Category: Huawei
China’s Huawei launches court challenge to US security law
Chinese tech giant Huawei is launching a US court challenge to a law that labels the company a security risk and would limit its access to the American market for telecom equipment. Huawei Technologies Ltd’s announcement comes as the biggest global maker of network equipment for phone and internet companies fights US efforts to persuade…
Huawei opens Brussels security lab in bid to reassure EU
Huawei has opened a cybersecurity lab in Brussels as the Chinese tech company tries to win over EU leaders amid US allegations that its equipment poses a national security risk. Company executives inaugurated the Huawei European Cybersecurity Centre, which will allow the wireless companies that are its customers to review the source code running its…
Huawei Mate X vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: How foldable phones compare
Huawei has joined Samsung in announcing its first foldable smartphone, with a flexible phone-sized screen that opens out to a tablet-sized device. But how do the two new devices compare? Martyn Landi reports from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona... Samsung Galaxy Fold (Samsung) – A 4.6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED front display, with the device unfolding…
Huawei unveils Mate X foldable smartphone at Mobile World Congress
Chinese phone maker Huawei has followed Samsung in announcing a new foldable smartphone, the Huawei Mate X. Featuring a flexible OLED display which covers both the front and back of the device, the phone's screen can be unfolded to become an eight-inch screen tablet. Last week, fellow smartphone giants Samsung unveiled its Galaxy Fold device,…
Huawei extends funding for AI-powered StorySign sign language app
A Huawei project to help deaf children learn to read using an AI-powered sign language animation is to be expanded with a funding boost and support for additional books. The smartphone maker is committing £500,000 to its StorySign app partnership with the European Union of the Deaf organisation, and plans to fund four new books…
Huawei 5G risk can be managed, National Cyber Security Centre says
Any potential risk posed by Chinese technology giant Huawei to UK telecoms infrastructure can be mitigated, government cybersecurity bosses have determined. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has concluded that it can mitigate any risks posed by using the Chinese firm’s equipment in communications systems such as the upcoming rollout of new 5G networks, according…
Huawei hits back at US over boycott suggestions
One of Huawei’s most senior executives has accused the United States of a “geopolitical campaign” against the company in an attempt to gain leverage in trade negotiations with China. Eric Xu, one of the Chinese technology giant’s three rotating chairmen, said the US labelling of Huawei as a cyber threat was an attempt by the…
Huawei blames ‘jealousy’ for cybersecurity criticism
Jealousy could be behind some of the criticism of Huawei in the West, the Chinese technology giant has suggested. The firm said it had a “sound record” of cybersecurity and warned continuing “groundless suspicion” would damage the whole technology industry as it begins to roll out 5G, the next generation communication technology. Several countries –…
Huawei warns security issues will take up to five years to resolve
Chinese technology giant Huawei has said security issues raised in a Government report could take between three and five years to resolve. In a letter to Norman Lamb MP, chairman of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, the firm pledged to spend £1.5 billion over five years to address security issues flagged last…
China vows to ‘firmly defend’ companies after Huawei hit with US charges
China has called on Washington to “stop the unreasonable crackdown” on Huawei after the United States stepped up pressure on the tech giant by indicting it on charges of stealing technology and violating sanctions on Iran. Beijing will “firmly defend” its companies, a foreign ministry statement said. It gave no indication whether Beijing might retaliate…