A top official at the Chinese tech firm blasted comments from a US senator at a British Parliament meeting accusing the company of endangered US troops, among other accusations, it was revealed in a statement on Tuesday.
Huawei Technologies vice-president Victor Zhang slammed comments from a UK Defence Committee session discussing the company's alleged threat to UK national security, it was revealed in a statement on Tuesday.
The Committee meeting had “concentrated on America's desire for a home-grown 5G company that can ‘match' or ‘beat' Huawei” rather than genuine security concerns, Mr Zhang said.
He said: “It's clear its market position, rather than security concerns, underpins America's attack on Huawei as the committee was given no evidence to substantiate security allegations.
But “open and fair competition” competition was welcome to boost innovation and reduce costs, he said, citing the Chinese firm's decades-long commitment to Britain's 3G and 4G networks.
“Over the last 20 years, we have worked hard with our customers and partners for building Britain's robust and secure 3G and 4G networks and we are now focused on delivering the 5G network to the same high standards. This is fundamental to achieving the government's Gigabit broadband target by 2025,” he concluded.
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