Huawei's global growth has largely been driven by its offering of competitive telecommunications equipment at a lesser price than rival firms. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. was the world's largest telecom equipment maker in 2012 and China's largest telephone-network equipment maker. With 3,442 patents, Huawei became the world's No. 1 applicant for international patents in 2014. In 2019, Huawei had the second most p.
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