Huawei founder offers to sell 5G know-how to the West

The Huawei director has offered the company's 5G know-how to Western companies. That would allow them to inspect the code, introduce modifications without the participation of Huawei, and get rid of any potential suspicion of espionage or clandestine listening they might have now. But companies must pay for knowledge.

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IT Diary 09/16/19 19:01:36

Speaking to the Western media, especially the New York Times and The Economist, Huawei chief Ren Zhengfei said he is basically offering 5G patents, licenses, code, technical drawings and production engineering knowledge to companies such as Dell EMC, Cisco or Hewlett Packard.

Analysts say the proposal makes no sense, because it is difficult to achieve the goal of reassuring Trump that Huawei technology does not represent a national security risk.

"Huawei may admit that it is unlikely to ignore the efforts that the Trump administration is deploying to minimize its chances of operating in North America, Western Europe and Australasia," said Professor Steve Tsang of Soas University in London. Huawei says that such a measure "would create a balanced situation between China, the United States and Europe."

The USA. and Australia have banned their networks from using Huawei 5G equipment, while the United Kingdom is still thinking about it. USA He accused the Chinese tech giant that its 5G infrastructure could be used by the Chinese government to spy on the West. Huawei continues to deny such claims.