Huawei launches LiteOS to take on ‘Internet of Things’

China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's biggest telecommunications equipment maker, on Wednesday became the latest tech giant to present its own take on the 'Internet of Things', centered on an operating system designed to allow household and business appliances to communicate with each other online.

华为周三发布LiteOS操作系统，成为进军“物联网”的又一家科技巨头。该操作系统允许家用和商用电器通过网络互相连接。

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.

在北京召开的HNC2015网络大会上，华为高管展示了Agile IoT体系，包括一个控制基本设备、名为LiteOS的操作系统。这是华为向物联网领域迈出的最重要一步，物联网已吸引了谷歌、英特尔和国际商用机器公司等重量级企业投身入各自的相关标准和通讯协议。

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.

华为高管称，Agile体系是一个免费和开放的标准，允许硬件设计师便捷地开发联网设备。除了操作系统外，华为亦展示了可在商业环境中安装的全定制化无线设备。

"Standardizing infrastructure will foster the development of Internet applications, including 'IoT' applications," said Huawei's chief strategy and marketing officer William Xu.

华为战略Marketing总裁徐文伟表示，基础设施标准化可以培育包括物联网应用在内的互联网应用的发展。

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.

华为最新的举动适逢小米和苹果等以消费者为导向的企业寻求围绕他们的手机建立生态系统。小米和苹果预期联网家电和消费设备将迎来爆发式发展。

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 in the smart hardware space.

腾讯控股上月发布了用于电视和手表等联网设备的操作系统，向所有开发商开放，冀望在智能硬件领域与国内竞争对手阿里巴巴、京东和小米展开角逐。