The Raiders' major partner deal with Huawei is the biggest sponsorship deal in the club's history and won't expire until the end of 2019.

The Chinese-based company has been on board with the Green Machine since March 2012, and Huawei's director of corporate and public affairs Jeremy Mitchell slammed the report as "pretty lazy research".

"Absolutely false, and it's an insult to the Raiders, an insult to us, and it's an insult to the two gentlemen involved," Mitchell told 2CC.

"I have to say to our great shame, and it was a mistake on our behalf, when we went to look out for sponsorships, Raiders actually weren't our first choice.

"Months passed and then Raiders approached us again to say to reconsider it, thankfully we did, because what has turned out to be a fantastic partnership between us and the Raiders.