Huawei is not having a good year, what with allegations by the US government that the company was a national security threat due to their ties with China. This has since led to the major US carriers to axe their deals with Huawei, along with other governments in other parts of the world who are said to also be considering their ties with Huawei.
Most recently in a report from The Wall Street Journal, it seems that the US government might have killed a deal between the Washington Redskins and Huawei. According to the report, Huawei had apparently entered into a deal with the Redskins where in exchange for ads, Huawei would equip the FedEx Field with free WiFi for those attend the games being played there.
However apparently a government adviser had heard about the deal and sent in an unofficial federal complaint to the Redskins who reportedly killed the deal. The report also claims that Huawei was aware of the stigma attached to its brand right now, and were upfront about it during the talks, and for a couple of games, the company’s ads and mentions of them were flashed on the stadium’s electronic signs.
Huawei has yet to comment on the report, although admittedly despite being snubbed by the US government and some of its allies, they seem to be doing fine and have successfully managed to ship 200 million smartphones in 2018.