Huawei national-level spare parts repair centre in Islamabad

Islamabad
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Thursday inaugurated Huawei’s first national-level Spare Parts Repair Center in Pakistan, aimed at enhancing local repair capacity, reducing dependence on overseas services and strengthening the country’s telecom infrastructure.
Huawei Pakistan CEO Ethan Sun was also present at the inauguration.
Speaking on the occasion, the minister said the vision of a Digital Nation Pakistan was based on developing a skilled and future-ready workforce capable of competing and creating value in global markets.
She said Pakistan was moving from being a consumer of technology towards becoming a creator, builder and exporter of digital solutions through the skills and innovation of its people.
Ms Khawaja said the establishment of the repair centre was an important step towards strengthening the country’s digital and telecom ecosystem while creating greater local technical capacity and expertise.
She appreciated Huawei’s investment in Pakistan and its focus on knowledge transfer and capacity building, saying such partnerships would contribute to the resilience of telecom infrastructure and help build a more capable and digitally connected Pakistan.
Ethan Sun said Huawei was proud to partner with Pakistan in developing sustainable technical expertise. He said the centre reflected the company’s vision of translating global technology into local capability, enabling faster services and stronger telecom networks.
The centre will provide repair, testing, troubleshooting and maintenance services for Huawei telecom equipment deployed across Pakistan. Local diagnosis and repair are expected to reduce turnaround times, improve network resilience and lower repair-related costs.
The facility has 16 specialised repair desks and supports more than 180 equipment item codes covering wireless, microwave, digital power and access-network technologies. It is equipped with Huawei’s diagnostic platforms for fault detection and load testing.
According to Huawei, the centre has more than 10 local hardware specialists, each with over 12 years of Huawei maintenance experience, who have also received expert-level training from the company’s headquarters in China.
The facility has the capacity to process more than 10,000 modules annually and return over 6,000 repaired components to service each year, with an average success rate of around 60 per cent.
The local repair capability is also expected to enable quicker response during national emergencies and natural disasters when maintaining telecom network continuity becomes particularly critical.
The centre, Huawei said, would help reduce Pakistan’s dependence on overseas repair services while supporting faster maintenance and greater resilience of the country’s telecom infrastructure.