"We will invest $100 million for expansion of Indian operations, which will include $60 million for our plans to set up a manufacturing plant in India for which we have applied for approval to make telecom equipment and $40 million on expanding the Bangalore R&D centre," Fu Jun, global spokesperson for Huawei Technologies told PTI in New Delhi.
He said the Bangalore R&D centre, which is the second largest centre outside Shenzen, currently has 1,200 profressionals and will touch 2,000 by the end of 2007.
The centre is working on next generation networks, broadband, optical and 3G equipments and is expected to focus on customisation of equipment.
Jun said the company is aware of the fact that to bid for BSNL contracts, it needs to set up a manufacturing base locally and it has sought government approval for the same. The privately-held $8 billion Huawei is bullish on India.