Huawei Technologies Co

• Huawei has deployed its products and services in more than 170
countries and areas] It overtook Ericsson in 2012 latest phone 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.

• In May 2003, Huawei partnered with 3Com on a joint venture known as H3C,

which was focused on enterprise networking equipment. It marked 3Com's re-
entrance into the high-end core routers and switch market, after having
abandoned it in 2000 to focus on other businesses. 3Com bought out Huawei's
share of the venture in 2006 for US$882 million
• In July 2003, Huawei established their handset department and by 2004,
Huawei shipped their first phone, the C300. The U626 was Huawei's first 3G
phone in June 2005 and in 2006, Huawei launched the first Vodafone-branded
3G handset, the V710. The U8220 was Huawei's first Android smartphone and
was unveiled in MWC 2009. At CES 2012, Huawei introduced the Ascend range
starting with the Ascend P1 S. At MWC 2012, Huawei launched the Ascend D1.
In September 2012, Huawei launched their first 4G ready phone, the Ascend P1
LTE. At CES 2013, Huawei launched the Ascend D2 and the Ascend Mate. At
MWC 2013, the Ascend P2 was launched as the world's first LTE Cat4
smartphone. In June 2013, Huawei launched the Ascend P6 and in December
2013,