Infosys partners with China's Huawei for cloud-based projects
A man walks past a logo during the presentation the Huawei's new smartphone, the Ascend P7, launched by China's Huawei Technologies in Paris, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer · Reuters · Reuters

(Reuters) - India's Infosys Ltd said it signed a global partnership with China's largest telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to offer enterprise customers cloud, big data and communication solutions. Huawei and Infosys will also provide other enterprise-oriented services to combine Huawei's cloud infrastructure and global IT service expertise from Infosys, the companies said in a statement. Infosys, led by Chief Executive Vishal Sikka, has been planning to boost investment in cloud computing, smartphone apps and other new technologies to win more high-margin outsourcing contracts. Huawei and Infosys will explore setting up a joint lab in China to enable better delivery in all areas of the partnership, the companies said. (This version of the story corrects headline to say it is a partnership, not deal; also removes reference to deal in second paragraph) (Reporting by Nivedita Bhattacharjee in Mumbai; Editing by Sunil Nair)