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International Cooperation / Global markets and EU competitiveness: how to ensure win-win partnership through standards Contribution of Hu Wang Huawei Technologies, Wireless Research. ETSI Workshop Standards & Interoperability in ICT ETPs Sophia-Antipolis 23-24 October 2006.
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International Cooperation / Global markets and EU competitiveness: how to ensure win-win partnership through standards Contribution of Hu Wang Huawei Technologies, Wireless Research ETSI Workshop Standards & Interoperability in ICT ETPs Sophia-Antipolis 23-24 October 2006
About Huawei Technologies • A leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks • Serving 28 of the world’s top 50 operators • A strategic partner of British Telecom, Vodafone and Telefonica • 48% of its employee are engaged in R&D • VISION: To enrich life through communication • Huawei in Europe • First entered Europe in 2000 • Branch offices in 26 European countries • Products are deployed in 28 European countries • Research centres in Sweden, Germany and some other EU countries
Win-win partnerships through standards • GSM • Developed in Europe; then became a global standard • A success of coordination and cooperation among EU nations • Research, Standardization and Regulation • W-CDMA • Strong cooperation under EU research framework • International cooperation with Japan and North America • Other standards • cdma2000 (North America, Korea, China, …) • TD-SCDMA (China), Mobile WiMAX (North America, …), WiBro (Korea) • Then there will be IMT-Advanced… • How cooperation and competition could take place?
Long-term research Industrial research Product development Marketing & sales Service operation Standardization Good in every phase; unique on cooperative research Good in every phase; taking different strategies Move fast to standardization and research ? Positions in development of mobile communication systems • Europe Mobile Communication Systems: from innovation to user requirements US and Japan Korea and China Other markets
Way forward for European ICT Industry • Enhance Europe’s competitiveness by means of • Investing in new and novel innovation technologies • Improve efficiency and effectiveness of cooperation in research • Encouraging openness and cooperation at a global level from the research phase outside Europe
Thank You www.huawei.com