HUAWEI
Transcript: Huawei Technologies established an R&D center in Stockholm in 2000. Now it has 17 R&D centers in 8 European countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and UK. Founded by Ren Zhengfei in 1987. At first it was focused on manufacturing phone switches, but has now expanded to Telecom networks Operational & consulting services & equipment to enterprises Communications devices for the consumer market According to CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei, they "have good relationships with European governments such as the U.K., France and Germany” and they always "comply with laws and regulations in every country [they] do business in.” 14,2% of this was used for R&D (6,6 billion USD). Huawei Technologies is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company. It is the largest telecom equipment manufacturer in the world. History Europe About Us. (2014). Retrieved April 11, 2015, from http://www.huawei.eu/our-company Ahrens, Nathaniel (2013, February). "China’s Competitiveness Myth, Reality, and Lessons for the United States and Japan. Case Study: Huawei". Center for Strategic and International Studies. Retrieved April 11, 2015. Huawei reports CNY288.2 billion revenue for 2014. (2015, March 31). Retrieved April 11, 2015, from http://www.huawei.eu/press-release/huawei-reports-cny2882-billion-revenue-2014 Lococo, E. (2015, January 22). Huawei Eyes Growth in Europe as Entry Into U.S. Remains Elusive. Retrieved April 11, 2015, from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-22/huawei-forgave-4-000-workers-for-corruption-falsifying-results Shukla, Anuradha (2011, 18 April). "Huawei maintained steady growth in 2010". Computerworld. Retrieved April 11, 2015. Huawei has over 7 700 staff based in Europe, of whom 850 are working in R&D. It is expected to create an additional 5 500 jobs in Europe by 2017. Expansion to Europe 2014 - $46,5 billion USD an increase of 20% from the previous year. It is cooperating with operators from all over Europe including: In 2011, its European Public affairs and Communications Office was established in Brussels. HUAWEI Revenue Being the largest market for the information industry, Europe is of strategic importance to Huawei. Huawei Technologies was one of six telecom industry companies included in the World's Most Respected 200 Companies list compiled by Forbes magazine in May 2007. Bibliography