Established in 1988, Huawei Technologies is a private high-tech enterprise specialized in research and development (R&D), production and marketing of communications equipment, providing customized network solutions for telecom carriers in different areas. Huawei's contracted sales in 2003 reached 3.83 billion USD, an increase of 42% year on year, among which 1.05 billion USD came from international sales. Sales in 2004 are expected to reach USD 5 billion with international sales exceeding 2 billion.

Huawei's products can be divided into the following categories: fixed network, mobile network, data communications, optical network, software & services and terminals; ranging from switching, integrated access network, NGN, xDSL, optical transport, intelligent network, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA, cdma2000, full series of routers and LAN switches, videoconferencing, terminals to other key telecom technology fields. Most important of all, Huawei products are based on its independently designed ASIC chips. Its ASIC designing capability is among the most advanced in this field worldwide.

Huawei has now become a leading vendor in the industry. As far as market share is concerned, Huawei is currently No.1 in digital switches and next generation network (Dittberner), No. 2 in ADSL broadband and No.4 in optical network (RHK). Huawei has also become one of the few vendors in the world to provide 3G solutions.

Among Huawei's 22,000 employees, 46% are engaged in R&D. Each year, Huawei invests no less than 10% of its sales revenue into R&D. To ensure a steady and sustainable growth and to sharpen the core competitive edge, Huawei emphasizes the importance to partner with leading global players in the industry on both product development and marketing.