Huawei in Europe

Huawei's European activities began in 2000 with the opening of an R&D centre in Stockholm. Since Huawei established its operations in Europe it has been focusing on customer-centric innovation, strong partnership and building a close cooperation with nearly all main carriers in Europe.

In 2015, Huawei ranked 4th on the European Patent Office's ranking of companies by quantity of applications.

Today Huawei has 2 regional offices in 33 countries. More than 10’000 people are employed in Europe, 1’570 in R&D, across the 18 R&D centres:

Belgium

• Gent (Silicon Photonics Technology)
• Leuven (RFIC)
• Louvaine-la-Neuve (Application Software Architecture)

Finland

• Helsinki (Terminal Terminal OS, European Security Competence Center)

France

• Paris (Standard patent, Algorithm, Aesthetic)
• Nice (Graphic chip design)

Germany

• Nuremburg (Energy technology)
• Munich (5G、Hardware and Engineering, Engineering Test center, Network Security)
• Berlin (Standard patent)

Ireland

• Cork (OSS)
• Dublin (OSS&BSS)

Italy

• Milano (Microwave)

Sweden

• Stockholm (Wireless system)
• Gothenburg (Wireless base stations)
• Lund (Terminal chipset design)

UK

• Ipswich (Optoelectronics)
• Cambridge (IoT, Wireless chip)
• Bristol (CPU Core)

Huawei has also the following facilities in Europe:

• 7 training centers
• 2 technical assistance centers
• 6 network operation centers in Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain and UK
• 1 spare parts centers
• 1 service center
• 86 spare parts warehouses

Huawei's European headquarters are in Dusseldorf (Germany). Head of the European division is Vincent Pang (President Western Europe).