Huawei 2008 Annual Report Download - page 11

We believe that advanced technology, products,
solutions and management systems are only
effective if they contribute to the business success
of our customers.
Product R&D Driven by Customer
Needs
Underpinned by the IPD system, Huawei ensures
that our R&D remains responsive to actual and
projected customer needs. Through widely
applied modularization, standardization and
technology sharing, we have built integrated
advantages of "Speed, Quality and Cost", to
maximize customer benets and value.
R&D Investment
Huawei continues to invest a minimum of 10% of
our annual sales revenue in R&D and 10% of the
R&D budget is devoted to cutting-edge, core and
essential technologies.
We have set up 14 R&D institutes worldwide.
With this global R&D organization, we are able
to effectively leverage the best global human and
technological resources.
Patents and Standards
Huawei aggressively invests in patents and
st a ndards to main t ain o u r po s ition as a
technology leader. We are a member of 91
standardization organizations, including ITU,
3GPP, 3GPP2, ETSI, IETF, OMA and IEEE, and
our employees hold over100 active leadership
positions in these groups.
Huawei submitted over 4,100 standards proposals
in 2008; in fiber transmission, access network,
NGN, IP QoS and security, Huawei led more than
1,300 proposals, and over 2,800 proposals were
submitted in core network, service application
and radio access technology areas. By the end of
2008, Huawei had led a total of 35,773 patent
applications, including 26,005 patent applications
in China, 5,446 international applications and
4,322 foreign applications.
37,000
More than 37,000
employees (43% of
the entire workforce)
engaged in R&D
No.1
Ranking No.1 in
terms of PCT (Patent
Cooperation Treaty)
patent applications
20%
Ranking among the
world's top three,
holding 20% of total
essential LTE/SAE
patents
91
Member of 91
standardization
organizations
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