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Chinese Huawei Takes on U.S. Telecom Market
ChipGuy writes "With funds on loan from the Chinese government, Chinese equipment giant, Huawei is undercutting big rivals like Cisco and Nortel, and is using money to buy its way into the U.S. market. Overseas in Europe and Asia it already has become a major force. There are parallels with auto industry and home appliances. It took a little while before prices became a determining factor and shifted growth away from North American vendors. Telecom will go through the same curve. Huawei is curently selling EVDO phones for about $130 and WCDMA phones about $250 which is about 30% than everyone else on the market. Huawei's agenda is pretty clear - get business and sales at any cost. And that means bad news for already struggling telecom industry."
30% less?
30% of?
30% more?
30% crappier?
Come on!
--sig fault--
As some have noticed... There was a lack of one word "LOWER" in the post. Here: "Huawei is curently selling EVDO phones for about $130 and WCDMA phones about $250 which is about 30% LOWER than everyone else on the market.
I have seen first hand the junk that is Huawei, most of it blatently (and poorly) copied from Ericsson.
At [carrier in S Asia] they failed for 3 weeks in a row to roll out one HLR only to barely succeed with thousands of CSR calls. But since they're cheap, the customer stuck with'm.
Can't wait for the junk to go turtle in the US.
--Good morning fellas; Hand me that thing; Boy, this work's hard; Guys, break's over.
FYI, Nortel, which is mentioned in the summary, is a Canadian company, not a US company. Canada != U.S.
Is this the same Huawei that stole Cisco's software and sold it as their own? I guess that's one way to jump start your business.
Just exactly what rules in the WTO are they breaking?
I'm amazed someone would think such a statement needs backing up.
Steel tariffs, tax subsidies, Gambling, Cotton. All kinds of stuff.
In addition to the other response:
Tariffs imposed on Canadian softwood lumber.. the WTO has ruled against the US several times over several years but the US refuses to abide by the WTOs decision.
That and the closed border to Canadian beef is seen as one possible reason for Canada rejecting missle defense.
Also, the EU and Canada have just imposed retaliatory tariffs on various US products because of unfair US trade policies (Byrd ammendment).
It's sad that two of the US's biggest trading partners have to resort to retaliation as the US seems to feel they are above international law (including war crimes tribunals).