Huawei plans to establish a factory in France to manufacture mobile network equipment, the first of its kind outside China.
According to Arabiya Net, the company will invest at least 200 million euros ($ 245 million) to operate the facility in the town of Bromma in eastern France, which will be created. 300 jobs at the start.
The plant is located near the border with Germany and aims to produce 1 billion euros of equipment annually for the European market, according to Agence France-Presse.
The company said in a statement that by building this plant at the crossroads of Europe, Huawei will strengthen its already strong presence on the continent through 23 research and development centers and more than 100 universities. Partners and over 3,100 suppliers and an efficient supply chain.
The announcement comes as the Chinese telecom giant is under pressure from the United States, which says its mobile network equipment poses a security risk, please She is accused of aiding Beijing's efforts to monitor Uyghur Muslims.
Huawei rejected Washington's accusations that Beijing could access its devices to spy on calls and data, but an increasing number of countries, including France, imposed restrictions on the use of Huawei equipment if It has not been completely prevented from being used in 5G mobile networks.
the company also denied earlier this month what was published that it had participated in testing a facial recognition program in China that could send alerts to the police when it identifies The faces of the Uyghurs.
