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Huawei upbeat on Indian telecom market

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August 14, 2007 19:18 IST

China-based telecom equipment supplier Huawei Technologies, which has bagged a $200 million contract from Reliance Communications, is upbeat on India and expects to clinch other multi-million dollar outsourcing deals in the country.

"At this point, we are quite bullish on the opportunities here (India). Telecom market in India is becoming increasingly vibrant," Huawei spokesperson Ross Gan told PTI in Bangalore.

"As you have seen in the Reliance deal, there is a lot of momentum for us in the market," he said. The Shenzen- headquartered vendor bagged the network expansion contract from Reliance Communications last month.

Gan, who was on a visit to Delhi and Bangalore, confirmed that his company is in dialogue with BSNL, MTNL, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone-Essar

for similar deals.

Asked if the company is confident of bagging some of these deals, he said: "Most definitely...as a company that has been in India for such a long-time, we are constantly in dialogue with all the operators."

"We expect to make some announcements over the next couple of months," he added. He, however, declined to discuss size of prospective deals, saying deal size would vary and it is premature to talk about them now.

About the company's previous announcement to set up $100 million manufacturing plant in India, he said: "The intention is still there," but added that there was no time- frame for setting up the unit. Gan said the timing of establishing a plant in India depends on "market opportunities."

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