US senator: China using Huawei to ‘drive wedge’ in UK-US relationship June 3, 2020 China is using telecoms giant Huawei to “drive a hi-tech wedge” into the special relationship between the UK and the US, a top US senator told MPs yesterday. Republican Tom Cotton is a vocal critic of Huawei and is part of a group of US senators who have urged Britain to reverse its decision to [...]
Huawei finance chief struck blow in US extradition trial May 27, 2020 Huawei’s finance chief Meng Wanzhou was tonight dealt a blow in her bid to avoid extradition to the US after a Canadian court ruled against her. A judge found that the case against Wanzhou, who has been accused of bank fraud by US authorities, meets the threshold of double criminality – meaning the charges are [...]
Huawei says ‘pernicious’ new US sanctions puts its survival at stake May 18, 2020 Huawei has slammed “pernicious” new sanctions rolled out by the US last week, warning they could put the Chinese tech giant’s survival at stake. “We expect that our business will inevitably be affected. We will try all we can to seek a solution,” Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping said in a speech this morning. “Survival [...]
Donald Trump extends US Huawei ban by another year May 14, 2020 US President Donald Trump has extended his country’s ban on controversial Chinese tech firm Huawei for a further year. Trump last year declared a national emergency and signed an executive order banning US companies from using telecoms kit made by firms that posed a national security risk. The order, which is aimed primarily at Chinese [...]
Former BT chairman Mike Rake joins Huawei UK board April 14, 2020 Sir Mike Rake, former BT chairman and president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), has joined the UK board of controversial Chinese tech giant Huawei. The City stalwart has served as an adviser to Huawei since January 2019, helping the firm to fend off attacks from critics over national security concerns. The government has [...]
Huawei misses revenue target as US ban and coronavirus weigh March 31, 2020 Huawei has missed its revenue target for the full year as the impact of a US trade ban was compounded by the coronavirus outbreak. The Chinese tech giant posted revenue of 858.8bn yuan (£98bn) in 2019. This marked an increase of more than 19 per cent, but fell short of its target of $135bn (£109bn). [...]
Huawei partners with Discover Film to embed streaming service on devices March 27, 2020 Huawei has signed a deal with Discover Film to embed the streaming service’s app in 100m mobile devices worldwide. The tie-up means the streaming platform will be pre-loaded onto Huawei Video alongside a selection of other video providers such as the BBC and Rakuten TV. Discover Film, which describes itself as the “Netflix for short [...]
Huawei rebels defeated – but give government bloody nose March 10, 2020 The government was given a bloody nose by its own backbenchers this afternoon, after a group of rebels led by former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith stuck to their guns on Huawei. MPs voted 306 to 282 against an amendment calling for Downing Street to stop using “high risk vendors” – a term that appears [...]
Government would be ‘very unwise’ to ignore Huawei rebels, says David Davis March 10, 2020 The government would be “very unwise” to ignore Conservative rebels on Huawei, even if Downing Street wins today’s key vote, David Davis has warned. Speaking just hours before MPs debated an amendment designed to force the government’s hand on 5G, banning it from using “high risk vendors” after 31 December 2022, the former Brexit secretary [...]
US senators urge MPs to rethink Huawei 5G decision March 4, 2020 A group of senior US senators has written to MPs urging them to rethink the UK’s decision to allow Huawei to help build its 5G networks. Twenty senators, including both Democrats and Republicans, expressed “significant” concern with the decision, citing “significant security, privacy and economic threats”. In January the government gave Huawei the green light [...]