Update: Huawei and Symantec Deal Gets EU Approval

Posted on December 27, 2007
Filed Under China Business |

I wasn’t aware that a deal between a hardware firm and a software firm had to be reviewed, but People’s Daily reports that the EU has approved the joint venture.

The article sums it all up:

Earlier this year, Huawei and Symantec agreed to form a joint venture which will develop security and storage appliances for telecommunications carriers.

The new company, to be named Huawei-Symantec Inc. and based in Chengdu in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, will be 51 percent owned by Huawei and 49 percent by Symantec.

The joint venture will be able to take advantage of Huawei’s R&D resources, manufacturing and engineering capacities, and Symantec will provide 150 million U.S. dollars for its operation.

The new firm, hopefully to be established within this year, would enable Huawei to compete with technology giants like Hewlett-Packard and IBM. It will also provide fresh boost for Symantec’s security and data management business.

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