Huawei
Some of the key events about Huawei
- 1987Founded as a private company focused on producing phone switches
- 1997Launched its first mobile phone
- 2003Entered the 3G market with its first WCDMA phone
- 2003Accused of stealing intellectual property from Cisco Systems
- 2004Won its first major overseas contract with Telfort in the Netherlands
- 2008Became the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment
- 2008Alleged to have assisted the Iranian government in monitoring citizens
- 2010Deployed the world's first commercial 100G network for Powerco in New Zealand
- 2012Surpassed Ericsson as the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer
- 2012Investigated by the US for potential violations of sanctions against Iran
- 2013Launched the world's slimmest smartphone at the time, the Ascend P6
- 2014Reportedly hacked Telstra's network in Australia
- 2015Became the world's third-largest smartphone manufacturer
- 2016Accused of installing backdoors in products for Chinese government access
- 2018Shipped over 200 million smartphones, a company record
- 2018Arrested CFO in Canada on charges of violating US sanctions on Iran
- 2019Banned from US government use due to national security concerns
- 2019Accused of building surveillance networks in Uganda and Zambia
- 2020UK banned Huawei from its 5G network citing security risks
- 2021Reported to have tested AI software for identifying Uyghur minorities
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