… Department has launched an investigation into Chinese communications equipment manufacturer Huawei, which reportedly persuaded 7000 of its employees to resign from the company in order to evade China's upcoming Labor Contract Law.

China's Huawei Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Telecommunication Union to jointly promote technology development in developing countries.

More than 7,000 loyal employees of Huawei, China's largest private telecom gear maker based in the southern city of Shenzhen, have quit in exchange for the chance to work for the company again.

… at Symantec’s Greater China Client Meeting that he will have an informal meeting with Huawei’s president Ren Zhengfei to discuss issues regarding a joint venture company between the two parties.
Huawei is acquiring a minority share in 3Com, and their previous sales, distribution, and technology agreements will be extended next year. Symantec doesn’t really compete directly with 3Com, but there has to be some concern about Huawei’s long-term strategy. With …

… disclosed at Symantec's Greater China Client Meeting that he will have an informal meeting with Huawei's president Ren Zhengfei to discuss issues regarding a joint venture company between the two parties.

Huawei Technologies Co.'s proposed deal to buy an initial 16.5% stake in 3Com Corp. allows for the Chinese company to potentially raise its stake to a maximum of 21.5%, 3Com said in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

… the national security concerns over the acquisition of a minority stake in 3Com by a Chinese firm, Huawei. It certainly succeeds. The document is clearly and concisely written and rather pointed in dismissing the hysteria. However, reading a little deeper into it reveals a more subtle reality. While Huawei will not have managerial control of 3Com, its effective control of 3Com’s future makes those extra board seats superfluous.
The annexe to 3Com’s 8-K filing for the …

Shenzhen-based telecom equipment maker Huawei has announced that it is raising its proposed investment in 3Com raising to the maximum 21.5%, the Wall Street Journal announced. Huawei announced last week that it was seeking a 16.5% stake in the US-based company in partnership with Bain Capital. The proposed deal raised concerns that Huawei, which is reported to have close ties to the Chinese government, might be able to gain …

Shenzhen-based telecom equipment maker Huawei has announced that it is raising its proposed investment in 3Com raising to the maximum 21.5%, the Wall Street Journal announced. Huawei announced last week that it was seeking a 16.5% stake in the US-based company in partnership with Bain Capital. The proposed deal raised concerns that Huawei, which is reported to have close ties to the Chinese government, might be able to gain …

The drama surrounding the proposed minority equity purchase in 3Com by Huawei has yet to be played out, so I have thus far held off on any significant posts. However, the rhetoric has certainly picked up recently, so maybe some preliminary comments are now in order.
The latest theatrics come courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives, as described by the FT :

Channel News Asia reports: A deal giving Chinese-based Huawei Technologies a stake in US telecom equipment maker 3Com Corporation presents "no risk to national security," the US firm says in a regulatory filing. The comments made by 3Com were made in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission on details of the 2.2 billion-US-dollar agreed takeover by private equity group Bain Capital Partners, LLC. The deal announced September …

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei and US private equity group Bain Capital have reached an agreement to jointly acquire US telecoms device maker 3Com for US$2.2 billion, Economic Observer reported (in Chinese). Huawei will have a minority stake of 16.5% in the company, which is currently loss-making, and become a commercial and strategic partner. Jonathan Zhu, one of Bain's managing directors, said the …

Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker, could acquire up to 21.5 per cent of 3Com and hold three of the 11 board seats as part of a deal to take over the US technology group with Bain Capital

As part of 3Com's go-private deal, China's top communication equipment maker may face U.S. political opposition. Why bother for an asset of dubious value? …

… of Foreign Affairs announced on its Website yesterday.

… of Foreign Affairs announced on its Website yesterday.

… of Foreign Affairs announced on its Website yesterday.

… a big scramble to get an edge. Cisco used to be the market leader in China, but the likes of Huawei, ZTE, and Harbor (now part of Huawei) have provided uncomfortable competition at all connectivity levels.
Cisco isn’t betting on China, they used to be the market leader six or seven years ago. But with the rise of competition, particularly from domestic firms, Cisco now has to work a lot harder for its share of the market. Just like everyone else.
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… separate bids to explore the African nation's telecom market, Xinhua reported (in Chinese). Huawei donated telecommunication equipment to the Rwandan government valued at US$130,000 in a gesture to "help develop" the country's technological infrastructure. ZTE signed a framework agreement to help Rwanda develop telecom infrastructure. Lou Qinjian, China's deputy minister of information industry, and  Albert Butare, Rwanda's minister of energy and …

… separate bids to explore the African nation's telecom market, Xinhua reported (in Chinese). Huawei donated telecommunication equipment to the Rwandan government valued at US$130,000 in a gesture to "help develop" the country's technological infrastructure. ZTE signed a framework agreement to help Rwanda develop telecom infrastructure. Lou Qinjian, China's deputy minister of information industry, and  Albert Butare, Rwanda's minister of energy and …

Huawei, a leading Chinese supplier of telecommunications network, has donated telecommunications equipment valued at 130,000 U.S. dollars to the Rwandan government.

The proposed takeover of 3Com by Bain, the private equity firm, and Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker, came under further pressure in Washington

Following its recent acquisition by China's Huawei and Bain Capital, 3Com says it will focus on emerging markets in Asia, particularly India