华为赢得挪威4G移动网络设备合同

　　中国华为(Huawei)昨天获得挪威移动电话运营商Telenor公司的一笔大单，而Telenor本来是爱立信(Ericsson)和诺基亚西门子(Nokia Siemens Networks, NSN)等华为竞争对手在欧洲的传统客户。这一交易突显出华为在电信设备市场越来越强大的实力。
　　Huawei of China yesterday highlighted its growing power in the telecoms equipment market when it won a large contract from a traditional customer of European rivals Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks.

　　Telenor公司表示，它已选择华为和一家美国合作伙伴，来更新公司在挪威的整个无线网络基础设施，使其升级至第四代(4G)服务。
　　Telenor, the Norwegian mobile phone operator, said it had picked the Chinese company and a US partner to replace its entire wireless infrastructure in Norway and upgrade the network for fourth-generation services.

　　爱立信和诺基亚西门子在其北欧大本营丢失一份大合同，显示出它们正面临极大的挑战：来自中国的竞争不断加剧，而移动运营商的资本支出依然疲软。
　　The loss of a big contract in their Nordic stronghold underscores the challenge facing Ericsson and NSN as competition from China increases and capital expenditure by mobile operators remains weak.

　　芬兰诺基亚与德国西门子的合资公司NSN本周表示，作为一项5亿欧元(7.43亿美元)成本削减行动的内容之一，它计划裁减员工，最大裁员人数可能达到5800人。
　　NSN, a joint venture between Nokia of Finland and Siemens of Germany, said this week it planned to lay off up to 5,800 people as part of a €500m ($743m) cost-cutting drive.

　　华为已经超越法国和美国合资公司阿尔卡特朗讯(Alcatel-Lucent)，成为电信设备市场的第三大供应商，仅次于爱立信和诺基亚西门子。据业界估计，在过去一年，它的市场份额已经翻番至17%。
　　Huawei has already overtaken Alcatel-Lucent, the Franco-American company, to become number three in the equipment market after Ericsson and NSN. It doubled its share to 17 per cent over the past year, according to industry estimates.

　　其新增市场份额大部分来自中国和其它新兴市场，但在挪威建设第四代网络的合同表明，即便是在最发达的市场，华为也正在成为一支生力军。
　　Much of the gains have come in China and other emerging markets but the contract to build a 4G network in Norway shows that Huawei is becoming a force in even the most advanced markets.

　　“这是我们对挪威移动网络进行的最大规模升级改造，”挪威的Telenor公司负责人拉格纳·卡胡斯(Ragnar Kaarhus)说。他表示，选择华为是出于“技术质量、可靠性……和商业方面的综合考虑”。
　　“This is the biggest upgrade of the mobile network in Norway we have ever carried out,” said Ragnar Kaarhus, head of Telenor Norway, attributing its choice of Huawei to “a combination of technical quality, reliability . . . and commercial terms”.

　　Telenor公司现有的基础设施是由爱立信和诺基亚西门子建造的。分析师表示，爱立信公司股价昨日下跌3%，部分原因就在于丢掉了这笔合同，虽然对这家瑞典公司来说，该笔合同的象征意义超过了实际意义。

　　Telenor's existing infrastructure was built by Ericsson and NSN. Analysts said a 3 per cent fall in Ericsson's share price yesterday was in part attributable to the contract loss, although the significance was more symbolic than material for the Swedish company.