| R&D Spending and it's Percentage of Annual Sales | |||||||||
| 2005 R&D | 2005% | 2004 R&D | 2004% | 2003 R&D | 2003% | 2002 R&D | 2002% | ||
| Alcatel | 2025 | 13 | 2016 | 12.9 | 2023 | 12.7 | 2673 | 13.5 | |
| Cisco | 3322 | 13.4 | 3192 | 14.5 | 3135 | 16.6 | 3448 | 18.2 | |
| Ericsson | 3080 | 16.1 | 2903 | 15.8 | 3776 | 23 | 3859 | 20.1 | |
| Huawei | more than 10% of 5,600 million | ||||||||
| Intel | 5100 | 13.1 | 4778 | 14 | 4360 | 14.5 | 4034 | 15.1 | |
| LG | 1168 | 2.9 | |||||||
| Microsoft | 6,584 | 14.8 | 6184 | 15.5 | 7779 | 21.1 | |||
| Motorola | 3700 | 10 | 3060 | 9.8 | 3771 | 13.9 | 3754 | 14.1 | |
| Nokia | 4579 | 11.1 | 4742 | 12.8 | 4776 | 12.8 | 3664 | 10.2 | |
| Nortel | 1884 | 17.9 | 1938 | 20.3 | 2001 | 18.9 | 3911 | 18.7 | |
| Samsung | KRW 5.5 t | 6.82 | 4529 | 5.8 | 3337 | 5.4 | |||
| Siemens | 6181 | 6.8 | 6431 | 6.7 | 6436 | 6.8 | 6987 | 6.9 | |