It seems Huawei will not stay crossed-arms in the face of the new aggression of the government of the United States. Following the decision of Trump’s administration to place the Chinese tech giant in a blacklist on May 16, the company spokesperson Glenn Schloss has confirmed the decision of the company to legally face this decision of the United States against our company, which is only based on defamation.
During a tour of a group of Latin American reporters around the company’s headquarters in the city of Shenzhen, in the Guangdong province, Granma newspapers spoke with Schloss, who said that Donald Trump’s administration is concerned by the progress Huawei has achieved in the development of the 5G technology, which has made them accuse the company of espionage, without evidence.
Two weeks after Google announced the cease of services to Huawei, a move followed by other companies around the world, nothing disturbs the usual serenity in the company’s headquarters. They have taken Trump’s decision calmly but with great determination.
In this context, Huawei has opted to not use intermediares. We don’t want this conflict to be solved by the Government of China. We are willing to talk and reach an understanding, the spokesperson continued. He later added that the company will file a request for a summary judgement in its lawsuit against the government of the United States as a response to the sanctions imposed by Washington.
“Huawei could endure an unlimited ban. It is a company worth billions with 30 years of experience and operations in 170 countries,” Glenn Schloss said confidently. “We do not want to live in a world split in two. We will appeal to the justice in the United States,” he concluded.
5G, the real reason behind the war against China and Huawei
While Trump is set to stop Huawei’s advances with 5G technology, in the headquarters of the company all they do is talk with optimism about what the future will bring when everyone has access to this technology.
As he walks from one room of the building to the next, Schloss lists all the advantages of this new technology. The new technology allows navigation speed as fast as 10 Gigabit persecond, while the current 4G technology only allows as much as one g}Gigabit per second. This means that, for example, high definition movies that now take six or seven minutes to download, will take only 2 or 3 seconds with 5G.
Furthermore, he explains that data transmission will be even shorter, which means that cars will drive around without driver, and the machinery in factories will be connected through wireless networks instead of cables.
This technology is going to radically change the way we live, and Huawei does not ask for anything in return. Huawei seeks to live in a more interconnected, globalized, prosperous world of technological exchange. But that good will is tainted by President Trump’s decision to label the Chinese giant a ‘dangerous’ company, he added.
Hongmeng, Huawei’s new operating system
Huawei has been preparing for a moment like this for some time now, a moment when they will have to rely on their own operating system (OS), something that has just been confirmed by its spokesperson.
Although we always had a good partnership with Google, Microsoft and Intel, Huawei has been developing its own operatiing system for the last two years, which they expect will be available by the end of this year or the beginning of next years, Schloss explained.
Aside of what happens with Google, Huawei smartphones currently on the market, and those to come out soon, will not be affected by the US ban.
Huawei users have nothing to worry about as everything is going to turn out ok, Schloss has reassured. The company is constantly planning to develop new devices, since they don’t know what could happen in the United States from now on. The future is uncertain and we all know that the industrial base of Huawei is in Chine, Glenn Schloss added.
For Huawei, it is essential to keep the commitments on the privacy and security of its clients above all. The allegations made by Trump’s administration are completely groundless. There is no evidence nor proof. They are just speculation Huawei will not tolerate.
In context:
The lawsuit, filed by Huawei on Tuesday to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, challenges the constitutionality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is an update of the lawsuit filed by the company in March this year.
The draft NDAA, approved by the US Congress last summer, forbids federal agencies and its contractors from using Huawei equipment on reasons of national security, and possible ties with the Chinese government.
