Logo of Huawei. [File Photo: hc360.com]

China's Huawei Technologies has opened a smart home protocol of connecting devices which support various types of connection standards.

The protocol includes handsets, routers, and air conditioners using the Hilink connection, an operating system called LiteOS, and a chip still in development and designed specifically for home appliances.

Huawei expects to sell over 100 million smartphones this year, after it sold over 27 million of the handsets in the third quarter, up two-thirds from the same period last year.