Telecom industry rejects the US call to boycott Huawei.

Chinese telecom company, Huawei, is the global networks market leader. It is playing a major role in building the 5G technology. Under these circumstances, the United States has called on it’s European allies to boycott Huawei. In fact, the US officials have lobbied their European allies, to ban Huawei. It is evident that the US has given this call, because of the ongoing trade war between the US and China. However, the US has accused that, Huawei is very close to the Chinese government and that, the Company is involved in ‘cyber-spying’. Huawei has strongly rejected this allegation and has stated that no credible evidence has so far been produced, to prove that it is involved in ‘cyber-spying’. Major allies of the US, Germany and the UK, have rejected the call of the US to ban the Huawei. Further, the GSMA, a group of 300 telecom operators worldwide, has also rejected the call of the US. European industry leaders have told the US to substantiate it’s allegations. Vodafone CEO, Nick Read, has called for a fact-based and risk-assessed review. Thus, the US stands isolated, on the issue of imposing a ban on Huawei.