Huawei continues to bolster its European presence with the acquisition of CIP Technologies , an optical R&D lab in Ipswich, U.K. The lab had previously been bought off its American owners by the East of England Development Agency, a publicly funded body. In 2011 Huawei announced plans to double its U.K. workforce to 1,000 as well as opening a European design center for its mobile device business in London. (See Huawei Completes CIP Acquisition and Huawei to Open Euro Device Design Center.)
As flagged up at a conference in Munich on Tuesday, European Commission Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has outlined a series of reforms to the 1995 Data Direction Directive, which are intended to increase Internet users' control of their personal data and cut data protection-related costs for businesses. Under the new rules, organisations must notify the relevant national authority of serious data breaches as soon as possible (ideally within 24 hours), and consumers will be able to delete their data if there are no "legitimate grounds" for retaining it online -- the so-called "right to be forgotten." (See EC Proposes Reform of Data Privacy Laws and Reding Replaced as Europe's Telecom Watchdog.)
re: Euronews: Huawei Buys Optical R&D LabThe acquisition by Huawei of CIP Technologies is a smart move. CIP has some excellent optical hybrid integration technology as well as expertise in such areas as WDM-PON and transmitter arrays. It also has material know-how, for example extending the temperature range of optical components. CIP is also involved in some excellent EU Framework 7 projects.
yes, CIP is indeed involved in some interesting EU reserch projects.
Don't you think it is kind of a shame that research paid for by EU tax payers will be capitalized on by Huawei?
on mulitple levels. really sad folks in the west don't have the interest nor fortitude to invest any longer in companes like CIP. Maybe this is the Chinese' century.
so much innovation destroyed, or shipped overseas.
wonder how many new good jobs Huawei will create in uk and how much of the technology from CIP is made / manufactured in UK and how much of it will be shipped overseas to China for real manufacturing jobs and growth.
re: Euronews: Huawei Buys Optical R&D LabSailboat, thanks for answering.-áDon't you think it is a shame that research paid for by EU tax payers will be capitalized on by Huawei? you ask. Not sure it is a shame but rather credit to Huawei.-á
In the press release it says CIP had been working with Huawei for six months (as part of the potential bid? Doing some contract work for them?) and said it enjoyed working with them. Also the release said there were several potential acquirers and that CIP favoured Huawei.
The likes of Nortel, Alcatel, and Lucent(Bell Labs) had their own optical chip R&D/fabs back in the day. However, when their monopoly vansihed so did their expensive fabs. If and when Huawei looses their tacit government backing, fabs like this will have to make a living on their own. But it could be another 50yrs before that happens.
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