Huawei plans to move its research center from the United States to Canada, Ren Zhengfei, the founder of the Chinese telecoms equipment maker, said in an interview with Globe and Mail of Canada.
Ren said Huawei's center for research and development will be moved out of the United States and that will be relocated to Canada, adding the company will also manufacture some mobile network equipment outside China.
Huawei wants to build new factory capacity in Europe to make5G networking equipment there, the Globe and Mail reported.
Huawei spent $510 million on the operations of its US research arm last year, according to the report, which added that it has now trimmed the arm's work force by 600 to about 250.
