Huawei. History of the Company

October 06, 2009

Huawei is a leading global telecommunications solutions provider with long-term partnerships with operators around the world.

Huawei was founded by Ren Zhengfei in 1988,[4] as a distributor of imported PBX products, with an initial registered capital of 24000 RMB. By 1989, Huawei started developing and later marketing its own PBX. After accumulating knowledge and resources on PBX business, Huawei achieved its first breakthrough into mainstream telecommunication market in 1993, by launching C&C08 digital telephone switch, which had a switching capacity of over 10K circuits.

In 1994, Huawei established long distance transmission equipment business, launched its own HONET integrated access network and SDH product line.

From 1998 to 2003, Huawei contracted with IBM for management consulting, and underwent significant transformation of its management and product development structure.

In March 2009, the Wimax Forum announced four new members to its Board of Directors including Thomas Lee, the Vice Director of the Industry Standards Department at Huawei

Today, Huawei's products and solutions are deployed in over 100 countries and serve 36 of the world's top 50 operators.