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|Founded=1987-09-15

|Industry=Telecommunications

|Type=Private

|Website=https://www.huawei.com/

|Description=Chinese technology company which manufactures telecommunications equipment, computers, self-driving electric vehicles, and other products.

|Logo=Huawei.svg}}

'''Huawei''' (Chinese: 华为技术有限公司) is a Chinese ~~telecommunications equipment manufacturer~~ which had its beginning in the 1980s making telephone switching equipment, largely copied from foreign manufacturers. In recent times, Huawei has been known for its cell phones, networking switching equipment, servers, and telephone broadcast systems.

'''{{Wplink|Huawei|Huawei}}''' (Chinese: 华为技术有限公司) is a Chinese technology company which had its beginning in the 1980s making telephone switching equipment, largely copied from foreign manufacturers. In recent times, Huawei has been known for its cell phones, networking switching equipment, servers, and telephone broadcast systems.

==Consumer-impact summary==

While previously supportive of developers, including access to bootloader unlocking for their ~~telephones~~, Huawei changed their stance <ref>{{Cite web |date=30 Nov 2019 |title=Huawei's decision to cease providing bootloader unlocking codes |url=https://consumer.huawei.com/en/community/details/topicId-41529/ |archive-url=~~https~~://archive.is/~~R7hg4~~ |archive-date=~~16 Aug~~ 2025 |access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=Huawei Community}}</ref>~~around the time of the Wang Mengzhou incident~~ causing much frustration. This was compounded by their exit from various western markets, such as Canada, meaning that users of their ~~telephones~~ could not use third party firmware updates, nor could they get further OEM updates.

While previously supportive of developers, including access to bootloader unlocking for their smartphones, around the time of the Wang Mengzhou incident Huawei changed their stance<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 Nov 2019 |title=Huawei's decision to cease providing bootloader unlocking codes |url=https://consumer.huawei.com/en/community/details/topicId-41529/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251207155953/https://consumer.huawei.com/en/community/details/topicId-41529/ |archive-date=7 Dec 2025|access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=Huawei Community}}</ref>, causing much frustration. This was compounded by their exit from various western markets, such as Canada, meaning that users of their smarphones could not use third party firmware updates, nor could they get further OEM updates.

==Incidents==

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 |Founded=1987-09-15
 |Industry=Telecommunications
+|Type=Private
 |Website=https://www.huawei.com/
 |Description=Chinese technology company which manufactures telecommunications equipment, computers, self-driving electric vehicles, and other products.
 |Logo=Huawei.svg}}
-'''Huawei''' (Chinese: 华为技术有限公司) is a Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer which had its beginning in the 1980s making telephone switching equipment, largely copied from foreign manufacturers. In recent times, Huawei has been known for its cell phones, networking switching equipment, servers, and telephone broadcast systems.
+'''{{Wplink|Huawei|Huawei}}''' (Chinese: 华为技术有限公司) is a Chinese technology company which had its beginning in the 1980s making telephone switching equipment, largely copied from foreign manufacturers. In recent times, Huawei has been known for its cell phones, networking switching equipment, servers, and telephone broadcast systems.
 ==Consumer-impact summary==
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-While previously supportive of developers, including access to bootloader unlocking for their telephones, Huawei changed their stance <ref>{{Cite web |date=30 Nov 2019 |title=Huawei's decision to cease providing bootloader unlocking codes |url=https://consumer.huawei.com/en/community/details/topicId-41529/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/R7hg4 |archive-date=16 Aug 2025 |access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=Huawei Community}}</ref>around the time of the Wang Mengzhou incident causing much frustration. This was compounded by their exit from various western markets, such as Canada, meaning that users of their telephones could not use third party firmware updates, nor could they get further OEM updates.
+While previously supportive of developers, including access to bootloader unlocking for their smartphones, around the time of the Wang Mengzhou incident Huawei changed their stance<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 Nov 2019 |title=Huawei's decision to cease providing bootloader unlocking codes |url=https://consumer.huawei.com/en/community/details/topicId-41529/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251207155953/https://consumer.huawei.com/en/community/details/topicId-41529/ |archive-date=7 Dec 2025|access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=Huawei Community}}</ref>, causing much frustration. This was compounded by their exit from various western markets, such as Canada, meaning that users of their smarphones could not use third party firmware updates, nor could they get further OEM updates.
 ==Incidents==