In December last year for it to supply coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) equipment, as part of the roll out of the Rural Broadband network.
A spokesperson for Chorus says Huawei's role in RBI is in a limited capacity to provide DWDM backhaul in some parts of the network.
Huawei built 2degrees' existing mobile network and in 2011 the mobile telco signed a to upgrade its mobile network over the next two years.