Huawei Awarded 'Extraordinary Contribution to Project Spring' Prize by Vodafone

[London, UK, January 26, 2015]: Huawei today announced that it has been awarded 'Extraordinary Contribution to Project Spring' at Vodafone's 2014 Supplier Awards.

Vodafone is one of the world's largest telecommunications companies and provides a range of services including voice, messaging, data, and fixed communications to more than 438 million mobile and 11 million fixed broadband customers.

The award recognizes Huawei's outstanding contribution to Vodafone's Project Spring in terms of commitment and dedication, speedy rollout across all target countries, guaranteed high network performance and effective management of delivery.

The award was presented by Gunter Koenig, Head of Software & Core, Supply Chain Management at Vodafone, on behalf of Ninian Wilson, Director of Technology, Supply Chain Management at Vodafone at the Vodafone Supplier Awards Ceremony, Dusseldorf.

James Chen, President of the Vodafone Account Department at Huawei Technologies, said, "We are honored to receive the 'Extraordinary Contribution to Project Spring' award from Vodafone. Huawei takes pride in providing dedicated services to our customers and we look forward to continuing our work with Vodafone through our long term strategic relationship."

This is the fifth award Huawei has received from Vodafone Group. In 2008 Huawei was named 'Outstanding Performance Supplier'. In 2009 and 2012, Vodafone Group named Huawei as their 'Global Supplier of the Year'. Huawei was also named 'Responsible Supplier of the Year' in 2013.