Huawei joins ZigBee Alliance at promoter level and accepts a seat on its Board of Directors.

August 30, 2016

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DAVIS, Calif. -- The ZigBee Alliance, a non-profit association of companies creating, maintaining and delivering open, global standards for the low-power wireless Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that Huawei – a leading supplier of ICT solutions – has joined the ZigBee Alliance at the Promoter level and accepted a seat on its Board of Directors. As an international technology market leader, this development further strengthens the mission and direction of the ZigBee Alliance and its 400+ members toward a meaningful, interconnected world.

Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, Huawei is a global technology leader that creates maximum value for customers by enriching people’s lives through communication. Huawei solutions have been deployed by 45 of the world’s top 50 telecom operators, and the company’s leading ICT solutions, products and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions – making communication possible for one-third of the world’s population. Huawei’s aim is to build a better connected world by acting as a responsible corporate citizen, innovative enabler for the information society, and collaborative contributor to the IoT industry.

“The ZigBee Alliance is heading in the right direction with regards to the IoT, and we are throwing our support behind ZigBee technology as the cornerstone of this new era of device intelligence,” said David Randolph Hoelscher, Chief Marketing Director, IoT Platform, Huawei. “The Internet of Things is changing how we interact with everyday items around us, and to reach the full potential driving this shift, industries – and more specifically, manufacturers – must coordinate to ensure the user experience is at the heart of every innovation. We see the ZigBee Alliance fostering that critical commitment, and are proud to join this board and be part of an organization that is international in makeup and purposefully striving toward collaboration for the good of the IoT industry.”

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

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