Huawei sees R&D investments rising to $4.5 bln in 2012

HONG KONG, Apr 25: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s No.2 telecom equipment maker, expects to invest $4.5 billion in research and development this year, up from around $2.37 billion last year, Executive Vice President Eric Xu said on Wednesday.

In coming years, Huawei’s mainstay business of selling network equipment to telecom carriers will grow by 10-20 percent, while its consumer devices business will grow by around 30 percent, Xu told an analysts conference in Shenzhen, China (agencies)