DBSDY DBS Group Holdings Ltd (PK)

By Juro Osawa, Kane Wu and Jasper Moiseiwitsch 

Huawei Technologies Co. plans to raise $2 billion by selling a 10-year U.S. dollar-denominated bond, people familiar with the matter said, as it continues to expand its smartphone business.

The Chinese telecommunications giant, seeking to challenge Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. in the global smartphone market, has been boosting spending on research, marketing and sales.

Huawei is still discussing terms of the issue with banks, and the size of the deal could change, the people said. Banks likely to manage the bond issue include DBS Bank, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Standard Chartered Bank and Bank of China, the people said. The deal could be completed as early as this month, one of the people said.

In May 2015, Huawei issued a $1 billion 10-year bond, according to the company. That offering was oversubscribed due to strong demand, according to bankers.

Among others of China's biggest technology companies making debt deals recently are social-network company Tencent Holdings Ltd.--talking with banks about a syndicated loan of as much as $2 billion, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal last week--and online shopping company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., which last week said it had secured a $3 billion syndicated loan.

Shenzhen-based Huawei, whose biggest business is supplying networking equipment such as routers and switches to telecom carriers, has been growing rapidly as a smartphone brand. Its global market share in the fourth quarter, 8.1%, trailed only Samsung's 21% and Apple's 19%, according to research firm IDC.

Earlier this month, Huawei said its net profit last year was up 32% to 36.9 billion yuan ($5.7 billion), while revenue was up 37% to 395 billion yuan. As of the end of 2015, its balance of cash and short-term investments amounted to about $19.4 billion, according to its annual report. The company said its R&D investment last year jumped 46% to about $9.2 billion.

Write to Juro Osawa at juro.osawa@wsj.com, Kane Wu at Kane.Wu@wsj.com and Jasper Moiseiwitsch at jasper.moiseiwitsch@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 20, 2016 03:29 ET (07:29 GMT)

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