Chinese firm Huawei is looking to employ more than 5,000 workers for projects with Europe over the next four to five years.

The planned increase employees would bring the phone and network provider’s European workforce size to around 13,000.

The planned workforce increase comes as Huawei seeks to expand into the European marketplace, with expectations on the company’s ability to carve out a strong market from its ability to provide fast services at a competitive price.

Hirings come at a time when telecomm businesses situated in Europe are making employee cutbacks.

Ken Hu, Huawei chief executive officer and deputy chairman, said to Bloomberg: "We will continue to increase our investments in this market. If we can be successful in Europe and have a virtuous circle, we can invest more."

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