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Introduction

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider which established its Middle East headquarters over 10 years ago. Huawei Middle East is headquartered in Bahrain and has offices across 10 countries with over 3,500 employees—of whom over 62% are local hires. In the Middle East, Huawei is most actively involved in Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Pakistan.

The Middle East is one of the fastest growing regions for Huawei around the world. Huawei’s regional contract sales across the Middle East in 2011 totaled USD3.22 billion, a 20% increase from the previous year.

Huawei provides a broad range of tailored products, solutions and consulting services in the Middle East with all three of Huawei’s main business groups—Telecom Networks, Enterprise and Device—active in the region. The launch of Huawei’s Partner Program in February 2011 further positions the company amidst a close-knit network of partners across the Middle East to deliver tailored ICT infrastructure solutions.

Telecom Networks

Huawei offers a range of custom products, solutions and consulting services for telecom operators across wireless, core networks, applications & software, fixed networks, terminals & devices, and professional services. Through years of development, Huawei has become the world’s trusted leader in the era of All-IP Convergence. In the Middle East, Huawei has invested considerable resources to consolidate its market presence, establishing a strong relationship with key operators such as: Etisalat, STC (Saudi Telecom Corporation), Zain, Batelco, du, Qtel, Mobily, Orange Telecom, Vodafone and so on. Huawei has managed a total of 44 accumulated networks since 2005 alone, launching three Huawei resource centers
dedicated to Managed Services in addition to five training centers across the region.

Enterprise

By leveraging Huawei's strong R&D capabilities and comprehensive technical expertise, we create an open environment to cooperate with partners in the enterprise business domain. Huawei understands customer needs and is committed to providing wide-ranging and highly efficient ICT solutions and services for enterprise customers of all sizes. Our customers span various vertical markets, including government and public sector, finance, transportation, electric power, energy, commercial businesses, and ISPs. Huawei's leading solutions and services cover IP network infrastructure, unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), and cloud computing & data centres. Looking ahead, Huawei Enterprise will work with its global enterprise customers and partners to jointly embrace the challenges brought about by ICT transformations, build a favorable industry ecosystem, and promote the development of the ICT industry and society at large.

Device

Huawei Device offers products covering a wide range of market sectors including mobile phones, mobile broadband devices, and home devices. With our primary focus on the consumer, Huawei Device is committed to creating the most influential smart device brands in the world by providing user-friendly mobile Internet experiences.

Corporate Values

Huawei's vision is to enrich life through communication. By leveraging our experience and expertise in the ICT sector, we help bridge the digital divide by providing new opportunities to enjoy broadband services in the Middle East and around the world.

Huawei’s core values are deeply rooted in every aspect of our business. They are the internal driving force for the company and represent our commitment to the ICT ecosystem. These values enable us to provide effective services to our customers and to achieve our vision of enriching people's lives through communication.

Customers First

Huawei exists to serve customers, whose needs are the motivation behind our development. We continuously create long-term value for customers by being responsive to their requirements. We measure our work against how much value we bring to customers, because we can only succeed through our customers' success.

Dedication

We win customers' respect and trust primarily through dedication. It includes every effort we make to create value for customers and to improve our capabilities. We value employees' contributions and reward them accordingly.

Continuous Improvement

Continuous improvement is required for us to become better partners for our customers, improve our company and grow as individuals. This process requires that we actively listen and learn in order to improve.

Openness & Initiative

Driven by customer needs, we passionately pursue customer-centric innovations in an open manner. We believe that business success is the ultimate measure of the value of any technology, product, solution or process improvement.

Integrity

Integrity is our most valuable asset. It drives us to behave honestly and keep our promises,
and, thus, win our customers' trust and respect.

Teamwork

We can only succeed through teamwork. By working closely in both good times and bad, we lay the foundation for successful cross-cultural collaboration, streamlined inter-departmental cooperation and efficient processes.

Middle East Milestones

2012:

• March 2012: Honored as “Managed Services Provider of the Year in Telecoms” at Network World Middle East Awards 2012 in UAE

2011:

• November 2011: Honored “Middle East Vendor of the Year Award” at CommsMEA Awards 2011 in UAE
• November 2011: Huawei and International Turnkey Systems (ITS) finalize acquisition deal of ITS’ Business Support System (BSS) division
• October 2011: The first certified Long Term Evolution (LTE) training program in the Middle East region launched by Etisalat Academy in partnership with Huawei
• September 2011: Huawei joins hands with Wataniya Telecom to deploy industry-first nodal IP microwave network in Kuwait
• September 2011: Launched commercial LTE networks together with STC, Etisalat
• March 2011: Launched high-speed mobile HSPA+ network with Zain Jordan
• March 2011: Deployed, together with MTC-touch, the 3G network in Lebanon
• February 2011: Deployed, together with Mobily, the region’s first TDD-LTE commercial network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—adopting Huawei’s SingleRAN technology
• February 2011: Signed a commercial contract with Etisalat, to deploy the region’s first FDD-LTE network in the UAE

2010:

• November 2010: Honored “Middle East Vendor of the Year Award” at CommsMEA Awards 2010 in UAE
• August 2010: Rolled out, together with Qtel, the Fiber-to-The-Home (FTTH) networks in Qatar
• April 2010: Deployed, jointly with STC, the Middle East’s largest pre-commercial LTE network
• 2010: Deployed, together with Etisalat, the first pre-commercial LTE network in the UAE
• 2010: Together with PTCL, launched the world’s fastest CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev.B commercial network in Pakistan

2003-2009:

• 2009: Honored “Middle East Vendor of the Year Award” at CommsMEA Awards 2009 in UAE
• 2009: Awarded Technology Innovation of the Year at SAMENA Awards 2009
• 2008: Built the world's first commercial All-IP network for Viva Kuwait, paving the way for the overall transformation to All-IP
• 2008: Official strategic partner signing agreement between Huawei and Etisalat was signed in Shanghai, China, and witnessed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai
• 2008: Built the world's largest GPON FTTH network in the UAE, jointly with Etisalat, constructing the highway for information transmission in the Arab world
• Since 2006: Huawei’s core network solution has successfully supported the Saudi Arabian Hajj season with seamless network accessibility and usage during the high peak traffic experienced during the pilgrimage
• Since 2006: Integrated network services helped Saudi Telecom support extraordinary Hajj peak traffic for three straight years
• 2006: Launched the region’s first HSPA+ network with Etisalat
• 2003: Launched, with Etisalat, the first UMTS commercial deployment network and the first 3G network in the Arab world

Corporate Social Responsibility

As one of the largest companies in the region, Huawei is committed to working with the industry and government organizations to increase mobile penetration while stimulating socioeconomic investment through our Corporate Social Investment programs.

Huawei actively promotes energy conservation and contributes to the local community. In 2009, Huawei partnered with Etisalat to establish the Application Innovation Centre (AIC) in Abu Dhabi to increase competitiveness and sustainability through customized solutions and applications.

To provide the education and training necessary to help young engineers and telecommunications specialists contribute to the long term socio-economic growth of the region, Huawei has partnered with leading telcos—including Etisalat and Batelco—to establish local training centers that provide training on the latest technology, regular workshops, and knowledge sharing. In Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Huawei has established training centers to educate local and regional telecom talents by providing a broad range of programs such as NGN, GSM/CDMA/UMTS and optical transmission.

Huawei also supports WiMAX and LTE Technology and Research Center with KACST in Saudi Arabia by providing equipment. For many years, Huawei has sponsored students from UAE universities and colleges chosen by the Ministry of Higher Education to study at the Huawei University in China.

Furthermore, Huawei has shown its commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen by contributing in various capacities to disaster relief efforts in countries such as Pakistan over the last several years.

For more information, please visit our website www.huawei.com

Huawei Middle East Fact Sheet (English).pdf

Huawei Middle East Fact Sheet (Arabic).pdf