United States : Huawei Threat to National Security

It is hard to keep track of what is exactly happening to the world's largest telecom
company after the arrest of Huawei’s founder and also the trade war between
United States and China.

Who are Huawei ?

Huawei is a giant telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics

manufacturer in the world.With Deployment across more than 170 countries Huawei
has rapidly grown to become the world's largest telecoms company and the
second-largest smartphone company, behind Samsung.

Is Huawei Spying for Chinese Government?

The accusations goes long years back even before the elections of US and trade war
between US and China

Huawei Accusation Timeline:

 Started in 1987 (Chinese military + communist party)

 Dec 2001 -Indian Intelligence accuse of aiding Taliban
 2003-Started selling phones
 Jan 2003-Cisco sues Huawei for unlawfully copying intellectual property
 October 2007 - Bush Administration warned on Huawei 3 Com Deal
 Aug 2011 - Ex U.K Govt Chief Information Officer Joins Huawei as an employee
 March 2012- Huawei Banned from Australia National Broadband Network
 March 2017 - Wiki leaks vault 7 Release Features Huawei Backdoor
 Feb 2018 - Directors of CIA NSA FBI Warned U.S Citizen Against Huawei Products
 April 2018- America alleges possible Iran sanction violation from Huawei
 Dec 2018- CFO Meng Wanzhou arrested
 May 2019 - Trump Signs Executive Order (Banning any US Company doing
Business with Huwaei)

The case against Huawei can be separated as :

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 Accusations over state surveillance, intentional back doors and cyber security
concerns
 Espionage
 Competition (Apple)
 Iran- Violation vs Sanction
 5G (Competition of becoming first)
 Power Worldwide Domination
 Cyber War Insurance Policy
 Stealing Trade Secrets

Tensions over evidence

The situation is more complexed as the one favoring free and open trade, might see
supporting the claims that Huawei, ZTE or other foreign companies might have spied
on data transmissions and also Chinese companies relationship with both Huawei
and the government is masked. However, it’s extremely rare for the U.S. and allied
governments to take the sorts of steps.

Focus of Agencies on 5G.

Security agencies and countries will now focus on Chinese smart-phone Huawei’s
involvement in 5G because the next generation technology is expected to give boost
and even more connectivity in the world of internet by linking smart homes and
billions of devices will be involved, over the web planet.

Race For 5G Expected Year

China (Trial
2020
Started)

US 2025

Japan 2025

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EU 2025

South Korea 2025

Sources for Huawei:

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3427998/huawei-controversies-timeline.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions_against_Iran

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