Depending on your point of view, Huawei is either a company too close to the Chinese Communist Party and there is a good reason why it is labeled a national security threat in the U.S., or the company is being unfairly picked on and should be allowed to compete freely in the marketplace., there is no denying that when it comes to the number of 3GPP 5G tech contributions made worldwide, Huawei is the global leader.
shows that Huawei is responsible for a leading 15,266 approved contributions to 5G and a leading 43,753 total contributions. The company is listed as an end-to-end incumbent infrastructure vendor. This category includes networking competitors like Ericsson; the latter finished second with 11,601 approved contributions and 36,375 total contributions to 5G. Nokia was third with 7,553 approved contributions and 23,112 total contributions.