However, Huawei does not intend to abandon its relatively new mobile devices division, which sells handsets, PC CARDS and home routers.

As recently as 2003, Cisco sued Huawei for copying computer codes used in routers, forcing the company to pull the contested products from the market before dropping the case.

Huawei has also faced accusations of intellectual-property theft, including a case where software source code belonging to Cisco was found on Huawei routers.