Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker, is confident of increasing its share of fixed line and mobile infrastructure deals in 2009, even though sector revenue is expected to shrink.

Xu Wenwei, Huawei’s chief marketing officer, told the Financial Times that the company was targeting deals worth $30bn this year, having secured contracts worth $23bn in 2008. His comments suggest that Huawei is confident of growing at the expense of some of its rivals, which include Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens Networks.