In recent years, Huawei Technologies, China's largest telecom equipment provider, has been seen as a rising threat to established telecom equipment makers. However, most of the company's successes have been in developing countries, where cost was often considered the principal factor when choosing an equipment supplier. That all changed in April, when the U.K.'s BT Group chose Huawei as one of eight suppliers for its ambitious 21st Century Network. Being tapped as a supplier for the $10-billion project, which BT will build over the next five years to carry voice, video and data traffic, was a significant win for Huawei and the Chinese telecom market in general.
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机译：近年来，中国最大的电信设备提供商华为技术有限公司（Huawei Technologies）被视为对成熟的电信设备制造商的上升威胁。但是，公司的大多数成功都来自发展中国家，在这些国家，选择设备供应商时通常将成本视为主要因素。当英国的BT集团选择华为作为雄心勃勃的21st Century Network的八家供应商之一时，一切都发生了变化。对于这个价值100亿美元的项目而言，英国电信将在未来五年内建造该项目，以承载语音，视频和数据流量，是华为和整个中国电信市场的重大胜利。
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