"We already employ around 50 people at our Adelaide office and Huawei's new office will form an important strategic headquarters for our network upgrade throughout South Australia, which is now underway," Hobson said.

As well as working on the Vodafone contract, Huawei will also work on installing equipment in 100 new local sites in a bid to improve local coverage and increase its network capacity.

The move comes as Huawei in a bid to secure more Australian contracts.