"It's safe to assume we're talking to all of the major carriers, " said Jannie Luong Nguyen, a spokeswoman for Huawei's U.S. business.
And they ask whether Huawei has supplied any equipment to the U.S. government or its contractors and whether Huawei employees have been granted security clearances.
U.S., Huawei is planning an April 5 celebration marking 10 years of business stateside.
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Huawei says more than half of its U.S. revenues in 2010 came from device sales.
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In early 2011, Chinese telecom-equipment giant Huawei made an unusual request to the U.S. Congress.
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The suit also seeks to shut down sales of Huawei routers by Spot Distribution , a U.K. company.
Bill Rojas, analyst for IDC in Hong Kong, said Motorola's allegations, even though unproven, could make add to Huawei's difficulties expanding in the U.S., where it has been less successful than in other markets.
Mr. Quelch: If you go to the U.K. website of Huawei, you will find that it's all about Basingstoke.
Huawei has about 1, 700 staff in the U.S. and 7, 000 employees in Europe.
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Huawei also operates a string of offices in the U.S., including North American headquarters in Plano, Texas and 15 other outposts in cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, DC.
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He also denied that Singapore had contributed to any illegal transfer of technology, in response to speculation that the institute had worked with Huawei on semiconductor technology that is tightly controlled under U.S. export regulations.
Huawei has been trying to sell the phone to major U.S. cellular carriers and says it's getting strong interest.
Huawei Technologies has taken the unusual step of publicly requesting the U.S. government look more closely into its business.
Since its U.S. ambitions have not abated, Huawei likely views its 10-year anniversary of North American business as another chance to win over skeptics.
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Huawei Technologies Co. reversed course and withdrew its attempt to win U.S. approval for a small but controversial acquisition it completed last summer.
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Bill Plummer, vice president of government affairs for Huawei USA, said that the company continued its dialogue with the U.S. government even after it made its initial decision not to withdraw the 3Leaf application.
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U.S. lawmakers raised this issue with ZTE and Huawei officials during committee hearings, though their prime focus was on network security.
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For one, the City of Shenzhen helps telecom-equipment maker Huawei, auto company BYD and their Pearl River Delta neighbors with their U.S. objectives.
Huawei says the ad campaign is partly a reflection of its growing presence in the U.S. mobile devices market.
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Additionally, U.S. Cellular offers 4G LTE capable data devices including the Huawei UML397 4G LTE USB Wireless Modem and the Samsung SCH-LC11 Mobile Hotspot, allowing customers to experience data speeds up to 10 times faster.
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The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, where Huawei has two subsidiaries, Huawei America and Future Wei.
Huawei's low-cost phones have helped propel the rapid adoption of smartphones in U.S. low-income households, despite the fact that nobody seems able to pronounce the name.
Note: Chinese businesses such as computer brand Lenovo, e-commerce leader Alibaba, telecom hardware giant Huawei, and auto parts maker Wanxiang have looked in recent years to tap into the U.S. marketplace and resources.
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At the time, Huawei's chief spokesman had said the company was committed to complying with "all U.N. economic sanctions, Chinese regulations and applicable national regulations on export control" and said it believed its Iran businesses met the relevant regulations.
In fact, Huawei had no carrier deals to announce for either phone on Monday, though it is in talks with U.S. network providers.
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