Category: Huawei

New UK Law to Counter Threat From Foreign Spies

The government is to strengthen Britain’s “archaic” counter-espionage laws amid growing concern about the security threat from foreign spies operating in the UK. The Queen’s Speech includes a commitment to a Counter-State Threats Bill which will create a U.S.-style register of foreign agents. Under American law, individuals working on behalf of foreign governments, officials, or…


UK Plans New Law to Counter Threat From Foreign Spies

The government is to strengthen Britain’s “archaic” counter-espionage laws amid growing concern about the security threat from foreign spies operating in the UK. The Queen’s Speech includes a commitment to a Counter-State Threats Bill which will create a U.S.-style register of foreign agents. Under American law, individuals working on behalf of foreign governments, officials, or…


India Keeps Chinese Companies out of Its 5G Trials

NEW DELHI—India has decided to go ahead with its 5G technology and spectrum trials and has invited companies of various nationalities—except for the Chinese. Experts said India is keeping Chinese 5G out of its massive market is because of the border dispute last year and because the exclusion will economically hurt Chinese entities. The Department…


India Doesn’t Name Huawei Among Participants in 5G Trials

NEW DELHI—India will allow mobile carriers to carry out 5G trials with equipment makers including Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung’s network unit, the government said on Tuesday, but did not name China’s Huawei among the participants. Major carriers Reliance Industries’ Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will conduct the trials along with state-run MTNL in…


Huawei Boss’s Internal Speech Hints at the Company Possibly Going Public

Ren Zhengfei, the founder and CEO of Chinese tech giant Huawei, said in an internal speech last month that if parts of the business slowly move to the capital market, the manipulation of finances would be a legal problem. His words have led to speculation that Huawei may go public, as U.S. sanctions against Huawei…


New Documentary Shows How Trust Has Been Used to Counter Huawei

“Speed now is the number one currency in business today and you need that momentum for that digital transformation…And the big, they no longer eat the small. The quick eat the slow.” So said former Under Secretary of State, Keith Krach, as he addressed the need for 5G technology. This emerging technology is not only…


The American Dream Takes on China Inc.

“Speed now is the number one currency in business today and you need that momentum for that digital transformation…And the big, they no longer eat the small. The quick eat the slow,” said former Under Secretary of State Keith Krach, as he addressed the need for 5G technology. This emerging technology is not only 10 times…


China’s Huawei Says Sales Down 16.5 Percent Amid US Sanctions

Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei said Wednesday its first-quarter revenue fell 16.5 percent, hurt by a dip in smartphone sales. Sales declined 16.5 percent from a year earlier to 152.2 billion yuan ($23.5 billion) due in part to lower revenue for its consumer unit, the company said. It gave no earnings but said its profit margin…


Experts Warn CCP Using Huawei, Other Chinese Institutions for Espionage, House Committee Hears

Experts from Canada, the United States, and New Zealand warned of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using companies such as Huawei to infiltrate and control key sector in Western countries, a House of Commons committee heard on Monday. Carolyn Bartholomew, chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, told the House Special…


Huawei Had Access to 6.5 Million Dutch KPN Users’ Data and Phone Calls Including Prime Minister’s: Report

The Chinese military-affiliated technology firm Huawei, which supplied telecom equipment to Netherlands’ largest mobile phone network KPN, had unlimited access to the Dutch company’s 6.5 million users including the then Dutch Prime Minister’s phone calls and personal data. On April 17, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported that in 2010 KPN commissioned the Capgemini consultancy firm…