Huawei(officiallyHuaweiTechnologiesCo.Ltd.)isaChinesemultinationalnetworkingandtelecommunicationsequipmentandservicescompanyheadquarteredinShenzhen,Guangdong,China.[3]ItisthelargestChina-basednetworkingandtelecommunicationsequipmentsupplierandthesecond-largestsupplierofmobiletelecommunicationsinfrastructureequipmentintheworld(afterEricsson).[4][5]
Huaweiwasfoundedin1987byRenZhengfeiandisaprivatecompanyownedbyitsemployees.Itscoreactivitiesarebuildingtelecommunicationsnetworks;providingoperationalandconsultingservicesandequipmenttoenterprises;andmanufacturingcommunicationsdevicesfortheconsumermarket.[6]Huaweihasover110,000employees,around46%ofwhomareengagedinresearchanddevelopment(R&D).[7][8]Ithas20R&DinstitutesincountriesincludingChina,Germany,India,Russia,SwedenandtheUnitedStates,andin2010investedCNY16,556millioninR&D.[9][10]
In2010,HuaweirecordedrevenuesofUS$28billion.[11]Itsproductsandserviceshavebeendeployedinmorethan140countriesanditcurrentlyserves45oftheworld's50largesttelecomsoperators
