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Huawei to recruit 2000 for India operations

Friday, 4 December 2009


BANGALORE, Dec 3 (The Economic Times): Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies has decided to up its ante in India by hiring another 2,000 people in the next 18 to 24 months. The company also plans to set up a manufacturing plant, either through a joint venture or through an acquisition.
Huawei vice president Weimin Yao told TOI that the company will soon finalise the location and the size of investment in the manufacturing plant. "Our aim is to become an integral part of the local industry ," he said
Huawei designs and develops GPRS, GSM, CDMA, WiMAX solutions for around 40 top telecom service providers in the world. "Telecom, especially rural telephony , is a huge growth area in the country and we want to grow with the industry and the local governments," Yao said.
Yao said Huawei is developing India as a human resource hub to ensure technology , research and management talent movement to customer locations across the globe.