Chinese multinational Huawei, one of the largest telecom-gear makers in the world, plans to invest some 100 million euros in its global services centre in Bucharest until 2018 and, furthermore, to employ another 300 people by the end of this year.

The giant telecom producer entered the European market back in 2000, while Romania became a target three years later, when the company established here its strategic focus point in Eastern Europe. Since 2012, Huawei’s investments here ramped up, with the opening of one of its four global services centres in Bucharest, providing technical support not only for Central and Eastern Europe, but also for Scandinavian and Western countries. It was the result of a 6 million euros investment and, by 2018, its development will absorb another 100 million – while impressive, this amount accounts for only half of the investments announced back in 2012. Still, this sum complements the 90 million € already pumped in the 2007-2012 interval.

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