Huawei to hire 3000 professionals

He said the company would undertake Ramp;D in next Generation technologies and GSM networks. Bangalore centre is the largest Ramp;D centre of Huawei outside Shenzen,in China.

The 30-billion dollar Chinese vendor,which has been under security scanner repeatedly has completed 10 years in India.

8220;India is a price-sensitive market. We are here for a long haul. As new operators start operations and existing ones expand we see more demand,8221; Yang said.

With equipment costs coming down,Huawei India is expecting a flat revenue growth this year which it says could be in the range of one billion dollar.

8220;Last year we had a revenue of one billion dollar. In 2010,we expect the same figure,8221; Yang said.

Huawei,Yang said is aiming to set up local manufacturing in India and would be happy to bid for the manufacturing units of the state-owned Indian Telephone Industries. The government is proposing to set up three special purpose vehicle companies for divesting stake in three of the six manufacturing plants owned by ITI.