INTERVIEW

THE SHORT STORY: HUAWEI • Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is headquartered in Shenzen, Guangdong, China

• The company won its fi rst overseas contract in 1997, supplying a Hong Kong fi rm • It opened an R&D centre in Bangalore, India in 1999

• In 2005, Huawei’s international contract orders exceeded its domestic sales for the fi rst time • The company’s 2010 revenues account for 15.7 per cent of the global carrier network infrastructure market

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