Wireless carriers should stop selling Huawei devices due to national...
Wireless carriers should stop selling Huawei devices due to national security concerns, Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., said in a floor speech Monday. “But if they do, they have an obligation to inform their customers of these threats,” he said. Huawei,…
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a Chinese cellphone manufacturer, seeks to “dominate the telecom market,” Wolf said. “There should be no doubt Huawei poses a serious national and economic security threat to the U.S.,” he said. Wolf cited news reports linking the company to the People’s Liberation Army of China. “Huawei’s efforts to sell telecom equipment to U.S. networks have long troubled the U.S. defense and intelligence community, which has been concerned that Huawei’s equipment could be easily compromised and used in Chinese cyberattacks against the U.S. or to intercept phone calls and emails from American telecom networks,” he said. The company also supplies equipment to Iran, said Wolf, citing news reports. A Huawei spokesman said it’s “pretty unfortunate” to see the “perpetuation of tiresome misinformation [about Huawei] which has never been substantiated in any way.” The company builds commercial equipment for “commercial customers built to commercial specifications,” much like its European competitors who have factories in China, he said. Huawei is committed to transparency and ready to engage in “fact-based” discussion about its business, he said. Huawei announced in December that it would stop taking new business in Iran.