Despite all its geopolitical challenges in 2020, Huawei still ended the year with 31% of the global telecoms equipment market by revenue, up from 28% the year before, according to estimates by Dell’Oro. The market – which the firm defines as comprising broadband access, microwave and optical transport, RAN and core, carrier routers and Carrier Ethernet – grew by 7% year-on-year overall, the fastest pace of uptick since 2011. The top seven suppliers account for over 80% of the total – after Huawei came Nokia and Ericsson, though with only half the market share (15% each), and then ZTE, Cisco, Ciena and Samsung. Of course, Huawei is helped by being one of the only companies on the list to provide…