To: Rink who wrote (199366 ) 5/30/2006 10:06:54 AM From: FJB Respond to of 275872 RE: This new relationship with Huawei (major IT products concern in China Some people think Huawei will become the biggest telecomm equipment supplier in the future.Huawei has now become a leading vendor and rogue in the industry. As far as market share is concerned, Huawei is currently No.1 in digital switches and next generation network (Dittberner), No. 2 in ADSL broadband (number 1 in IP DSLAMs) and No.2 in optical network (RHK). Huawei has also become one of the few vendors in the world to provide end-to-end 3G solutions. Huawei UMTS has been commercially deployed in UAE, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mauritius and the Netherlands. In order to support its global operations Huawei has set up 55 branch offices worldwide. Eight regional headquarters and a host of customer support and training centres have been established. Several research institutes including Dallas, Texas (USA), Silicon Valley (USA), Bangalore (India), Stockholm (Sweden), Moscow (Russia), Beijing and Shanghai have been set up. Huawei's products are deployed in over 70 countries, including the United States, Germany, France, UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Brazil, Thailand, Singapore, Egypt, Nigeria and Venezuela. Among Huawei's 34,000 employees (around 3,400 foreign staff), 48% are engaged in R&D. Each year, Huawei invests no less than 10% of its sales revenue into R&D. To ensure steady and sustainable growth and to sharpen the core competitive edge, Huawei emphasizes the importance of partnering with leading global players in the industry on both product development and marketing. Huawei has been cooperating with Texas Instruments, Motorola, Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm, Sun Microsystems and others.en.wikipedia.org