Huawei Technologies, the world’s second largest telecom equipment maker, is seeking to strengthen a tie-up with the UK telecom sector, The Wall Street Journal reported. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne visited Huawei’s headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen on Wednesday to meet with company founder and Chief Executive Ren Zhengfei. Huawei already has an R&D office in Ipswich, where it employs more than 80 engineers. The company said it expects its R&D engineering jobs in the UK to increase to 300 by 2017 with the addition of the new center.