Huawei Allowed Back in India

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has announced global contract sales for 2005 reached $8.2 billion USD, a year-over-year growth rate of over 40 percent.

And now it looks like Huawei will be allowed to do business in India again.

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After much debate on the issue, and a little prodding from the Indian Prime Minister’s Office, BSNL [Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.] has decided to let Huawei participate in the bidding process after all, Indian media reports say. The government wants BSNL to involve as many vendors as possible to extract the most competitive deal.

Huawei has clearly become a significant telecom force.

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Huawei has been serving 28 of the world’s top 50 carriers, including British Telecom (”BT”), Vodafone, Telefonica, KPN in the Netherlands, SingTel, AIS in Thailand, MTN in South Africa, Telemar in Brazil and other renowned carriers in addition to China’s carriers. Besides, Huawei has its presence in 14 European and North American countries including Germany, France, Britain, Spain, Portugal, the United States, and Canada,