U.S. State Department says Europe getting its message on Huawei

Record ID: 1397520

  • Title: U.S. State Department says Europe getting its message on Huawei
  • Date: 26th February 2019
  • Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (FEBRUARY 26, 2019) (REUTERS) ROBERT L. STRAYER, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR CYBER AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS POLICY, AND U.S. OFFICIALS AT BRIEFING (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR CYBER AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS POLICY, ROBERT L. STRAYER, SAYING: "United States is asking other governments and
  • Embargoed: 12th March 2019 14:54
  • Keywords: Mobile World Congress tech trade fair mobile phones Spain technology 5G Huawei security
  • Location: NATURAL WITH ENGLISH SPEECH
  • City: NATURAL WITH ENGLISH SPEECH
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
  • Reuters ID: LVA001A37Z7LZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: European governments are listening to the U.S. message that China's Huawei exposes telecoms networks to security risks, a senior U.S. cyber official said on Tuesday.
    The U.S. delegation in Barcelona, led by U.S. State Department ambassador for cyber and international communications Robert L. Strayer, is seeking to persuade governments and telecoms operators at the Mobile World Congress, the world's biggest wireless fair, to follow the U.S. lead in shunning Huawei equipment.
    The United States warns that next-generation 5G equipment, which is more vulnerable to attack than previous technology, could be exploited by the Chinese government for spying if supplied by Huawei.
    Huawei has grown fast to become the world's biggest maker of telecoms equipment and is embedded in the mobile networks and 5G plans of many European operators. It denies that its technology represents a security risk.
    In the United States, by contrast, 5G networks will largely be built by Nordic equipment makers Ericsson and Nokia.
    (Production: Miguel Pereira, Luis Felipe Fernandez, Catherine Macdonald)
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