Huawei plans to expand in Amsterdam
Chinese telecom giant Huawei plans to expand their office in Amsterdam. According to Dutch media reports, this expansion will include a financial shared service centre and a competence centre.
Telco giant
Huawei is one of the world’s largest telecommunications firms. It manufactures telecommunications and terminal equipment, 3G mobile telephones, HSDPA/UMTS data cards, routers, antennae, and develops the required software modules to operate these products.
With a figure of 25 million euros, it was the largest Chinese investor in the Netherlands during 2010.
Beneficial Amsterdam base
Huawei decided to open an office in the Amsterdam Area in 2005. Since then, the company has grown significantly in both Europe and in the rest of the world. Victor Chen, who helped to set up the Amsterdam office, told Proud Amsterdam in 2007 why Amsterdam was the right choice as their European base.
“In this region, there is a large concentration of logistics service providers,” said Chen. “That helped with the structuring of our processes and the choice of the correct systems. In that cluster, there is also a lot of knowledge and expertise concerning how you can best arrange your supporting processes and which requirements you must satisfy in Europe as a foreign operator. That has turned out to be important support for us.” Moreover, Huawei praises the availability of highly skilled and flexible personnel in the Amsterdam Area.
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