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At an event in Beijing, Huawei executives
showcased its "Agile IoT" architecture, including an operating
system called LiteOS to control basic devices. This marks the
firm's most significant push into a sector that has lured
heavyweights from Google Inc to Intel Corp and IBM into pushing
their own standards and communication protocols.
Huawei executives touted Agile architecture as a free and open
standard that would allow hardware designers to easily make
connectable devices. Aside from its operating system, Huawei
also showed off fully customizable wireless equipment that could
be installed in business settings.
"Standardizing infrastructure will foster the development of
Internet applications, including 'IoT' applications," said
Huawei's chief strategy and marketing officer William Xu.
Huawei's latest expansion comes at a time when consumer-oriented
firms such as Xiaomi Inc and Apple Inc, anticipating an
explosion of Internet-connected home appliances and consumer
devices, have sought to build ecosystems around their popular
handsets.
Last month, Tencent Holdings Ltd unveiled its own operating
system for Internet-connected devices such as TVs and watches
that is open to all developers, taking on domestic rivals
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, JD.com Inc and Xiaomi Inc [XTC.UL] in
the smart hardware space.
(Reporting by Gerry Shih; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
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