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Huawei to double staff in Europe Dec 10th 2012, 11:32 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News China's mini Apple takes slice of smartphone pie Fri, Dec 7 2012 Special Report: How foreign firms tried to sell spy gear to Iran Wed, Dec 5 2012 Nokia's Lumia deal with China Mobile raises hopes Wed, Dec 5 2012 Nokia Siemens to sell optical networks unit Mon, Dec 3 2012 Congress urged to probe Chinese cyber-espionage Wed, Nov 14 2012 Analysis & Opinion How the United Nations could ruin the Internet A man walks past a Huawei company logo outside the entrance of a Huawei office in Wuhan, Hubei province October 9, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Stringer HELSINKI | Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:32am EST HELSINKI (Reuters) - Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei Technologies plans to double its employees in Europe over the next few years and is setting up a research center in Finland aimed at developing new smartphones, it said on Monday. The expansion plans for Europe come two months since U.S. lawmakers alleged that Huawei's equipment could be used for Chinese espionage. The company has also been barred in Australia from tendering in its $38 billion high speed national high-speed broadband network project due to unspecified security concerns. "Europe has proven to be quite an open business environment for Huawei," company spokesman Roland Sladek said. Huawei said it plans to employ over 14,000 employees in Europe within three to five years, doubling the current workforce of around 7,000. It also plans to spend 70 million euros ($91 million) over five years on the new R&D center in Finland, the company's eleventh center in the region, which will focus on developing smartphone technology. The company has said it wants to launch new smartphones including Windows Phone 8 devices, which would add to the competitive pressure on Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia. Mobile devices accounted last year for 22 percent of Huawei's business, which mostly focuses on routers and other telecoms equipment. On Monday Huawei declined to give an estimated launch date for a new Windows Phone 8 device, but said its plans were "short term". (Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Greg Mahlich) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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