Security News > 2020 > January > EU Stops Short of Recommending Ban on China’s Huawei
LONDON - The European Union unveiled security guidelines for next generation high-speed wireless networks that stop short of calling for a ban on Huawei, in the latest setback for the U.S. campaign against the Chinese tech company.
No companies were mentioned by name but the term "High risk" supplier was an obvious reference to Huawei , the world's top maker of telecom infrastructure equipment such as routers, switches and antennas - the hidden plumbing through which wireless companies' internet data traffic flows.
The U.S. has been lobbying European allies to ban Huawei, over concerns it could be compelled to help with electronic eavesdropping after Beijing enacted a 2017 national intelligence law.
"Our view of Huawei is putting it in your system creates real risk," said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was due to arrive in London Wednesday to meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other officials.
Huawei competes mainly with two European rivals, Finland's Nokia and Sweden's Ericsson.