Huawei and Barcelona City Council, have signed a Letter of Intention (LoI) for both institutions to collaborate in innovation projects and facilitate technological investment in the city.
Areas of cooperation introduced in the agreement are related to innovative technologies developed by Huawei, such as 5G, SmartCity application, Digital Transformation in Barcelona City.
The LoI, signed by Jaume Collboni, Primer Tinent d’Alcalde, of the Barcelona City Council and Sun Fuyou, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise Business Group, endorses the commitment of Huawei acting as one of the technology partner of the City of Barcelona, providing technology resource, and facilitate the development of activities of ICT Innovation of mentioned.
Huawei also is actively committed to innovation, R&D, and constantly looking for new cutting-edge initiatives to collaborate the overall economic projection of the city.
The Tenant of the City Council, Jaume Collboni, says,
“…collaborations like this reinforce the position of Barcelona as a technological city, contribute to the creation of high quality employment, and reinforce us as a reference city in the Asian market.”
During the event, Sun Fuyou, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise Business Group explained
“Spain is a very important market for Huawei. We have established our business here 18 years ago and our commitment to contribute to the growth of the digital economy has only got stronger. We have a very close relationship with Barcelona, a city that welcomes us every year to showcase our most innovative technologies at Mobile World Congress, and Smartcity Expo World Congress. Our will is to cooperate with the Digital Transformation of Barcelona and to contribute to make of it the most innovative city in Europe.”
