Bacc 2a Activity 9 Cellphone Brands
Bacc 2a Activity 9 Cellphone Brands
Bacc 2a Activity 9 Cellphone Brands
Huawei is leading mobile handset and telecom equipment Manufacturer Company. Huawei
has two business divisions and each divisions has its own product line in its marketing mix.
Some of the offering in this segment are; mobile phones, tablets, wearable and other accessories.
Enterprises product: Switches, Routers, WLAN, server, storage, Cloud computing services,
Network energy services and many more. Huawei products are used in various industries like
Public safety, Government, Railway, power grid, education, media and entertainment, finance
etc.
Price:
Huawei faces tough competition from Ericson, Cisco System, ZTE corporation, Apple etc. as
the numbers of competitors are more in the telecommunication industry therefore Huawei
follows a competitive pricing strategy in its marketing mix for its products. The reason for this
pricing strategy is because buyers have more bargaining power and can switch brands easily.
Huawei always focuses on providing best quality product to its customers as pricing as nearly are
same by all competitors. Huawei also charges high prices for its new innovative products that are
not in competitor’s product line. It also sometimes follows elastic pricing policy and gives
discount on its products mostly sold through ecommerce. Since the pandemic impacted its
competitors, the brand became the leading mobile phone manufacturer by units shipped.
Place:
Huawei Company has its presence in more than 170 countries and employs more than
190,000 employees. Huawei along with the telecom partners has built more than 1500 network
which serves to more than 33% of the world’s population. Huawei has got wide distribution
network which includes sales person, distributers, and suppliers. Huawei do not directly deal
with the costumers. Also newly formed joint ventures between Huawei and local authority helps
to build new channels for its product distribution.
Promotion:
Huawei uses omni channel to promote its brand and products. The company is involved in
promotional activities in its marketing mix on TV, radio, print, social media, events and
sponsorships. Huawei has hired Lionel Messi as its global ambassador. Some other celebrities
are Henry Cavill and Scarlet Johansson have appeared in ads for Huawei products. Huawei also
offers discount cards and coupon as part of its sales scheme. Huawei is also active on social
media websites for resolving customer’s issue and better connectivity with the people to increase
brand awareness. Hence, this covers the entire marketing mix of Huawei.