Huawei Opens in Spain

MALAGA, Spain -- Telefónica Group president César Alierta and Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. (“Huawei) president Ren Zhengfei have officially inaugurated the Global Technical Assistance Centre (GTAC) in the Málaga Technology Park in Spain. The centre will provide technical support services to operators in all Spanish speaking countries.

The centre will eventually employ up to 50 professionals, most of them engineers specialising in areas such as wireless, broadband, data and core network technologies. With this opening, Huawei is taking an important new step in its growth strategy in Spain. Currently, Huawei has more than 300 professionals working in different offices in the country, 60% of whom are local employees.

“Global operators need to create long term partnerships with key industry suppliers and it is therefore important that our relationships are based not only on the technology we use but also on the high quality standards we require in order to fulfil our service commitment to our customers,” explains Vicente San Miguel, Infrastructure and Information Technologies director at Telefónica. “Huawei’s opening of this Spanish speaking centre to provide specialised technical assistance to our operations in Spain and Latin America is an important milestone in the cooperation between our two companies.”

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