Also last year, T-Mobile USA sold a Huawei phone called the T-Mobile Tap that didn't feature the Huawei brand.
It typically reviews deals before they are completed, but Huawei didn't seek approval to buy the 3Leaf assets, saying it didn't think it needed to because it wasn't acquiring the company outright.
WSJ: Huawei Drops Attempt to Buy U.S. Technology Assets From 3Leaf
Meanwhile, being embroiled in the odd security row didn't stop upstart Huawei from hitting the smartphone podium for the first time with 27.2 million handsets sold in Q4 2012, a 73.8 percent jump over last year -- but a distant third behind Samsung's 64.5 million units and 43.5 million for Apple.
Huawei executives insist they weren't trying to hide anything from the government and note that they filed with the Commerce Department seeking to classify the technology under export control requirements before the company completed the acquisition.
Still, Mr. Rojas said that the allegations alone aren't enough to hurt to Huawei's sales.
Cisco wasn't paying much attention to Huawei--until recently.
Images were bright and fluid on its massive screen and Huawei's lightweight Emotion UI didn't appear to compromise the device's performance on the 1.5GHz quad-core processor.
ENGADGET: Hands-on with the Huawei Ascend D2 (update: now with video)
It'll sure be a tough fight against the likes of Xiaomi and Huawei, but hey, we won't judge until we get to give the MX2 a thorough test drive.
ENGADGET: Meizu MX2 packs 1.6GHz quad-core chip, 4.4-inch display and Jelly Bean, due mid-December
Huawei and former 3Leaf executives say they didn't think the acquisition required a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or CFIUS, because they didn't buy all of the company's assets.
Luckily, there are a few pics and specs to accompany the filing, which tell us it weighs 120g (4.2 ounces) and measures 132.6 x 65.5 x 6.18mm (5.2 x 2.6 x 0.2 inch), meaning it could be one of the super-slim P series handsets a Huawei exec hinted at CES. We didn't see any evidence of these at MWC, but the same exec promised more was to come in 2013, possibly starting with this P6-U06.
In response to the disclosure, Huawei denied any dumping practices and said it hasn't benefited from illegal state subsidies.
Despite the trust issues and the fact that many Americans can't even pronounce the name of the company, Huawei has sold and will continue to sell its phones in America under the Huawei brand.
Sadly, this wasn't the case for Wintek -- screen supplier for Nokia, Huawei and Apple.
T-Mobile MyTouch and MyTouch Q: An update is available for these two Huawei-manufactured handsets that allows users to opt-out of CarrierIQ's data collection software.
ENGADGET: Refresh Roundup: week of September 17th, 2012 Mobile
Last November, Huawei brought its 7-inch MediaPad to the states, where it went by the alias, T-Mobile Springboard.
ENGADGET: Huawei MediaPad 10 review: test-driving the company's first 10-inch tablet
The G526, which hasn't been assigned any pricing or timeframe for availability (we've reached out to Huawei for more information), features a 4.5-inch qHD IPS display, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and a dual-core 1.2GHz processor paired with 1GB of RAM.
ENGADGET: Huawei Ascend G526 hands-on: a midrange 4.5-inch LTE handset
The FCC isn't the only agency playing with devices we don't even know exist: its Chinese equivalent has recently had some hands-on time with an unknown Huawei smartphone, codenamed the P6-U06.
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