Huawei
Huawei (Chinese 華為 / 华为, Pinyin Huáwéi IPA Listen, officially 華為技術公司 / 华为技术公司, Huáwéi Jìshù Gōngsī, English Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.) is a telecommunications equipment and hardware manufacturer founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei and based in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in China. At the end of 2020, the group had around 197,000 employees worldwide.
The annual turnover in 2020 was approx. 116 billion euros, the net profit was 8.4 billion euros. In April 2020, Huawei was the largest smartphone producer in the world ahead of Samsung and Apple.
The focus of the company is the development and manufacture of devices for communication technology. This includes mobile communications (UMTS, GSM, GPRS, GSM-R, WiMAX), but also xDSL, optical networks, network components, WLAN access points, servers and switches. The European headquarters of the Huawei Group is in Düsseldorf. Due to the tense political situation in Europe, which has security concerns in the supply of 5G components from Huawei, Huawei is planning a plant for 5G network technology in France to create greater acceptance and transparency