Chinese telephone equipment manufacturer Huawei has said that it has an open attitude to address security concerns of the US government, and also that it aims to popularise its brands in the West to gain credibility among governments, according to a report by The Telegraph.

The multinational networking and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Shenzhen, Huawei was founded in 1988 by Ren Zhengfei, who is a Communist party member.

Twenty eight years ago, Zhengfei retired as a deputy director in the People’s Liberation Army’s Engineering Corps.

The company said that the security concerns are because of misconceptions.Huawei chief legal officer Dr Song Liuping said, "We believe that the misconceptions stem from media and political parties."

Liuping added, "Huawei is taking an open and transparent attitude to address the concerns of the US government. In fact we have been making all efforts to address their concerns and questions."

Huawei had to face several accusations in the past including one which claimed that the company had supplied equipment to Iran, Saddam Hussein and the Taliban.

Huawei has also come under the scanner of British security officials. However Huawei told The Telegraph that the company is a "normal commercial institution and nothing more."

It said that in February this year, Huawei’s deputy chairman wrote an open letter to the US government, inviting it to conduct a formal probe, which has not been accepted so far.

Liuping said, "It is a fact that in the US there are a lot of impressions of Huawei that are not in line with the truth."

The company is now concentrating on increasing its R&D on 4G and to popularise its brands.

Liuping said, "We were mainly focused on domestic markets before 2000 because intellectual property is closely related to the territory and we were not selling in the countries where they [competitors] have patents.

"We have been working on accumulating our own intellectual property in the last 15 years that is also valuable to the other firms in the industry."

California-based Huawei vice-director for industry standards Richard Brennan told The Telegraph, "Familiarity with the brand increases people’s comfort."