Huawei Technologies is one of the world ’ s leading providers of information technology and telecommunication solutions . More than a third of the world ’ s population and more than half of the German population use Huawei technology directly or indirectly . Headquartered in Shenzhen , China , the company has 180,000 employees and operates in 170 countries with its three business units , Carrier Network , Enterprise Business and Consumer Business . Huawei employs 79,000 people in research and development , and operates 16 research and development clusters worldwide , as well as 28 partnerships with partners . Huawei has been operating in Germany since 2001 and employs over 2000 people at 18 locations . The headquarters of the European Research Center of Huawei is located in Munich .