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华为拟将欧洲员工数量增加一倍
HELSINKI | Mon Dec 10, 20126:32am EST

(Reuters) - Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei Technologies plansto double its employees in Europe over the next few years and is setting up aresearch center in Finlandaimed at developing new smartphones, it said on Monday.(路透社)——中国无线电网络设备制造商华为技术有限公司周一宣布,计划未来几年将其在欧洲的员工数量增加一倍,并在芬兰建立一个研发中心,开发新型智能手机。
The expansion plans for Europe come two months since U.S. lawmakersalleged that Huawei's equipment could be used for Chinese espionage. Thecompany has also been barred in Australia from tendering in its $38 billion highspeed national high-speed broadband network project due to unspecified securityconcerns.
此前两个月,美国议员指控华为的设备可能被中国用于间谍活动。澳大利亚政府也曾以国家安全为由,禁止华为竞标其380亿美元的高速宽带网络项目。
"Europe has proven to be quite anopen business environment for Huawei," company spokesman Roland Sladeksaid.
华为发言人罗兰德-斯拉德克(Roland Sladek)称,对于华为而言,欧洲拥有相当开放的商业环境。
Huawei said it plans to employ over 14,000 employees in Europe within three to five years, doubling the currentworkforce of around 7,000.
华为表示,在未来三到五年内,计划将欧洲员工数量从当前的约7000名增至1.4万人以上。
It also plans to spend 70 million euros ($91 million) over five years onthe new R&D center in Finland,the company's eleventh center in the region, which will focus on developingsmartphone technology.
此外,华为还计划在未来五年内投资7000万欧元,在芬兰建立一个新的研发中心,主要开发智能手机。这也是华为在欧洲的第11家研发中心。
The company has said it wants to launch new smartphones includingWindows Phone 8 devices, which would add to the competitive pressure on Finnishmobile phone maker Nokia.
华为曾表示将推出新款智能手机,其中包括Windows Phone 8新产品。这将对芬兰手机制造商诺基亚再次构成压力。
Mobile devices accounted last year for 22 percent of Huawei's business,which mostly focuses on routers and other telecoms equipment.
华为公司以路由器和其他电信设备为主打,去年手机业务仅占公司业务的22%。
On Monday Huawei declined to give an estimated launch date for a newWindows Phone 8 device, but said its plans were "short term".
华为虽未给出WindowsPhone 8手机的确切发布日期,但表示将会在“短期内”推出。