Chinese telecom equipment vendor Huawei yesterday launched its enterprise business solutions for Bangladesh market to provide ICT solutions to the government, finance, education and energy sectors. The solutions are covering product areas such as data communication, contact centre, unified communication, data centre and video conferencing.
Wonder Wang, chief executive officer of Huawei Technology (Bangladesh), unveiled the comprehensive ICT business solutions at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on the sidelines of the four-day BCS Digital Expo 2011, an ICT fair that began on Wednesday.
“We want to provide efficient and convenient ICT solutions to the enterprises of Bangladesh so that they can operate at lower costs but with higher efficiency,” said Wang.
Wang said the government of Bangladesh has set a vision, Digital Bangladesh, to drive the growth of the ICT sector by 2021. So, Huawei wants to work with the government by offering cost-effective but efficient solutions to bridge the digital divide.
Huawei's digital enterprise solutions had been widely deployed worldwide and the company was looking forward to form a long-term strategic partnership with the Bangladeshi enterprises amid their rapid transformation in adoption of technologies, he added.
In 2011, Huawei has already set up telecom network infrastructure, enterprise business and consumer business. Huawei enterprise business has a global presence. It is committed to providing efficient and convenient ICT solutions to various sectors such as government, finance, education and energy, said Jerry Shen, director, enterprise department of Huawei Bangladesh.
Huawei began its operations in Bangladesh in 1998. Over the years the company has grown to become one of the leading communication suppliers, providing comprehensive services to all the Bangladeshi telecom operators. In Bangladesh, the company has become the biggest telecom and ICT solutions provider for Grameenphone, Bang-lalink, Robi, Citycell, Teletalk and BTCL, and the second biggest supplier to Airtel.
Huawei, which employs over 600 local staffs, is also involved with many corporate social responsibility projects in Bangladesh including donating network equipment to Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. The company serves 45 of the world's 50 largest telecom operators and invests around 10 percent of its annual revenues in research and development.
News Source: The Daily Star