Financial Times - Huawei’s first foray into the Lankan telecom market

Huawei’s first foray into the Lankan telecom market

Huawei Technologies has entered the Sri Lankan telecommunication landscape with local partners, Access International (Pvt) Ltd.

China-based Huawei Technologies is a global leader in the provision of next generation telecommunication networks and is the world’s 7th largest equipment supplier.

Access International (PVT) LTD in partnership with Huawei recently launched two 3G handsets, U636 and U526 (also compatible with 2G, network) in Sri Lanka to coincide with the issuing of 3G commercial licenses by the regulator.

One of the interesting aspects here is the launch of 3 models of Data Cards, which are E600, E612 and E620 to be used with notebook computers, Huawei said in a statement.

Huawei specialises in the research and development, production and marketing of communications equipment, providing customized network solutions for telecom carriers in optical, fixed, mobile and data communications networks. The company serves 28 of the world's top 50 operators, as well as over one billion users worldwide. Their contract sales in 2005 reached USD 8.2 billion, of which 58% came from international markets.

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