Huawei

Extracted Attributes

• Founded

  1987-01-01

• Founder

  Ren Zhengfei

• Ownership

  Private company wholly owned by 161,749 employees and retired beneficiaries

• Headquarters

  Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

• Revenue (2024)

  CNY 862.1 billion

• Global Presence

  Operates in over 170 countries and regions

• Main Product Lines

  Telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, smart devices, electric vehicle autonomous driving systems, rooftop solar power products, IT products, cloud technology, digital power products, intelligent vehicle solutions

• Net Profits (2024)

  CNY 62.6 billion

• Number of Employees

  208,000 (as of April 2025)

Timeline

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. was founded in Shenzhen, China, by Ren Zhengfei. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Wikidata, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1987-01-01

• Huawei overtook Ericsson to become the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2012-01-01

• Australian and US intelligence agencies concluded that a hack on Australia's telecom networks was conducted by or through Huawei, though network operators disputed this. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2012-01-01

• The United States alleged that Huawei violated sanctions against Iran, leading to restrictions on doing business with American companies. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2018-01-01

• Huawei surpassed Apple to become the second-largest smartphone manufacturer worldwide. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2018-01-01

• Huawei cut 600 jobs at its Santa Clara research center. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2019-06-01

• Ren Zhengfei announced that Huawei was moving its Santa Clara research center to Canada due to US restrictions. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2019-12-01

• Huawei surpassed Samsung and Apple in global smartphone shipments for the first time, primarily due to a drop in Samsung's sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: Summary, DBPedia)

  2020-07-01

• Huawei sold its Honor brand to a state-owned enterprise of the Shenzhen government to ensure its survival under US sanctions. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2020-01-01

• The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned sales or import of equipment made by Huawei in the US due to national security concerns. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2022-11-01

Huawei

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei" sometimes stylized as "HUAWEI"; HWAH-way; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: ) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its main product lines include telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, electric vehicle autonomous driving systems, and rooftop solar power products. The company was founded in Shenzhen in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a veteran officer of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Initially focused on manufacturing phone switches, Huawei has expanded to more than 170 countries to include building telecommunications network infrastructures, providing equipment, operational and consulting services, and manufacturing communications devices for the consumer market. It overtook Ericsson in 2012 as the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world. Huawei surpassed Apple and Samsung, in 2018 and 2020, respectively, to become the largest smartphone manufacturer worldwide. As of 2024, Huawei's biggest area of business is in telecommunications equipment. Its largest customer is the Chinese government. Amidst its rise, Huawei has been accused of intellectual property infringement, for which it has settled with Cisco. Questions regarding the extent of state influence on Huawei have revolved around its national champions role in China, subsidies and financing support from state entities, and reactions of the Chinese government in light of opposition in certain countries to Huawei's participation in 5G. Its software and equipment have been linked to the mass surveillance of Uyghurs and Xinjiang internment camps, drawing sanctions from the United States. The company has faced difficulties in some countries arising from concerns that its equipment may enable surveillance by the Chinese government due to perceived connections with the country's military and intelligence agencies. Huawei has argued that critics such as the US government have not shown evidence of espionage. Experts say that China's 2014 Counter Espionage Law and 2017 National Intelligence Law can compel Huawei and other companies to cooperate with state intelligence. In 2012, Australian and US intelligence agencies concluded that a hack on Australia's telecom networks was conducted by or through Huawei, although the two network operators have disputed that information. In January 2018, the United States alleged that its sanctions against Iran were violated by Huawei, which was subsequently restricted from doing business with American companies. The US government also requested the extradition of Huawei's chief financial officer from Canada. In June 2019, Huawei cut jobs at its Santa Clara research center, and in December, Ren said it was moving the center to Canada. In 2020, Huawei agreed to sell the Honor brand to a state-owned enterprise of the Shenzhen government to "ensure its survival" under US sanctions. In November 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned sales or import of equipment made by Huawei out of national security concerns, and other countries such as all members of the Five Eyes, Quad members India and Japan, and ten European Union states have since also banned or restricted Huawei products.

Web Search Results

• Huawei - Wikipedia

  Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei" sometimes stylized as "HUAWEI"; /ˈ hw ɑː w eɪ/_HWAH-way_; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: _Huáwéiⓘ_) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its main product lines include telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, electric vehicleautonomous driving systems, and rooftop solar power products. The company was founded in Shenzhen in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a veteran officer of the People's [...] Huawei is the second-biggest smartphone maker in the world, after Samsung, as of the first quarter of 2019. Their portfolio of phones includes both high-end smartphones, its Huawei Mate series and Huawei Pura series, and cheaper handsets that fall under its Honor brand.( [...] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chinese multinational technology company Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Image 4 Logo since 2018 Image 5 Headquarters in Shenzhen,

• Corporate Information - Huawei

  Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have approximately 208,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Mute Current Time 0:00 / Duration-:- [...] Huawei was recognized by BusinessWeek as one of the world's most influential companies. Huawei ranked No. 3 by Informa in terms of worldwide market share in mobile network equipment. Huawei deployed the company's first large-scale commercial UMTS/HSPA in North America for TELUS and Bell Canada. Huawei ranked No. 1 by ABI in mobile broadband devices for shipping over 20 million units. Huawei became the WIPO's largest patent applicant, with 1,737 applications published in 2008 and 10% of all LTE [...] Huawei was named the world's top patent applicant the second year in a row according to the World Intellectual Property Organization, submitting 3,898 patent applications.Huawei's LTE networks covered more than 140 capital cities and over 400 LTE commercial networks and more than 180 EPC commercial networks were deployed around the world.Huawei partnered with a European operator to build the world's first 1T optical transport network (OTN), and collaborated with BT to complete testing for 3

• Company Facts - Huawei

  Corporate Fact Sheet (updated April 2025) ----------------------------------------- Name Huawei Investment & Holding Co. Ltd Head office Huawei Base, Shenzhen, 518129, China Establishment 1987 Vision and Mission Bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. Headcount and global presence Huawei has 208,000 employees and operates in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world. Ownership [...] Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. is a private company wholly owned by 161,749 of its employees and retired beneficiaries. As of December 31, 2024, Mr. Ren’s investment accounts for nearly 0.65% of the company’s total share capital. Revenue and profit In 2024, Huawei achieved CNY862.1 billion in revenue and CNY62.6 billion in net profits. Main businesses [...] The Company and its subsidiaries principally provide end-to-end Information and Communications Technology solutions. This includes the research, design, manufacture and marketing of telecom network equipment, IT products and solutions, cloud technology and services, digital power products and solutions, intelligent vehicle solutions, and smart devices for telecom carriers, enterprises, and consumers. Research and innovation

• Product List | HUAWEI Support Global

  # HUAWEI product list Smartphones, Laptops & Tablets, Wearables and More About Huawei, Press&Event, and More Products, Solutions and Services for Enterprise Products, Solutions and Services for Carrier Huawei-v4 HUAWEI Pura 80 Pro HUAWEI WATCH 5 HUAWEI FreeBuds 6 Phones Phones Phones Wearable Wearable Wearable Laptops Laptops Laptops Tablet Tablet Tablet Visions Visions Visions Other Products Other Products Other Products Software and Tools Software and Tools Software and Tools [...] HUAWEI Mate Series HUAWEI P Series HUAWEI nova Series HUAWEI G Series HUAWEI Y Series Matebook Desktops Monitors Tablet Wearable Headphones Speakers Wi-Fi & 5G CPE Accessories EMUI Emotion user interface HiSuite Android smart device manager Audio Assistant Update Firmware on Earphones Visions

• Huawei - Building a Fully Connected, Intelligent World

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• Country

  People's Republic of China

• Founder

  Ren Zhengfei

• Employees

  197,000

• Instance Of

  Q6881511

• Headquarters

  Shenzhen

• Inception Date

  1/1/1987

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (/ˈhwɑːweɪ/ HWAH-way; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: ) is a Chinese multinational technology corporation headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It designs, develops, produces and sells telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and various smart devices. The corporation was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former officer in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Initially focused on manufacturing phone switches, Huawei has expanded its business to include building telecommunications networks, providing operational and consulting services and equipment to enterprises inside and outside of China, and manufacturing communications devices for the consumer market. Huawei has deployed its products and services in more than 170 countries and areas. It overtook Ericsson in 2012 as the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world, and overtook Apple in 2018 as the second-largest manufacturer of smartphones in the world, behind Samsung Electronics. In 2018, Huawei reported annual revenue of US$108.5 billion. In July 2020, Huawei surpassed Samsung and Apple in the number of phones shipped worldwide for the first time. This was primarily due to a drop in Samsung's global sales in the second quarter of 2020, owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although successful internationally, Huawei has faced difficulties in some markets, arising from undue state support, links to the PLA and Ministry of State Security (MSS), and concerns that Huawei's infrastructure equipment may enable surveillance by the Chinese government. With the development of 5G wireless networks, there have been calls from the U.S. and its allies to not do any kind of business with Huawei or other Chinese telecommunications companies such as ZTE. Huawei has argued that its products posed "no greater cybersecurity risk" than those of any other vendor, that the US has not shown evidence of espionage, and that the allegations are hypocritical as the American government itself conducts state survelliance programmes. However, experts point out that the 2014 Counter-Espionage Law and 2017 National Intelligence Law of the People's Republic of China are far-reaching legislation that compels Huawei and other companies to cooperate in gathering intelligence. According to former staff "it is no secret that employees often work with intelligence officials embedded in the company", with 25,000 Huawei employees previously serving in the MSS or the PLA, including former chairwoman Sun Yafang. Intelligence agencies have also implicated Huawei in several hacks of telecom networks, while several rival telecom manufacturers like Nortel and Cisco Systems have traced industrial espionage back to Huawei. Despite claims that it operates as a private company, questions regarding Huawei's ownership and control persist. Huawei is considered a national champion in China's "techno-nationalist development strategies", and has received extensive support including financing from state-owned banks, plus China has engaged in diplomatic lobbying and threatened trade reprisals against countries who considered blocking Huawei's participation from 5G. Huawei has assisted in the surveillance and mass detention of Uyghurs in Xinjiang internment camps, resulting in sanctions by the United States Department of State. Huawei also tested a facial recognition AI that recognizes ethnicity-specific features to alert government authorities of members of an ethnic group. In the midst of an ongoing trade war between China and the United States, Huawei was restricted from doing commerce with U.S. companies due to alleged previous willful violations of U.S. sanctions against Iran. On 29 June 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump reached an agreement to resume trade talks with China and announced that he would ease the aforementioned sanctions on Huawei. Huawei cut 600 jobs at its Santa Clara research center in June, and in December 2019 founder Ren Zhengfei said it was moving the center to Canada because the restrictions would block them from interacting with US employees. In 2020, Huawei agreed to sell the Honor brand to a state-owned enterprise of the Shenzhen municipal government to "ensure its survival", after the U.S. sanctions against them. In November 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned sales or import of equipment made by Huawei for national security reasons.