The Indian operations of Huawei comprising the software R&D center and the telecom solutions business has completed 15 years. The 15 years journey of Huawei in India has been a dynamic period of collaboration and cooperation with Indian partners to contribute to the growth of the Indian and global telecom industry, transformation of the telecom industry with Huawei?s innovative and customized solutions and services, and localization of business operations.
Connecting India with Localisation: Huawei established its first overseas R&D center in 1999 in Bangalore to develop cutting-edge products and solutions for the fast evolving global telecom industry by combining India?s strengths in software processes and quality management with that of China?s expertise in system design and product architecture. Today, the Indian R&D center has evolved as a key platform development center, global delivery center for international markets and a competent center for software quality and delivery.
The platforms and components delivered by the India center have been deployed for majority of global leading operators including Vodafone, T-mobile, China Mobile, KPN (Holland), Deutsche Telekom, and Megafon. The new thrust area for the center is global services delivery, and the India center is being developed as a hub for System Integration and overseas market support centre for operators around the world.
In 2011, Huawei set up its own manufacturing facility in Chennai to the Indian and APAC markets. In 2012, Huawei established the first Global Network Operation Center (GNOC) in Bangalore to manage more than 56 networks globally, including more than 140,000 individual sites spread across dozens of countries. With over 5,500 Indian employees (the largest workforce outside of China), Huawei sees India as an important resource hub to serve the evolving needs of the global telecom industry.
Wilson Wang, Chief Operating Officer of Huawei India R&D center said, ?The center has moved up the value chain within Huawei, taking ownership for products and solutions, geographies, emerging business areas, and future oriented technologies. We are committed to building innovative products and solutions for a better connected India, and the world?. Wilson was speaking at an occasion yesterday to commemorate Huawei?s 15 years in India, which was graced by the Hon?ble Dr. Liu Youfa, Consul General of China in Mumbai.
Connecting India with world-class technology: Huawei entered into India at a time when the Indian telecom industry was witnessing transformation brought in by policy changes to allow private participation in telecom services. Huawei has introduced a wide range of innovative and customized telecom products and solutions to the Indian market that have made telecom services affordable to a larger section of the population, increase the tele-density of the country and also help bridge the digital divide.
Huawei deployed the first 100G transmission technology in India, and built India?s first LTE network. Huawei also deployed a wide range of green solutions that enable customers to reduce power consumption and carbon emissions. During the past 15 years, Huawei has reinforced its leadership position in India by providing end-to-end solutions to all top-10 telecom operators in India, such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance, Tata Teleservices, Aircel, BSNL, MTNL.
Connecting India by building local partnership: Huawei believes in cooperating with its peers to jointly create a favorable environment. Through win-win collaboration, Huawei and its partners can share the benefits of the value chain.
Huawei has significant cooperation with the Indian IT industry through outsourcing software development, testing, and system integration work to leading Indian IT service companies in the areas of BSS, Enterprise, Consumer, mobile devices applications, that has resulted in employment generation, IT export revenues and telecom domain expertise for these Indian companies.
A strategic focus for Huawei in bridging the digital divide is to stay committed to the transfer and sharing of ICT knowledge and skills as well as to the nurturing of ICT talent in India. Huawei partners with universities and colleges to transfer knowledge, promote a greater understanding of, and interest in the telecommunications sector and encourage participation in the digital community.
Huawei India is committed to the long-term development and growth of India, by providing safe and secure products and solutions for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers, based on international standards. Together, Huawei and its numerous partners will achieve a win-win success for the development of ICT industry and the sustainable and inclusive growth of Indian economy.
Milestones of Huawei in India ? 1999-2014
1999-2000: Established the first overseas R&D center in Bangalore
2002 ?05: First optical fiber project for BSNL
2005 ? till date: Local sourcing of Huawei telecom components from Indian vendors
2005 ?06: Huawei BTS (base transceiver station) introduced
2007 ?08: Node B – Single RAN technology ? distributed BTS
2007 – 08: Breakthrough in private operator accounts ? Bharti Airtel 3G contract in Sri Lanka; large pan-India RCOM contract; large BSNL contract Phase V for South India
2008 ?09: Data cards ? Green BTS
2008 – 10: Breakthrough in Tier-1 accounts like Idea, Vodafone and majority of new licences accounts like Videocon, Uninor, etc
2009: Cooperation with Indian IT industry – Huawei outsources software product development, testing system integration work in the areas of BSS, Enterprise, Consumer, and mobile devices applications to leading Indian IT service companies
2011: Huawei enters retail market with launch of smartphones
2011: Breakthrough in almost 25 percent of 3G circles by all operators ? Pan India ? Huawei officially launches its ICT strategy
2011: Launch of Enterprise equipments ? Video conferencing, smart city solutions; launched 3G technology in India
2011-12: Started local manufacturing – our own facility in Chennai, for optical DWDM products; also started contract manufacturing with Flextronics
2012: India identified as the global hub for Human Resources ? Established GSRC, GTAC, etc, where Indian employees work for global clients
2012: Established Global Network Operation Center in Bangalore ? 500 seater ? for global clients
2012: Launched Enterprise channel strategy ? and devices distribution channels were established
2012: Launched E-Hope CSR programme, Maitree scholarships
2012: Hosted the ITU workshop in Bangalore on Bridging the Standardization Gap – Rural Communications
2012 ?13: Launched 4G/LTE technology in India
2013: Huawei India R&D Center and PESIT collaborate to innovate in Network Optimization for Software Defined Networks
2013: Launched the Huawei Club, a unique platform for engaging with Huawei’s fans and India?s technology enthusiasts
2014: Embarked on extensive consumer branding with sponsorship of Indian cricket team ? Royal Challengers Bangalore
2014: With an additional investment of USD 150M, Huawei will open its own R&D facility in Bangalore to accommodate about 5000 Indian engineers
