Chinese telecommunications company Huawei is to open a major new office in the UK, producing a new smart phone and bringing 650 jobs to the country, reports The Huffington Post.

Jobs will be  spread across research, sales and marketing and customer services roles, with those hired into customer services requiring technological know-how.

Victor Zhang, chief executive of Huawei Technologies UK, told The Huffington Post: “For our customer service people, we will be specifically looking for people with an engineering and technology background that can communicate well with our customers and give them a good experience.”