For those Nokia [employees](http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/nokia-drops-another-1-000-employees/) [on the](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/23/nokia-siemens-to-cut-17-000-jobs-as-part-of-global-restructuring/) [wrong end](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/14/nokia-layoffs-vertu/) [of the](http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/13/nokia-shutters-two-chinese-offices-as-part-of-strategic-reorgani/) [company's](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/09/digia-buys-nokias-remaining-qt-assets-for-fraction-of-purchas/) [austerity](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/12/nokia-finishes-offloading-vertu-with-android-switch-rumored/) [drive](http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/04/nokia-completes-sales-and-lease-back-of-its-espoo-finland-hq/), it seems like another aspiring smartphone power has its eyes on their underutilized talent. [Huawei](http://www.engadget.com/tag/huawei/) has announced that it'll invest €70 million ($93 million) in a new R&D facility in Helsinki, fifteen miles down the road from [Espoo](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/03/is-nokia-selling-off-its-headquarters-in-espoo-finland/). The new outfit is tasked with developing software tweaks for its Android smartphones and tablets, as well as the company's forthcoming [Windows Phone 8 ](http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/19/huawei-ascend-w1-pictures/)hardware. 30 employees will join the company at the start of the process, with 70 more expected join over the next few years as it tries to double its European workforce to 14,000. We're secretly hoping that the folks from [Jolla](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/jolla-resuscitates-meego-with-sailfish-os-plans-to-show-off-n/) go and visit their new neighbors in short order -- after all, Huawei is still on the hunt for its [own OS](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/25/huawei-mobile-os/).
[Continue reading _Huawei spending $93 million on software R&D facility in Helsinki, Finland_](http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/10/huawei-finland/)
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/)
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**Via:** [Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/us-huawei-europe-idUKBRE8B90DF20121210)
**Source:** [Huawei](http://www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/newsroom/press-release/hw-198560-helsinkifinland.htm)
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