华为缺席WinPhone 8发布，是微软的不挽留吗？

我体内的记者之魂发现，去看有哪些人在微软(Microsoft) Windows Phone 8发布会这样的大事件中缺席，要比注意那些跟着媒体焦点起舞的群众有趣得多。在日前微软于旧金山举行的盛大发表会上，最明显的两个缺席者，一是中国电信设备业者华为(Huawei)，另一个则是不久前被日本软银(Softbank)收购的美国电信业者 Sprint Nextel 。 来自中国的领导级电信设备供货商、全球无线通讯市场的合法竞争者华为上哪儿去了？根据媒体报导，华为某高层在Windows Phone 8发表会前十几天，就在新浪微博上贴文表示该公司可能不会出席该场盛会，原因是“中美政经风暴”。 很遗憾，笔者无法证实这个传闻，华为也拒绝对此发表评论；但是，华为的产品确实并没有出现在微软CEO Steve Ballmer所展示的众家 Windows Phone 8 手机之列；那些在Windows Phone 8发表会上亮相的手机品牌包括了诺基亚(Nokia)、三星(Samsung)、宏达电(HTC)，就是没有华为。 如果华为在微软发表会上缺席确实与政治有关，其原因与效应是很容易追踪的；一份美国国会委员会稍早之前公布的报告，指称华为与另一家中国电信设备业者中兴(ZTE)所提供的通讯设备可能让中国政府未经授权连结，有引发美国国家机密外泄与商业间谍战的疑虑。 尽管该份报告结论如此，他们对于中国厂商所开发的Windows Phone 8手机产品也无法采取什么动作；那份美国国会报告结论，有在某种程度上暗指华为可能藉由Windows Phone 8来从事间谍活动吗？──饶了我吧！

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接着来看看Sprint Nextel与Windows Phone 8在日本市场的情况： 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 本文下一页：日本民众要怪就怪自家手机厂不争气

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{pagination} 包括Verizon、AT&T与T-Mobile等其它美国电信业者都公开支持Windows Phone 8，并不清楚Sprint Nextel在众同业中缺席，是否与该公司被日本软银收购有关。值得注意的是，软银是第一个在日本积极推销iPhone的当地电信业者，也因此成功拓展其智能手机市场版图；而该公司一开始推iPhone时，其它人都不看好。 日本第一大移动通信业者NTT Docomo是众所周知的微软死忠支持者，根据当地媒体报导，该公司已经承诺将针对企业用户提供“添加安全功能”、搭载全新Windows 8操作系统的平板电脑。如果此消息属实，可望大幅提升微软Windows 8在企业应用市场的地位。 不过在Windows Phone 8平台方面，NTT Docomo似乎遇到了困难；原本微软预告Windows Phone 8 手机将在今年冬天于日本市场开卖，后来却宣布计划将延迟、时间未定。微软仍按照原定计划，将于11月在美国、欧洲与中国市场发表Windows Phone 8产品，独缺日本市场，引发媒体众多猜测。 不管怎样，日本民众要怪就怪自家手机厂──包括Sharp、 Fujitsu、NEC、Panasonic、Sony与 Kyocera等厂商，都可以是NTT Docomo的Windows Phone 8手机供货商，但市场反映，那些日本本土品牌业者的Windows Phone 8手机，都无法与Nokia、Samsung与HTC等外商品牌的产品媲美。 说实话，微软无力再提供资源去支持日本品牌业者推出超越现有Windows Phone 8产品的更多机种；再加上有业界消息指出，日本市场与中国、美国相较，市场规模相对较小，对微软来说投资报酬率的吸引力不大。 而笔者认为，产业专家们对于华为的缺席、以及微软对日本智能手机市场明显缺乏兴趣这两件事情之忽略，似乎又比它们本身更让人觉得有趣。 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 编译：Judith Cheng 参考英文原文：Yoshida in China: Huawei MIA in Windows Phone 8，by Junko Yoshida

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{pagination} Yoshida in China: Huawei MIA in Windows Phone 8 Junko Yoshida What’s behind Huawei’s no-show at the Windows Phone 8 announcement, and Microsoft’s waning appetite for the Japanese market? NEW YORK – The reporter in me finds it more interesting to figure out who's missing in action at a big media event like Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 announcement rather than focusing on the media hogs. Among the conspicuous no-shows at Microsoft's extravaganza in San Francisco this week were China’s Huawei and the U.S. carrier Sprint Nextel, whose sale to Japan’s Softbank was announced earlier this month. Where was Huawei, China's leading telecommunications equipment maker and a legitimate contender in the global wireless market? According to reports, one Huawei executive stated in a blog posted to Sina Weibo, China’s equivalent to Twitter, more than 10 days ago, that the company would skip the Windows Phone 8 launch due to a “Sino-U.S. political and economic storm.” Unfortunately, we can’t verify this since I haven’t been able to find the alleged blog post on Weibo and a Huawei hasn't replied to our calls for comment. But it is a fact that Huawei’s handset was not among those displayed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during the launch. Microsoft showed Windows Phone 8 handsets by Nokia, Samsung and HTC. There was no mention of Huawei. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces Windows Phone 8. If Huawei’s conspicuous absence at Microsoft’s event was indeed triggered by politics, the cause and effect are easy to trace. A congressional committee earlier this month issued a report accusing Huawei and China's other large telecom gear maker, ZTE, of designing communications equipment that allows unauthorized access by the Chinese government, a charge that has stoked national security concerns along with fears of corporate espionage. Regardless of the report's conclusions, they have little to do with Windows Phone 8 handsets developed by a Chinese company. Do the accusations in the House report extend even to Huawei somehow trying to wire up Windows Phone 8 for the purposes of espionage? Give me a break. Let’s look next at Sprint Nextel and Windows Phone 8 in Japan. Win Phone 8 in Japan Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are all supporting Windows Phone 8. It's unclear whether the absence of Sprint Nextel from the list of U.S. wireless operators supporting Microsoft has any connections to the company’s takeover by Japan's Softbank. It’s important to note that Softbank expanded its smartphone market share in Japan by being the first carrier there to champion the iPhone. Softback backed the iPhone in Japan when others there predicted it would flop. NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest cellular network operator, is known as Microsoft’s staunchest supporter. It has gone so far as promising to offer “added security features for corporate users of tablet computers running on the new Windows 8 operating system,” according to Nikkei. If true, that’s a great boost for Microsoft’s Windows 8 tablets in the enterprise market. When it comes to Windows Phone 8, however, NTT Docomo is in a tough spot. Despite initial plans to sell Windows Phone 8 handsets this winter in Japan, Microsoft has postponed the release to an unspecified future date. Microsoft is proceeding as planned with a Windows Phone 8 rollout in November, including the U.S., Europe and China. That has prompted much speculation in the Japanese media as to why Microsoft is stiffing Japan. Regardless, the Japanese have no one to blame but their own handset manufacturers. Sharp, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic, Sony and Kyocera are all potential Windows Phone 8 handset suppliers to NTT Docomo. But the word on the street is that none of the domestic manufacturers has come up with handsets that can compete with other Windows Phone 8 models developed by Nokia, Samsung or HTC. Truth be told, Microsoft can’t afford to spend resources supporting more Windows Phone 8s beyond the current Japanese models is already supports. Plus, Japan is a much smaller market than China and the U.S. The Japanese wireless market isn’t attractive to Microsoft in terms of return on investment, industry sources said. Huawei's absence and Microsoft's apparent lack of interest in the Japanese smartphone market highlight the geopolitical and market issues that become even more interesting the more the "experts" ignore them.