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Editors note: Each month, CNNs Kristie Lu Stout sits down with three China experts to discuss whats really driving the world power and economic giant. This months episode will focus on Chinas pollution problem. See here for air times for CNNs On China. Hong Kong (CNN) -- Quick question: Who is the worlds third biggest smartphone maker? BlackBerry? Guess again. HTC? Nope. Its Huawei. Yes, its a paltry 5% of the global market, but the Chinese company that made its name selling telecom equipment is making a big push into the already crowded global smartphone market. I saw that ambition first hand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year. Huawei ads were posted all over the airport to greet the throngs of international conference-goers. The company also occupied a huge booth at the venue positioned just across from Samsung. But just how big does Huawei -- the smartphone maker -- want to get? At company headquarters in Shenzhen in southern China, I talked to Richard Yu, CEO of Huaweis Consumer Business Group. He told me his division hopes to boost its mobile business revenue from $7.5 billion to $9 billion this year. Last year, we shipped out 32 million smartphones in quantity and this year we hope we will ship out 50 to 60 million smartphones worldwide, he said. We are growing. The market priority for Huaweis Consumer Business Group is China, followed by Europe and Japan. But -- when it comes to smartphones -- its not ruling out the U.S. market despite the recent back and forth about Huaweis commitment there. In the U.S., the name Huawei is widely regarded with suspicion. Lawmakers are worried that Huawei products can be used as a hidden channel for Chinese spies and cyber hackers -- a charge that Huawei has denied. READ: Congressional report warns of security threat Despite the trust issues and the fact that many Americans cant even pronounce the name of the company, Huawei has sold and will continue to sell its phones in America under the Huawei