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| Huawei chairman Guo Ping said there are no "backdoors" in its technology that could be used as a vehicle for Chinese spy operations, in a keynote address at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona AFP |
Barcelona (AFP) - Huawei's chairman said Tuesday that the United States has "no evidence" that its equipment to build next-generation 5G wireless networks could be used as a vehicle for Chinese spy operations.
In a
keynote address at the mobile industry?s biggest annual global event in
Barcelona, Guo Ping reiterated his company's position that there are no "backdoors"
in its technology that could allow Beijing to spy on countries.
"The
US security accusation against our 5G has no evidence. Nothing. The irony is
that the US Cloud Act allow their entities to access data across borders,"
he said at the Mobile World Congress.
"We
don't do bad things. Let me say this as clear as possible. Huawei has not and
we will never use backdoors and we will never allow anyone to do so in our
equipment. We take this responsibility very seriously," he added.
US
President Donald Trump's administration has in recent months ramped up efforts
to block Huawei, the leader in 5G, by urging allies to avoid the Chinese
powerhouse, claiming that national security interests are at stake.
Washington
considers the matter urgent as countries around the world prepare to roll out
fifth-generation or 5G networks that will bring near-instantaneous
connectivity, vast data capacity and assist futuristic technologies such as
self-driving cars.
Network
operators seeking to quickly deploy the new wireless networks are in a bind as
Huawei's 5G equipment is seen as being considerably more advanced than that of
its rivals such as Sweden's Ericsson or Finland's Nokia.
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