(Yicai Global) Oct. 10 -- Ding Yun, deputy chairman of the supervisory board who was in charge of the two major income drivers of carrier and enterprise services at China's Huawei Technologies, has died of sudden illness.

"Ding Yun worked at Huawei for 26 years and made significant contributions to the company's growth," the Shenzhen-based telecoms giant said in an obituary published on Oct. 7. "We express our deep condolences for his unfortunate illness and death."

Born in 1969, Ding joined Huawei in 1996. He had been the company’s president of product lines, global solution sales, global marketing, products and solutions during the years, Most recently, he was the president of its carrier business.

Earlier this year, Huawei expanded Ding's duties to also become the president of the its enterprise business group. Huawei's business is divided into three major business groups which include carrier, enterprise, and consumer.

Key segments were under Ding's purview. In the first half of this year, the revenue of the carrier business tallied CNY142.7 billion (USD20.1 billion) and that of the enterprise segment was CNY54.7 billion (USD7.7 billion), with year-over-year increases of 4 percent and 27 percent, respectively.

Editors: Tang Shihua, Emmi Laine, Xiao Yi