Huawei Technologies

Huawei Technologies in the UK

Huawei was first established in the United Kingdom in 2001 and moved to Basingstoke in 2003.

Huawei currently has over 110, 000 employees worldwide, with c. 500 located in the UK. The company is proud of its multicultural staff force and is committed to attracting the best local experts to join the company in the UK.

Huawei has received an excellent response from the market, and will continue to expand its investment in the UK in the coming years. Customers include BT, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, O2, H3G, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Sky, Cable & Wireless. To 2010, Huawei has invested over 120 million USD in the UK.

In December 2005, Huawei signed a contract with BT to deploy its multi-service access network (MSAN) to provide optical transmission products for the revolutionary 21st Century network in which BT would invest £10 billion over the next five years.
In May 2005, Huawei expanded its business operation by the opening of its training centre in Basingstoke, with the initial course being an optical network course for British Telecom (BT). This marked the ability of Huawei Technologies to conduct quality training services in the UK (and European market), for its customers and partners.

In August 2005, a fully-functional, industry-leading Technical Assistance Centre (TAC) was established in Basingstoke. This centre aims to provide enhanced support services to the UK and European market. It is open around-the-clock, 365 days a year, and is fully supported by trained product specialist engineers, who are committed to ensuring that service commitments are met.

In 2005, Huawei opened a marketing support centre in Ipswich, which was focused on supporting BT with its 21CN project. Huawei has continued to expand to meet customer requirements by recently opening offices in Manchester, Bristol and Slough.