Huawei shipped more than 100 million smartphones to end of May, before US tech ban kicked in

Huawei Technologies, China’s largest smartphone vendor, said it crossed the 100 million benchmark in smartphone shipments by the end of May, the fastest pace ever for the company, though a US ban on key technologies announced in mid-May had yet to kick in.

Shenzhen-based Huawei shipped 100 million handsets under the Huawei and Honor brands both domestically and abroad up to May 30, a milestone it did not achieve until July last year and September in 2017, the company said this week.