Enterprise

What’s in store for Huawei’s future?

Expect more developments in the future

Published

July 5, 2019

Luigi Leonardo

Huawei can finally breathe some fresh air. After months of unending torment, President Trump released the company’s chains as a bargaining chip for the China-US trade war. In a surprise announcement, the American leader reversed his ban on conducting business between Huawei and local companies. Is Huawei finally in the clear? What’s next for Huawei?

Business as usual

Throughout the entire debacle, Huawei’s supporters showed a lot more anxiety than the company itself. On the surface, Huawei still carried on as normal. In fact, over the past few weeks, the company launched a series of new smartphones — as if nothing terrible was happening. For one, the Nova 5 series has already shipped out in China. Meanwhile, the Philippines will see the Y9 Prime 2019 within the coming weeks. Finally, Huawei unveiled the Mate 20 X 5G — the world’s first commercially available 5G smartphone.

If anything, Huawei has bolstered its confidence amidst the uncertainty. The company will likely continue its usual release schedule for the coming fiscal year. With that in mind, expect the Mate 30 series later this year.

Rebuilding trust

Despite their bravado, Huawei has not fostered the same confidence within its market. Consumers have already offloaded their favored devices for something less risky. Of course, Huawei’s more devout supporters have stuck with the company amid the trying times. However, a damaged reputation is damage, nonetheless.

In Singapore, Huawei is working hard to rebuild their reputation. The company is giving away milk tea for loyal customers who stayed loyal despite the brand’s difficult period. As is standard with every rebuilding company, expect more quirky marketing campaigns in the future. Besides the occasional giveaway, Huawei has resorted to more innovative tactics in the past. Given the damage sustained, we might see Huawei’s goofier side come out again soon.

Building a new phone

Amidst their confidence, Huawei also harbored frantic damage control efforts during the controversy. To combat uncertainty, the company sought more reliable alternatives for its components. These included new partnerships and in-house developments. With a more optimistic future on the horizon, Huawei won’t need as much Plan B’s anymore.

Still, Huawei won’t want its efforts wasted. The company has already worked on beefier Kirin chips and its own Ark operating system. Huawei will likely reveal these in-house products in some form. A more powerful Kirin chipset will propel Huawei up performance charts. Even without the Trump issue, Huawei has already expressed its goals to be number one. Also, an in-house Kirin chip will help position the company as a self-reliant powerhouse for smartphones.

On the other hand, the controversial Ark OS will push the company in unseen directions. How will the Chinese software impact the global marketplace? Despite Huawei’s efforts, Android still reigns supreme in the OS arena. If launched, the operating system will likely be an enforced decision for a good chunk of consumers who prefer Android. As such, will it be exclusive to China — where it might gain more favorable reception? Will Huawei just shelf it? Without much information, Huawei’s operating system is still a big unknown.

Batten down the hatches

Right now, Huawei is riding a wave of optimism. However, Trump’s words always carry a modicum of uncertainty. Is Huawei finally safe? No one knows.

Currently, the company is still bumping around in America’s rough patches. Despite Trump’s promises, American lawmakers have not relinquished Huawei yet. Outside of the commercial sphere, Huawei is still technically banned.

As such, Huawei will likely keep its allocation of resources set for in-house research and development. If anything, Trump’s latest attack on the company is a lesson learned for the Chinese company. Of course, Huawei’s upcoming announcements will populate the airwaves in their time. However, the company will keep more of its developments behind the scenes.

Ultimately, Huawei’s future is still riddled in uncertainty. If past experiences will serve their lessons, Huawei is already fighting against potential controversies in the future.

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foodpanda relaunches cult-favorite roast chicken brand after 8 years of persistent search queries

Heritage chain Andok’s returns to the platform, driven entirely by long-term user analytics.

Published

June 19, 2026

MJ Jucutan

In the world of e-commerce and food delivery, platform algorithms usually dictate what consumers see. But occasionally, consumer behavior is so relentless that it shapes the platform’s strategy.

In a move driven entirely by long-term user analytics, foodpanda has officially relaunched Andok’s, one of the Philippines’ most iconic heritage rotisserie chains, back onto its platform after an eight-year absence.

The search bar as a digital wishlist

The decision to ink the partnership wasn’t just a marketing play. It was a response to an ongoing data anomaly. Despite being offline from the foodpanda platform for eight years, Andok’s consistently ranked as one of the most-searched merchants on the app.

Year after year, users treated the empty search results page as an unofficial wishlist. This persistent search intent gave foodpanda a clear, data-backed signal of pent-up demand.

Prior to the official digital rollout, teaser campaigns on social media validated this demand, generating thousands of organic interactions from users anticipating the return.

Bridging heritage flavor with digital infrastructure

For foodpanda, onboarding a merchant with this level of built-in demand fits its broader strategy of marketplace optimization and hyper-local network expansion, turning a heritage brand into another data point for how legacy retail plugs into delivery infrastructure.

For Andok’s, the integration works as a fast track to digital scale. A legacy quick-service chain skips years of independent app development and reaches customers already using foodpanda’s existing logistics network, on a platform they already check daily.

Andok’s built its following on charcoal spit-roasted chicken, a slow-cooked technique that’s stayed largely unchanged since the brand’s early days, alongside seasoned grilled pork belly.

More recently, the Dokito line extended that following into crispy fried chicken and chicken burgers, broadening the brand’s appeal beyond its original rotisserie format and giving foodpanda a menu with both heritage pull and everyday fast-food convenience.

Enterprise

Global Connect Show Shenzhen empowers Chinese enterprises

Opportune time for new Chinese enterprises to go global

Published

June 2, 2026

GadgetMatch

The Global Connect Show Shenzhen 2026 (GCS SZ 2026) was successfully held on June 1 at China’s innovation hub.

More than 100 Chinese enterprises joined the event, encouraged to expand into international markets.

The program focused on three core pillars:

Chinese brand going global
Global channel connection
Dedicated “Into the Enterprise” series

China has developed a new generation of internationally competitive companies across various sectors, including:

consumer electronics
smart hardware
artificial intelligence
robotics

As these companies enter a new phase of going global, demand is growing for global communications, brand building, market trust, and localized business networks.

As such, the Global Connect Show is one of the platforms to be able to strengthen the relationship across enterprises, partners, business associations, and even media and influencers.

It is a significant window for innovative brands to enter global retail channels by building compelling brand narratives and developing strong localized operations.

This year’s GCS is the third staging of the show, which consistently aims to match Chinese brands with partners through a results-first approach. Such an approach includes hands-on product experiences, presentations, and one-on-one meetings.

Enterprise

New US-China ban might affect 75% of phones, laptops

Companies can no longer use Chinese labs to test their products.

Published

May 5, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

The United States is continuing its crusade against Chinese technology today. However, the target now isn’t a company from China but a method important to a lot of non-Chinese brands.

Today, via Reuters, the Federal Communications Commission (or FCC) has unanimously voted to prohibit companies from using Chinese labs to test their electronic devices if they are to be sold for use in the United States. Naturally, this includes smartphones and computers.

Notably, the prohibition doesn’t directly target Chinese brands. However, it will still affect a huge swath of the industry. The FCC estimates that around 75 percent of the entire market are devices tested in labs based in China.

This means that companies who wish to sell future products in the country must move their testing to labs in the United States or other countries that it deems secure. At its current iteration, the prohibition will not affect devices that already earned their certification prior. However, it might prevent them from getting recertified once their current one expires.

Now, the prohibition isn’t an absolute lock just yet. The FCC will allow the industry to submit comments about the proposal. But, with a unanimous vote from the FCC, companies might have to start looking for alternative testing sites if they want to stay operation in the United States.