Huawei's Image Improving 'Dramatically': Study

Chinese mobile infrastructure vendor Huawei is no longer the seller of cheap technology at cheap price.

 

Armed with cutting-edge technology and offering strong value for money, Huawei (News - Alert) is fast improving its global image, says a new report from market analyst firm Infonetics Research.

 

“Based on our recent mobile infrastructure service provider survey, market share reporting, and other carrier surveys, one message is clear: Huawei has really improved its global image,” said the market research firm in a press release.

 

“Huawei is overtaking Alcatel-Lucent on many fronts, and is now en route to attacking NSN’s market position in the mobile infrastructure space. And watch out, because another Chinese telco equipment maker ZTE (News - Alert) is on the rise as well,” said Stéphane Téral of Infonetics.

 

As part of its mobile infrastructure vendor rating survey, Infonetics said it collected views from a mix of incumbents – comprising 80 percent – and competitive, or 20 percent, that together represent 14 percent of the world’s carrier revenue.

 

The survey has also found that a growing majority of mobile operators are looking at cutting operating expenses by either outsourcing or sharing their radio access network.

The service providers rated five mobile infrastructure vendors – Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks (News - Alert) – on a range of criteria including technology, product roadmap, security, management, price-to-performance ratio, pricing, financial stability, and service and support.

 

Among them, the report said, Ericsson (News - Alert) received the highest ratings for service and support. However, when asked who they consider to be the top three mobile infrastructure vendors, all respondents named Nokia Siemens Networks.

 

The majority of carriers, according to the researcher, named Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Huawei top mobile WiMAX (News - Alert) vendors.