Huawei Huawei is an information and communication technology company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Founded by Ren Zhengfei in 1987, the company initially manufactured telephone exchange switches and later expanded to telecommunications networks. A global company, Huawei claims to have deployed its products and services in more than 170 countries. In 2012, it overtook Ericsson as the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world. Huawei forayed into the mobile phone business in 2003, and shipped its first phone, the Huawei C300, in 2004. The company’s mobile phone division was among the first to adopt Google’s Android operating system. In 2012, its first Android-based smartphone, the Huawei U8220, was unveiled at the annual Mobile World Congress technology event. In partnership with Google, the company launched the Huawei Nexus 6P in 2015. Over the years, the company has developed its own Emotion user interface, which is a