"Mobile World Live" declare : Huawei steps up New Zealand investment

Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei (pictured) met with New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English to discuss its investment initiatives, which also include establishing a regional office in Wellington for local procurement. China-based telecoms equipment vendor Huawei announced plans to set up R&D labs in Wellington and Christchurch, New Zealand, and build a cloud data centre with local partners. "New Zealand's open and fair trade environment, and its emphasis on developing new technology, facilitates our ongoing commitment," Ren said. Ren said it plans to purchase more goods and services locally and help local businesses integrate into its global supply chain network. The lab will focus on big data and maximising the potential of the Internet of Things through technology such as 5G, the company said.


as informed in Huawei Australia announces new CEOHuawei Australia has announced a new CEO in line with its senior executive-rotating policy, with Meng Xiaojie now holding the top position in Australia. Huawei said it would "seek new R&D partnerships" in order to construct the second innovation lab, which would focus on 5G, IoT, and big data research and development. In terms of mobile providers, Huawei is working with Vodafone Australia on NB-IoT trials and with Optus on its 4.5G and 5G networks. Updated at 6.15pm AEDT, March 21: Added information from Huawei about its New Zealand initiatives. In Australia, Huawei opened an innovation centre in Sydney in 2015, and a narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) lab last month in Queensland to provide research and development opportunities around applications, smart devices, and sensor networks.


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