n a bid to strengthen its position in the Nigerian market, Chinese Information and Communication Technology provider, Huawei, has said it will soon complete one of its three Global Network Operation Centres in Lagos.
The Managing Director, Huawei Nigeria, Mr. Pan Fan, who disclosed this at an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Friday, said the facility would be put to use in July and would play a critical role in the training of telecoms experts in the country.
“Huawei will set up three Global Network Operation Centres and one of them is in
Lagos. The Lagos GNOC, which is expected to be put into use by July this year, will be of great value in the training of telecom experts,” he said.
Fan, who said Huawe, had operated in the country for 13 years, said he would want the company to be seen more as a localised entity rather than another ICT firm operating in Nigeria.
“Huawei aims to be a localised company by expanding its local investment. We have built a technical training centre in Abuja, which is the first one built by any telecommunications solutions provider here. The centre has trained more than 5,000 telecommunication engineers for various stakeholders,” Fan said.
He explained that the University of Lagos ICT scholarship, charity funds for the less privileged and donation of school buses were some of the Corporate Social Responsibility programmes implemented by the company in the country.
Speaking on the company’s global performance in 2011, Fan said Huawei’s revenue was $32.4bn for the 2011 operation year, adding that the performance for the year under review was very impressive.
He said, “Established in Shenzhen, China, Huawei has grown to become a global ICT solutions provider, running its business in over 140 countries worldwide. It becomes the second largest ICT solutions provider with the revenue of $32.4bn in 2011, an 11.7 per cent growth over the previous year.”
“In 2011, Huawei increased its investment in the enterprise and consumer business segments, and achieved all-around growth on the back of strong business momentum generated by the company’s successful transformation into a complete end-to-end ICT solutions provider.”
“We have made strategic investments, augmented our research and development capabilities and deployed resources globally, and implemented a future-oriented business architecture that puts Huawei in a confident position for sustained growth,” he added.
Source: dailytimes.com.ng