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HONG KONG : Huawei<\/a> Technologies Co Ltd is in talks with Digital China Group Co Ltd and other suitors to sell parts of its Honor<\/a> smartphone unit in a deal that could fetch up to 25 billion yuan ($3.7 billion), people with knowledge of the matter said.
Embattled Huawei is resetting its priorities due to U.S. sanctions and will focus on its higher-end Huawei phones rather than the Honor brand which is aimed at young people and the budget conscious, they said.
The assets to be sold have yet to be finalised but could include Honor's brand, research & development capabilities and related supply chain management business, two of the people said.
The deal may be an all-cash sale and could end up smaller, worth somewhere between 15 billion yuan and 25 billion yuan, one of the people said.
Digital China, the main distributor for Honor phones, has emerged as the frontrunner but other prospective buyers include Chinese electronics maker TCL and rival smartphone maker Xiaomi<\/a> Corp, the people said, declining to be identified as the talks were confidential.
Huawei, the world's biggest telecoms equipment vendor and No.2 smartphone maker, declined to comment as did TCL. Digital China and Xiaomi did not respond to requests for comment.
The Honor brand was established by Huawei in 2013 but the business mostly operates independently from its parent.
'A WIN-WIN SITUATION'
Kuo Ming-chi, an analyst at TF International Securities, has said that any sale by Huawei of the Honor smartphone business would be a win-win situation for the Honor brand, its suppliers and China's electronics industry.
\"If Honor is independent from Huawei, its purchase of components will no longer be subject to the U.S. ban on Huawei. This will help Honor's smartphone business and the suppliers,\" he wrote in a research note last week.
The U.S. government last year moved to prevent most U.S. companies from conducting business with Huawei, saying the tech giant was ultimately answerable to the Chinese government. Huawei has repeatedly denied being a national security risk.
In May, Washington announced new rules aimed at constricting Huawei's ability to procure crucial chips that it designs for 5G networking gear and smartphones.
The Honor brand, which sells its phones online through its own sites and via third-party retailers, competes with Xiaomi, Oppo<\/a> and Vivo<\/a> in the market for lower-end phones in China. Its phones are also sold in Southeast Asia and Europe.
Honor brand smartphones accounted for 14.6 million, or 26% of the 55.8 million smartphones Huawei shipped in the second quarter of this year, according to estimates from research firm Canalys.
But margins for lower-end phones can be razor thin, and Honor booked less than 5 billion yuan in net profit on revenue of about 70-80 billion yuan last year, said one of the people.
If successful in its bid, Digital China, which also partners with Huawei in cloud computing<\/a> and other businesses, plans to finance the bulk of deal with bank loans and is set to secure the financing in the coming weeks, the people said.
Shares in Digital China initially rose by their maximum daily limit of 10% but later pared gains to stand 3% higher on Wednesday afternoon, giving the Shenzhen-listed company a market value of around $2.9 billion.
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为谈判出售部分华为的智能手机业务:来源
华为技术有限公司正与神州数码集团有限公司和其他追求者出售部分荣誉智能手机子公司的交易价值可能高达250亿元人民币(合37亿美元),知情人士说。
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香港:华为技术有限公司正与神州数码集团有限公司和其他追求者出售部分荣誉智能手机部门的交易价值可能高达250亿元人民币(合37亿美元),知情人士说。
四面楚歌的华为重置它的优先级是由于美国的制裁,将专注于高端华为手机而不是荣誉品牌是针对年轻人和预算意识,他们说。
出售的资产尚未最终敲定,但可能包括荣誉的品牌、研发能力及相关供应链管理业务,两人说的。
这笔交易可能是现金销售和最终可能会更小,价值介于150亿元和250亿元,一位知情人士说。
神州数码,荣誉的主要经销商电话,已成为领跑者,但其他潜在买家包括中国电子制造商TCL和竞争对手的智能手机制造商小米的人说,公司拒绝透露姓名的会谈是机密。
世界上最大的电信设备供应商华为和第二大智能手机制造商,TCL也拒绝置评。神州数码和小米没有回应记者的置评请求。
2013年荣誉品牌建立了华为,但业务主要经营独立于母公司。
“双赢”
郭Ming-chi、TF国际证券分析师曾表示,任何出售荣誉的华为的智能手机业务将是一个双赢的局面的荣誉品牌,供应商和中国电子行业。
“如果荣誉是独立于华为,其购买的组件将不再受制于美国禁止华为。这将有助于荣誉的智能手机业务和供应商,”他上周在一份研究报告中写道。
美国政府去年搬到防止大多数美国公司与华为做生意,说这家科技巨头是最终负责中国政府。华为一再否认国家安全风险。
今年5月,华盛顿宣布新规则旨在压缩华为采购关键芯片的能力,这对5 g网络设备和智能手机的设计。
荣誉品牌,销售手机通过自己的网站,并通过第三方零售商,与小米竞争,相对应的人和体内在中国市场的低端手机。手机也在东南亚和欧洲销售。
荣誉品牌智能手机占1460万人,或26%的5580万部智能手机,华为在今年第二季度,据研究公司Canalys估计。
但可以微薄利润对于低端手机,和荣誉订不到50亿元的净利润约70 - 80元的收入,去年说的一个人。
如果收购成功,神州数码,这也与华为的合作云计算和其他业务,计划财务处理的大部分银行贷款和将在未来几周获得融资,。
神州数码的股票最初的最大程度上的每日限制增长了10%,但随后缩减涨幅周三下午站高3%,给上市公司市值约为29亿美元。
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