re: Huawei Faces $670M CAT FightNo, probably not connected, but definitely part of a big (read military-mindset) plan. Multiple fronts. Huawei buying 3Com is more of move on Cisco...now they are on their turf.
re: Huawei Faces $670M CAT FightIn the big scheme of things, telecom is just a pawn. Recall Thaksin (ex-PM) who held huge business interests, all while in office, including a major portion of CAT. After the coup, with some general in charge, it is payback time for Thaksin, his holdings, and vendors including Huawei, who were tight with Thaksin.
re: Huawei Faces $670M CAT FightThere is no doubt Huawei do things differently than other western companies. Besides CAT, which I believe is political payback on the part of Thaksin/Huawei, which other "bait and switch" examples are you aware of?
I'm hoping to write up Huawei/3Com as an analysis piece rather than the plain news. The press release is here:
http://www.lightreading.com/do...
and I've got an first-reaction bit written up here:
http://www.lightreading.com/bl...
(I have no idea if that's relevant. It's the only military term I know, other than "RUN AWAY!")
They do business very different than Western cultures. The CAT fight is an example its called "Bait and switch"
- Shipping a trucks loads of chinese in to fix a problem rather than hiring local employees as per committment to support customer - EMEA
- Committing to product features at such a low price - then not delvivering and offering alternative at a higher price - EMEA
- Price dumping to eliminate the competitor.- WORLD