Transsion Holdings controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Tecno phones under it reported to be preinstalled with Triada malware
In 2020, TWCERT/CC reported that security research found some Tecno phones owned by Transsion were preinstalled with Triada, which could subscribe users to paid services without their knowledge, with suspicious transactions on more than 200,000 devices. The notice also cited a Google security team statement that the malicious component may have come from an upstream supplier; this finding cannot prove that Transsion deliberately engaged in fraudulent deductions.
2019
Huawei sues Transsion over alleged intellectual property infringement
Lawsuit filed
A Shenzhen court accepted an intellectual property case against Transsion Holdings and five of its subsidiaries on September 23, 2019. A source close to Huawei's legal department said that Huawei was suing Transsion for intellectual property infringement. The source did not specify what infringements were alleged. The case was accepted by the court, and the specific claims of the lawsuit were not detailed in the available information.
Source excerpt
Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co. Ltd., a Chinese phone-maker known for its dominance in Africa, is being sued for intellectual property infringement by rival Huawei just as it lists on China’s new high tech board, a source said.
On Sept. 23, a court in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, accepted an intellectual property case against Transsion and five of its subsidiaries, a source close to Huawei’s legal department told Caixin.
The source didn’t specify the nature of the alleged infringements.