Alcatel has formed an integrated group of its Shanghai manufacturing operations and launched it as Alcatel Shanghai Bell at the end of May, South China Morning Post said.
The head of Alcatel’s China operations said that it plans to become the mainland’s top telecommunications gear maker. To this end, the company will more than double the number of its research and development engineers by training and deploying some 3,500 engineers at the end of three years. The unit currently has 6,500 employees and is expected to achieve about US$2bn in domestic sales in its first year of operation and more than US$1bn of exports within three years.
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