than 60%, forcing the company to announce the sale.
David Harold, Imagination's vice president of marketing and marketing, said in an interview with the media that Canyon Bridge has a close relationship with the Chinese market. The Chinese market has been the most robust growth area of Imagination in the past few years. However, like many British companies, we are in the European Union. Outside the search for a chance to clear our country’s trade relations after the UK’s Brexit. Imagination always believes that China is the most suitable place for IP companies to develop, because there are many opportunities to enter the local and global markets through Chinese brands, and IP develops itself for China. The electronics industry will also play a big role in promoting.
The data shows that Imagination’s operating profit last fiscal year (as of April 30, 2017) was 7.8 million pounds, which is very different from the loss of 26.8 million pounds in 2016. In addition, the company’s net debt also fell to 28.4 million pounds, 2016 In October, the net debt was 40.8 million pounds. David Harold said: 'In the past year, we have grown rapidly and achieved profitability. Imagination saw some positive changes that have freed us from the debt burden and made it easier to invest in the Chinese market. '
Obviously, the Chinese market has become a top priority for the company. Liu Guojun, general manager of Imagination China, said in an interview with the media early this year that the goal of 2018 is to double the number of employees in the Chinese region and ensure Imagination’s future revenue, At least 20% come from China.
In the market competition, in addition to Apple's own research and development, Arm's Mali GPU is constantly snatching Imagination's customers in the low-end market and infiltrating into the high-end market. Li Liyou, who once turned the tide for Spreadtrum, can rescue Imagination again. I believe the industry is In expectation.
2. Infrastructure is not in place 5G mobile phones take off after 2021
The market research company Strategy Analytics pointed out in the newly released forecast report that although the first 5G commercial mobile phones will begin to be sold in early 2019, it is necessary to gradually expand the market size when the global 5G mobile phone sales volume reaches 5% by 2021. .
Senior analyst Ville-Petteri Ukonaho pointed out that 5G handsets will begin to be sold in China, Japan, South Korea and the United States in 2019. However, the number will only be in the millions. It is estimated that by 2020, the number will only increase to tens of millions. Taiwan. Before 2020, there will be no large-scale deployment of 5G networks. Only a few mobile phone manufacturers will produce 5G mobile phones. This will be the main reason for the inability of 5G mobile phone shipments to increase, and excessively high unit prices. Will be the key to limiting the development of 5G smart phones.
Ken Hyers, Director of Strategy Analytics, further explained that it is not expected that 5G networks will begin to be deployed in large scale in Asia and North America until 2021, which in turn will drive consumer purchases of mobile phones. It is expected that 5G mobile phones will reach about 5% of total revenue by 2021. , And after 2023, with the decline in the prices of 5G mobile phones and infrastructure construction such as wireless networks, the sales volume can be further improved. In China, Europe, Japan, South Korea and the United States and other mature markets, as the mobile phone replacement cycle continues As the growth of mobile phone sales has slowed down, it seems that 5G mobile phones will take some time to become popular.
Despite this, there are still many opportunities for telecom operators and mobile phone vendors to tap. There are still hundreds of millions of potential customers waiting for development in emerging markets, especially in Africa and Asia. These customers are looking for reliable and inexpensive communication solutions. The report also pointed out that even when the sales of 5G smart phones increase rapidly in 2023, 2G mobile phones will continue to be the primary choice for local consumers when they purchase the first mobile phone in certain emerging markets such as Africa. Therefore, in 2023, , 2G mobile phone sales will still be close to one-tenth of the year.
Therefore, even if 3G equipment has gradually exited, however, the life expectancy of 2G and 4G handsets will still be very long, and it is estimated that they will maintain their market position in the next decade. The report stressed that 4G LTE, the globally dominant mobile phone technology, will Continue to dominate the mainstream of its mobile communications until 2023.
3. Communication industry 40-year-old anxiety survey
'Professionalism, narrow employment, and a window of industry where old and new technologies are replacing, the communications industry in these two years is spreading chills, and more and more practitioners feel the anxiety caused by the industry's downturn.'
"The once-sunrise industry became a sunset industry." Zhang Lei (a pseudonym) sighed at the First Financial Reporter. Even working for a leading company like Huawei, Zhang Lei still felt the deep anxiety caused by the industry downturn.
Zhang Lei worked in Huawei's wireless project delivery department for more than four years. The industry is undergoing changes. Zhang Lei also saw the shrinking business. Two months ago, he applied for a post adjustment to the Internet of Things business, trying to find a life again. Breakthrough opportunities. In his words, 'Look at the tide of the Internet of Things'.
With strong professionalism and narrow employment, it is in the window period of the new and old technology replacement industry. The communication industry in these two years is spreading chilliness. More and more practitioners feel the anxiety caused by the industry downturn. 'In China, Huawei, ZTE, the two major companies accounted for almost the majority of market share, once the company is cut off, or business shrinks again, if you want to do communication in China, but also where to go?' said Zhang Lei.
Looking forward to the new outlet
Zhang Lei told reporters that the content of the previous work was mainly to provide technical support to help communication operators using Huawei equipment design, assembly and construction of the network. 'Very many business trips, each year in the country will not exceed one month.'
It is reported that in addition to North America, Huawei, ZTE and other communication companies generally have business around the world, so Zhang Lei and his colleagues will also travel on a long-term basis in different countries according to project needs, including Georgia, Mexico and some African countries. It will last 3 months to 2 years.
According to Zhang Lei, based on the needs of the project, the company will also encourage employees to go to poor countries and regions with the “pay for money” approach. Currently, Huawei encourages employees to go to hard areas through cash, equity, etc. This is difficult for families. The temptation of employees, especially 70, 80, is very large.
'What's most afraid of is sickness because it's hard to express accuracy when describing the physical condition. Even if you bring a local employee, he is very proficient in Chinese, English, and the local language. It's still difficult to express clearly.'
When referring to a previous mission, Zhang Lei still had a hard time. Because of poor communication with local pharmacies doctors, doctors only allowed him to try medication, but they did not receive any curative effect. 'If you go to a country with poor conditions, If it is more difficult, it will delay treatment.
At the same time, when you are sick overseas, you will feel lonely, and you will find it difficult to have a permanent friend on long-term business trips. 'When I am on a business trip, I often change places, and my friends don’t last long. Sometimes bosses, co-workers, and loved ones can't understand themselves, they're a bit lost. . '
In recent years, the communications industry as a whole has been sluggish, and the days of equipment manufacturers have naturally not been too good. Ericsson and Nokia’s two major equipment manufacturers have all posted a loss-making 2017 annual performance report. Ericsson’s annual revenue for 2013 was SEK 2013.03 billion (approximately 255.92). (US$ billion), a decrease of 10% from the previous year; the net loss attributable to shareholders of the parent company was 35,206 million Swedish kronor (approximately US$4.476 billion). Nokia’s total revenue for the year was 23.197 billion euros, a year-on-year decline of 2%; The company's shareholders have a net loss of 1.473 billion euros.
The most direct impact of large losses is the flow of people. In an interview with The New York Times, Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri stated that after the Alcatel acquisition, adjustments to the company included more than 17,000 layoffs. Last year’s In the fourth quarter, Ericsson laid off 10,000 people worldwide. In the whole year of 2017, there were 17,000 net layoffs.
Like other colleagues, Zhang Lei's transfer from the traditional business concerns and expectations of the new outlet. In an interview with the reporter of the first financial, the founder of communication talent network Deng Zhiqiang said that the recent planning and optimization of traditional network construction Demand for talent is decreasing. The demand for 5G and NB-IoT construction is gradually increasing, and the demand for talents for terminal agreements is also growing at a higher rate. 'The faster growth is NB-IoT'.
Deng Zhiqiang stated that in the field of communication networks, the demand for network planning and optimization personnel is still the highest, because many people are required to maintain and optimize the traditional 4G network and plan new sites. According to the forecast of the communication talent network, this part of the talent demand is still in 2018. The communication network industry has the highest demand, but it will shrink from 2017. In 2018, several major carriers will shrink their investment in the network.
At the same time, the operation and maintenance personnel will reduce, 'Most of the alternative work is done through automated operations. For example, in the operation and maintenance work, manual monitoring and maintenance are replaced by automation, and the adjustment of the base station antenna. Some smart devices to replace. '
'I've been studying all the time, always wanting to be able to do a good job in any unexpected situation. The colleagues around us are working very hard and everyone is excellent. Why should I fall behind?' Zhang Lei told the reporter .
Such an attitude may be the foundation for Zhang Lei to jump from the traditional department to the emerging business. Such a situation is not uncommon in the telecommunications industry. Subversion and change happen here, stay or leave, persist or change, this choice All the time, it does not bother the practitioners here.
Pressured practitioners
Wang Yu (a pseudonym) has a lot of students working for ZTE and Huawei. For him who is often in close contact with communication practitioners, he can feel the pressure from this industry. 'The work intensity is very large, and the overtime phenomenon is very common. For more than 10 years, I have been working overtime. I have been working overtime on many weekends and I can't get out at night. 'Wang Yu told the First Financial reporter.
He said that in a large-scale communications equipment company, employees have a high turnover rate around the age of 40. Many of them are not forced to leave their jobs, but they actively leave. On the one hand, overtime is more, 'this age needs more care for the family'; On the one hand, there are also people who seek better development opportunities and 'think of doing it themselves'. However, Wang Yu also mentioned that ZTE's salary level in Huawei is also good in Shenzhen, so although there are many people leaving, many people go in. .
Actually, I'm fine, but the 40-something appointees are still quite anxious. They really didn't study things as quickly as after the 90s and 00s. 'Zhang Lei told reporters that because the older, the slower the learning of new things, The sense of anxiety is stronger. When you leave China, you will certainly feel a sense of lag when you are old because Huawei is very good for old employees, including benefits, benefits, salaries, etc. If you go to other industries or companies, the gap is very big.
In response, a long-term researcher on Huawei said to China Business News that this is a commonality. The communications industry is more professional because of the greater professionalism and faster technological change. Therefore, the pressure will be greater. 'The most important issue is that the accumulated professional Knowledge and experience soon become ineffective; it is difficult to immediately transform into another major, and this will lead to great spiritual burdens and psychological pressures, and we cannot see the future.
He said that the original personnel flow in the communications industry is very frequent, but in recent years, with the change of the Internet structure, the benefits of the entire communications industry are not as good as before, and companies are also facing the pressure of survival. On the one hand, they will be relatively On the other hand, the assessment of internal personnel will be more stringent. Some contribute little to the company, but because people in the company for a long time and higher incomes are very easy to be cleared out, 'the company feels uneconomical, this part is even more Easily noticed and eliminated.
Deng Zhiqiang told CBN reporters that in 2018, telecom operators may face the dilemma of shrinking investment. Therefore, many companies’ revenues are expected to decline this year and they cannot afford old employees. If the market shrinks and layoffs are for sure, these employees will face choices. . 'Either face the problem of reducing the level of treatment, or face the problem of being able to change.'
After being laid off, it is possible to enter other vendors. However, the current mainstream communication vendors are Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, and ZTE. Deng Zhiqiang said that if the communication network employees themselves are of limited level and are old, they are laid off. Later may go to other large-scale network optimization companies, 'such as run-building communications, Beijing Tuoming, Guangzhou Ruxin, Guangzhou Jiesai and other A-share listed companies, you can have a job, but the treatment is certainly a gap.'
A report from IHS pointed out that in 2017, Huawei was the world's largest telecommunications equipment supplier with a market share of 28%, followed by Ericsson (27%), Nokia (23%) and ZTE (13%).
According to the "Communication Industry Compensation Report of 2017" surveyed by tens of thousands of communications network professionals conducted by Communications Talent Network, the average salary per month generated by Communications Talent Network in 2016 is 5,518 yuan. The average salary in 2016 is only 1.02 compared to 2015. The growth of % did not outperform the CPI, and it did not reach the highest level in 2013. On the eve of 4G in 2013, it was the highest salary point in recent years, and it is expected to have better growth before 5G comes. Moreover, overseas did not anticipate With high salary, the average overseas salary is 10,126 yuan per month, which is 83% higher than the overall salary. The highest in Africa is 14,656 yuan per month. Among all types of enterprises, the communication companies are still the highest average pay types, reaching 10,324 yuan; Secondly, the optimization of enterprises is 7169 yuan; the lowest is the company of Daiwei, with an average monthly salary of 3472 yuan.
'There are projects to dig people, no projects will be scattered'
Zhang Lei told reporters that the communications industry has passed a period of reliance on orders, and now rely on profit to live, through various ways to save costs. For example, communication companies in the operator business, will outsource some of the low-profit services out; or An employee does the work of two employees and even reduces overall costs by using lower-cost equipment. These conditions have intensified in recent years.
What is even more severe is that once the company’s human ecology has been destroyed, it is more prone to a vicious circle. 'Now companies are more comfortable with third-party service companies than those who use their own units, have high skills, low costs, and use them directly. But these People, you have to leave after the project is finished, or the project is not satisfied with you, you have to leave, just to use, no matter what training. 'Zhang Lei said.
Deng Zhiqiang believes that the fundamental reason why the telecommunications industry has not established an ecological environment for talents lies in the overall market environment of the telecommunications industry in recent years. The telecommunications industry has a very unreasonable way of bidding: According to the tendering of people, for example, an operator tenders a communication service. The project is directly described in the bidding documents. Several intermediate and senior engineers are required, and the maximum price is specified. Even if some of them are not mentioned in the open bidding, they will be implemented in terms of numbers and prices in actual implementation.
This way, a newcomer has no way to enter. If a company takes a project, to use a newcomer, it must be equipped with a person with experience. If the company wants to train people, it must save money. Once the cost is needed, the company is reluctant to train, because all The cost must be borne by the company itself. After it has been cultivated, people have been dug away again.
Deng Zhiqiang further explained that during the golden era of the telecommunications industry, communication operators will package and optimize the network construction and follow-up maintenance, as well as network optimization, to the communication vendors and other service providers during the bidding process. The degree of freedom of the enterprise is very high and can be equipped with experience. People take new people together to complete the project, and companies can also obtain considerable profits. As the overall environment of the communications industry becomes worse, such mechanisms are difficult to run.
Therefore, the status quo is that companies have digging people everywhere for projects, and they don't scatter people when they have no projects. No one will dig for the next time. No one wants to train talent. 'A lot of excellent people in the upstream are entering before 2013. Now everyone All are ready, even if newcomers enter the industry, the accumulation of their knowledge structure and project experience is very weak.
The new practitioners are faced with high barriers to industry, and those who once had a lot of professional and technical knowledge have also experienced transformational changes brought about by the great changes in the industry. A headhunter of the communications industry told the First Financial Reporter that Employees in the industry less than 5 years old have a higher proportion of trips, and more than 20 years of communication employees also have newlines. However, once they are older, it is difficult for companies to continue to accept them.
Deng Zhiqiang said that the communications industry is very narrow. After 10 years of communication network industry, it is no longer available to other industries. 'I know some people are trying to transform, but most of them are not successful. Because you are 30 years old. , Made for so many years, once it is very difficult to completely jump out of this industry. 'The survey of the communication talent network shows that the average age of current communication practitioners is 3.69 years.
According to Huawei’s research above, there are mainly three reasons for leaving the company. There are a small number of people who go out for business on their own, and the content is still related to the communications industry or the Internet. Some of them go to the SMEs as directors or vice presidents because SMEs still need to He explained that even if he does business or technology in Huawei, he can also serve as the business leader of SMEs. However, these leadership positions are business management positions that are not separated from business and technical direction. 'Because others ask you to look at your past too. If the experience is completely unmatched, the risk is still very high.
However, for young Huawei employees, there will be many changes to BAT companies. As Zhang Lei said, 'I certainly want to go to companies like BAT.'
Deng Zhiqiang said that if the transfer success rate in the communication field is still relatively high, such as the research and development of the Internet of Things protocol. Although the communication technology knowledge is updated quickly, as long as willing to learn, go from 2G, 3G to 4G to 5G, or go to the Internet of Things The difficulty is not too great.
Waiting for 5G joy and sadness
4G changes lives, and 5G will change society has become an industry consensus. 5G will not only bring more extreme experiences for high-definition video, AR, VR, etc., but may even bring about tremendous changes in industries such as manufacturing, transportation, and health care. All things are widely interconnected, a new era of human-computer interaction.
This era is also an era that communication practitioners have long been looking forward to. Eric Zhang, chief marketing officer of Ericsson Northeast Asia, believes that the impact of 5G is significant both in industrial and consumer grades, because 'open market space is relatively large'.
In the face of the current striding towards 5G and the Internet of Things, many people in the telecommunications industry believe that they should maintain a calm and restrained attitude. How to obtain more benefits on the existing network is still a matter of great concern to the industry.
Huawei's rotating CEO Xu Zhijun once expressed suspicion that 'In the past, the industry had built a standard, our equipment vendors to develop and produce products, operators to test the tender to use. But in Huawei's view, the products actually put into the market can use 30% to 40% performance is pretty good. And maybe what consumers really need is something we can't provide. And as the entire telecom network goes cloud, this long-established business model is not able to support us out of health I am deeply doubtful about the state of the company. '
For operators, if commercialization of 5G is premature, it means that the 4G 100m race is not over yet, and the 5G race has started again. How can the cost of 4G network construction be recovered? This may feel even more intense in China. 'Normally, an industry is actually needed. In an era, China has entered 2G much later than abroad, but now 4G, including 5G in the future, is already in the lead in the world. China's communication life is too short.
In the 4G network and WiFi can support the needs of most mobile phone users, how many users will really pay higher fees for downloading movies in one or two seconds with mobile traffic? With the limited packages and the “speed up and fee down” policy, the profit brought by relying on the growth of traffic is becoming increasingly limited.
Even though 5G can bring more room for imagination, whether the industry's own evolution and change can match to get better profits has also become a difficult problem to solve. As Zhang Lei said, 'If we still just follow tradition' The way to lay out 5G network pipelines is always just to do wedding dresses for others. Just as operators now provide pipeline services for WeChat, this industry is also eroded by others.
These obvious facts have become a challenge to the communication practitioners. It will be one day that the tune will arrive. It is really happy or empty, and there is still no answer.
A report from IHS also pours cold water on communications practitioners who are eagerly looking at 5G outlets. The report said that in 2017, the sales volume of communications equipment market was 37.2 billion U.S. dollars, down 14% from 43.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2016. By 2022, Excluding 5G, the global 2G, 3G and 4G mobile communications equipment market will further shrink to US$13 billion; and even considering 5G, the global mobile communications equipment market can only increase to US$25 billion. IHS expects that 5G alone will be insufficient. To stimulate spending.
In the window of new and old technological changes, the destiny of the communicator firmly binds the ups and downs of the communications industry, and the industry's ups and downs also depend on the determination and pace of advancement of practitioners.
4. Ali runs 'four tracks' at the same time: To push the Internet of Things to the Wi-Fi
On March 28, Alibaba announced that it will fully enter the Internet of Things field at the 2018 Yunqi Conference Shenzhen Summit. IoT was established as the Alibaba Group's successor, financial, logistics, and new main track after cloud computing.
Alibaba Cloud President Hu Xiaoming stated at the scene that Alibaba Cloud IoT is positioned as a builder of IoT infrastructure and plans to connect 10 billion devices in the next five years. In response to the new challenges brought by the Internet of Things, Alibaba Cloud will adopt a strategy in 2018. Put the 'edge computing' in this emerging field of technology and create the world's first 'ubiquitous cloud'.
Bet on IoT
The first half of the Internet is the digitization of human activities, such as e-commerce, social networking, and culture and entertainment, which gave rise to the booming Internet market today. It is behind the 4 billion Internet users worldwide. The second half of the Internet is the digitization of the entire physical world. Automobiles, forests, rivers, factories... Abstract to the digital world, connected to the Internet, to achieve the exchange of objects, and the interaction of the characters, this will be a new productivity revolution. ' Hu Xiaoming said.
IoT, AI, and cloud computing are considered by Ali to be the 'troika' that drives the productivity revolution. IoT is like a neural network that connects data and digitizes things; AI makes connections smart and has brains; intelligence is behind computing power, like Like the heart to provide a steady stream of power.
Hu Xiaoming pointed out that Alibaba Cloud’s core value in the field of Internet of Things is to solve the problem of the 'troika': to provide an open, convenient IoT connection platform; to provide powerful AI capabilities; to implement cloud, edge, and end-to-end collaborative computing.
Specifically, Alibaba Cloud supports 95% of communication protocols such as 2/3/4G, LoRa, NB-IoT, and eMTC, allowing developers to quickly access Alibaba Cloud IoT management platforms and reduce access barriers.
In terms of AI, Alibaba Cloud provided IoT developers with video recognition, natural language understanding, voiceprint recognition, and face recognition capabilities. Based on the large-scale operating system developed independently, Alibaba Cloud's AI technology has been applied to the factory floor. Pig farmhouse and other production and living scenes.
As China's largest cloud computing service provider, in terms of computing, Alibaba Cloud can provide computing services and AI capabilities across multiple dimensions of clouds, edges, and ends, including the Internet of Things operating system, AliOS Things, IoT edge computing products, and general Internet of Things. The platform realizes the real-time decision-making and self-cooperation of things and pushes the Internet of Things to the Wi-Fi.
An on-site smart bus solution provider told the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that the joining of giants can bring some new technologies to the industry and raise the level of the industry. In the scene of cooperation with the giants, you can learn the technology of the giants and upgrade their own solutions. Application in other scenes.
He said that in addition to cooperation with Ali, he also cooperated with Tencent in the construction of smart city.
At present, although the Internet of Things market has just started, the size of the Internet of Things platform has emerged in an endless stream. Such as Gizmo Cloud, China Mobile OneNET Internet of Things open platform, Baidu 'Tiangong' smart Internet of things platform, Tencent QQ IOT smart hardware open platform and so on.
An investor who pays attention to the Internet of Things told reporters that the current Internet of Things market is still in the nurturing stage, and the support of giants can bring high-frequency traffic to developers. In the future, there is not much room for developers to choose and they must embrace ecology. , Still want to stand in line.
According to Kui Wei, general manager of Alibaba Cloud IoT Division, Alibaba Cloud's biggest advantage in its expansion into IoT is to be able to open up the overall capabilities of the Internet of Things from connection to computation to AI. Second, Alibaba has enough extensive scenes to temper these capabilities and technologies. Some simple platforms are different. Moreover, Alibaba has strong R&D strength. Finally, Alibaba's development ecosystem can gather more partners.
Play on four tracks
Shenzhen, where the hardware manufacturers got together, showed a high interest in Ali's IoT layout. On the first day of the Yunqi conference, forums and off-site were packed with Alibaba's upstream and downstream manufacturers.
At the scene, we can see cases of Ali and partners in smart cities, smart cars, smart homes, smart retail, industrial Internet of Things, and many other areas. We can also see that module manufacturers, developers and other people are on the scene to seek opportunities. According to reports, there are 150 categories, 4,000 models, and 50 million devices connected to the Internet of Things platform built by Alibaba Cloud and its partners. An on-site connector manufacturer told the reporter that the Ali platform can bring ecological resources. Expand the scope of choice for partners.
Ali is also constantly expanding his team of partners, can see the United States at the scene, despise technology and many other well-known manufacturers. Just on the same day, the largest automotive semiconductor supplier NXP also announced with Ali that the two sides will be in the smart network car Deploys a full range of technical and commercial cooperation to accelerate the installation and deployment of the AliOS automotive operating system and NXP's infotainment platforms and complete solutions in automotive manufacturers. By 2020, it will implement an automotive information system equipped with the AliOS operating system and the NXP platform. Achieve millions.
In fact, as early as 2014, Alibaba Cloud began to start the research and development of the Internet of Things. In summary, its current layout can be called '1 cloud, 2 ends, 3 types of partners, 4 major areas' - the so-called '1 Cloud' refers to Alibaba Cloud IoT enablement platform, '2 end' refers to device end, edge end, respectively deploys AliOS Things IoT operating system and IoT edge computing product Link Edge, '3 types of partners' including development , chip/module developers