After spending years trying to persuade U.S. regulators to ease their restrictions, Chinaโs Huawei is acknowledging that the political climate prevents it from building any sizable business selling network infrastructure to carriers here. However, the company is still wanting to build a U.S. brand for phones.
While it is ready to concede thatย the time isnโt right to crack the U.S. cellular network gear market, Huawei stillย wants to make a name for itself in the market for smartphones.ย Globally, the Chinese firm sells a range of smartphones, including plenty in the middle and higher ends of the market. In the U.S., though, it hasย struggled to move beyond entry-level devices, mostly for prepaid carriers such as Cricketโs Leap and T-Mobileโs MetroPCS.