Huawei Denies US Allegations of Technology Theft
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei on Tuesday denied allegations in the Wall Street Journal that it had stolen the technology from a Portuguese inventor, accusing it of "taking advantage of the current geopolitical situation".
The US Department of Justice is looking into the claim, possibly linking existing criminal cases against Huawei, the WSJ reported last week.
Huawei - considered the world leader in Superfast 5G equipment and the world's number two smartphone manufacturer - swept up an intense trade war between Beijing and Washington in May, with punitive tariffs imposed on two-way trade worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Were. .
The latest controversy involves Portuguese inventor Rui Pedro Oliveira, who claims that Huawei met him and then essentially cut one of his designs to produce the Huawei Envision 360 panoramic camera.
"These allegations are false," Huawei said in a statement, "it categorically rejects Mr. Oliveira's patent infringement claims".
"For the past several months, the US government has been leveraging its political and diplomatic influence to lobby other governments to ban the Huawei device. In addition, it is using every tool at its disposal - including judicial And administrative powers, as well as both involved. Hosting other incurable means - to disrupt the general business operations of Huawei and its partners, "f The Chinese company said.
It added, "Oliveira proceeded to feed the media a false story in an attempt to tarnish Huawei's reputation. He made further efforts to pressure Huawei through senior government officials to press the company to its demands. Tried to explain and hand over large sums of money. Money. "
The United States is pressing allies with mixed success, especially from giant mobile phone company Huawei, to reject Chinese 5G technology.
Washington fears that Huawei will offer Beijing a way to spy on communications from countries that use its products and services.
In 2014 Huawei held a meeting with Oliveira, but insisted that its Envision 360 camera was "independently designed and developed by Huawei's employees with no access to Mr. Olivera's information".
Last month, the US Commerce Department effectively suspended the US Department of Commerce for the second time to stop the sale of components and services to Chinese telecom titan and to purchase equipment from it.
However, it also said it would add 46 more companies to the list of Huawei subsidiaries and affiliates that would be covered by the ban if fully implemented - taking the list to more than 100 in total.
In December, Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wenzhou on a US warrant.
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The US Department of Justice is looking into the claim, possibly linking existing criminal cases against Huawei, the WSJ reported last week.
Huawei - considered the world leader in Superfast 5G equipment and the world's number two smartphone manufacturer - swept up an intense trade war between Beijing and Washington in May, with punitive tariffs imposed on two-way trade worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Were. .
The latest controversy involves Portuguese inventor Rui Pedro Oliveira, who claims that Huawei met him and then essentially cut one of his designs to produce the Huawei Envision 360 panoramic camera.
"These allegations are false," Huawei said in a statement, "it categorically rejects Mr. Oliveira's patent infringement claims".
"For the past several months, the US government has been leveraging its political and diplomatic influence to lobby other governments to ban the Huawei device. In addition, it is using every tool at its disposal - including judicial And administrative powers, as well as both involved. Hosting other incurable means - to disrupt the general business operations of Huawei and its partners, "f The Chinese company said.
It added, "Oliveira proceeded to feed the media a false story in an attempt to tarnish Huawei's reputation. He made further efforts to pressure Huawei through senior government officials to press the company to its demands. Tried to explain and hand over large sums of money. Money. "
The United States is pressing allies with mixed success, especially from giant mobile phone company Huawei, to reject Chinese 5G technology.
Washington fears that Huawei will offer Beijing a way to spy on communications from countries that use its products and services.
In 2014 Huawei held a meeting with Oliveira, but insisted that its Envision 360 camera was "independently designed and developed by Huawei's employees with no access to Mr. Olivera's information".
Last month, the US Commerce Department effectively suspended the US Department of Commerce for the second time to stop the sale of components and services to Chinese telecom titan and to purchase equipment from it.
However, it also said it would add 46 more companies to the list of Huawei subsidiaries and affiliates that would be covered by the ban if fully implemented - taking the list to more than 100 in total.
In December, Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wenzhou on a US warrant.
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