Huawei’s plans for North America

May 1st, 2011

In “Huawei eyes North America,” the May/June 2011 Lightwave magazine interview with Reg Wilcox, vice president – optical network marketing and product management, Huawei Technologies (USA), Wilcox highlights the challenges the Chinese communications equipment giant faces in penetrating the North American market. The fact that Huawei tackled the rest of the world first is no accident, Wilcox reveals…

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