Huawei gets $600m order from Russian wireless firm

OAO MegaFon, Russia's second-largest wireless operator, agreed to buy at least $600 million of equipment from Huawei Technologies Co at a time when ties between Russian and Chinese companies are strengthening.

MegaFon chose China's largest maker of network products for a seven-year contract to speed mobile networks in several Russian territories, Chief Strategy Officer Alexander Bashmakov said in a phone interview.

The deal, including software and maintenance, is worth "dozens of billion rubles," he said.