After the decision of the eurozone, the telecommunications company Huawei assured that they remain “committed to the delivery of reliable products and services.”
“We remain committed to the delivery of certified and reliable products and services worldwide, connecting millions of Europeans”, says the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei in a statement in which he “firmly” opposed the position of the European Commission, which decided to stop using services equipped with material from that firm and its compatriot ZTE.
The European Union (EU) justifies its decision in the fact that the use of this equipment represents Eurozone security risks and they assured that they cannot afford to maintain critical dependencies that could become a weapon against their interests. To which, Huawei issued a statement in which it questions the decision of the economic bloc and ensures that “it is evident that this is not based on a verified, transparent, objective and technical evaluation of 5G networks.”
“Publicly singling out an individual entity as high risk supplier, ‘HRV’ (for its acronym in English), without legal basis against the principles of free trade”, argues Huawei.
Huawei’s arguments
The company of Chinese origin maintains that, as an economic operator in the EU, Huawei owns substantial rights and procedure and must be protected by the laws of that economic bloc and the Member States, as well as by their international commitments.
And they maintain that, while they understand the concern of the European Commission to protect cybersecurity within the EU, “restrictions or exclusions based on discriminatory judgments will pose serious economic and social risks.”
They also reported that “an Oxford Economics report states that excluding Huawei could increase 5G investment costs up to 20,000 million euros, which will have to be paid by European consumers.
On the other hand, the telecommunications giant assures that cybersecurity is Huawei’s top priority and points out that, in keeping with that vocation, it has opened a Cyber Security Transparency Center in Brussels, which is open to clients and third-party independent testing organizations and where they are invited to carry out fair, objective and independent security tests and verifications in accordance with industry-recognized cybersecurity standards and best practices.
Source: Ambito
