\nThe initiative has included an April event celebrating 10 years of business in the U.S., a candid “open letter” on its website in mid-February and the disclosure (for the first time) of the members of its Board of Directors.<\/p>\n
Next up: the company’s first U.S. advertising campaign and the planned hiring of at least 500 employees in the U.S.<\/p>\n
Huawei says the ad campaign is partly a reflection of its growing presence in the U.S. mobile devices market. Though the Shenzhen-based company has yet to notch a contract with the so-called “tier one” U.S. operators (AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless), it sells phones and USB modems at smaller carriers like MetroPCS and Cricket Wireless. Huawei says more than half of its U.S. revenues in 2010 came from device sales.<\/p>\n
The new hires are more a sign of Huawei’s stateside growth, but should also improve the company’s image amongst Americans. Plummer says Huawei already employs 1,100 people in the U.S. and expects to bring on 500 more before the end of the year. About half of the recruits will work in research and development. Huawei operates seven R&D centers in the U.S., including a large facility in Santa Clara, Calif.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Electronics manufacturer Huawei plans to increase revenues fourfold to $100 billion over the next ten years. However, potential customers abroad may be put off by the firm’s government links, including its founder’s former role as director of the PLA’s telecoms research arm. From The Guardian: “I cannot predict if Huawei has the makings to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":962,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,2,7,6],"tags":[862,1947,6242,6952,6379],"class_list":["post-121071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","category-economy","category-information-revolution","category-sci-tech","tag-cell-phones","tag-huawei","tag-mobile-technology","tag-peoples-liberation-army","tag-united-states","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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