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Huawei $2 billion security pledge followed walkout by British official: sources
Source: Reuters
BUSINESS NEWS DECEMBER 13, 2018 / 10:32 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Huawei $2 billion security pledge followed walkout by British official: sources
Jack Stubbs
4 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - Huawei’s relations with British authorities hit a low last month when a top official walked out of a meeting with the Chinese company over its perceived failure to fix security holes in its products, sources familiar with the talks told Reuters.
Although Huawei responded with a pledge to spend $2 billion on a security overhaul to address the British concerns, tensions between London and the world’s biggest producer of telecoms equipment remain high as it fights U.S.-led allegations of Chinese state spying..
“Previously, you very much had British civil servants saying ‘please do this’ and asking rather than telling or banging the table,” a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. “Huawei HQ now have the message.”
The fraught nature of the meeting between Huawei executives and Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) underlines the challenge facing the company in convincing Western governments its equipment is safe.
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Huawei $2 billion security pledge followed walkout by British official: sources
Jack Stubbs
4 MIN READ
LONDON (Reuters) - Huawei’s relations with British authorities hit a low last month when a top official walked out of a meeting with the Chinese company over its perceived failure to fix security holes in its products, sources familiar with the talks told Reuters.
Although Huawei responded with a pledge to spend $2 billion on a security overhaul to address the British concerns, tensions between London and the world’s biggest producer of telecoms equipment remain high as it fights U.S.-led allegations of Chinese state spying..
“Previously, you very much had British civil servants saying ‘please do this’ and asking rather than telling or banging the table,” a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. “Huawei HQ now have the message.”
The fraught nature of the meeting between Huawei executives and Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) underlines the challenge facing the company in convincing Western governments its equipment is safe.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-europe-britain/huawei-2-billion-security-pledge-followed-walkout-by-british-official-sources-idUSKBN1OC23W