SHENZHEN-BASED Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the world’s fourth-biggest smartphone maker, is ahead of schedule on smartphone shipments and will meet its 2015 target of 100 million handsets before the end of the year, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.

    Huawei has recorded monthly global smartphone shipments of more than 10 million every month since May, the head of the company’s consumer business, Richard Yu, wrote to staff in a memo sent yesterday.

    Huawei shipped 75 million smartphones in 2014, below its original sales target of 80 million. Earlier yesterday Huawei reported a 30 percent increase in first-half 2015 revenue to 175.9 billion yuan (US$28.3 billion) and said it would achieve “effective growth” in 2015.(SD-Agencies)