Huawei

Some of the key events about Huawei

• 1987

  Founded as a private company focused on producing phone switches
• 1997

  Launched its first mobile phone
• 2003

  Entered the 3G market with its first WCDMA phone
• 2003

  Accused of stealing intellectual property from Cisco Systems
• 2004

  Won its first major overseas contract with Telfort in the Netherlands
• 2008

  Became the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment
• 2008

  Alleged to have assisted the Iranian government in monitoring citizens
• 2010

  Deployed the world's first commercial 100G network for Powerco in New Zealand
• 2012

  Surpassed Ericsson as the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer
• 2012

  Investigated by the US for potential violations of sanctions against Iran
• 2013

  Launched the world's slimmest smartphone at the time, the Ascend P6
• 2014

  Reportedly hacked Telstra's network in Australia
• 2015

  Became the world's third-largest smartphone manufacturer
• 2016

  Accused of installing backdoors in products for Chinese government access
• 2018

  Shipped over 200 million smartphones, a company record
• 2018

  Arrested CFO in Canada on charges of violating US sanctions on Iran
• 2019

  Banned from US government use due to national security concerns
• 2019

  Accused of building surveillance networks in Uganda and Zambia
• 2020

  UK banned Huawei from its 5G network citing security risks
• 2021

  Reported to have tested AI software for identifying Uyghur minorities

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