Tag: Huawei

Illegal activities of Nepal PM’s IT consultant get government amnesty: Report
6Sep By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Illegal activities of Nepal PM’s IT consultant get government amnesty: Report

A recent report has revealed that Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's IT consultant, Asgar Ali has been involved in “illegal business” ranging from collecting information illegally to hacking news portals.A report by news portal Kharbarhub.com, citing security sources, said, "Ali's company has used the same server and the same IP from the PM's office to banks and other organizations while grabbing most of the IT contracts of the government.”The report further stated that most of Ali's companies are involved in the contract of more than Rs 20 billion besides involvement in illegal transactions with alien forces, mainly China, to capture the digital domain."Ali, most likely, has some connection with the Chinese and the controversial Huawei Company," the source was quoted as saying.The repor...
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US welcomes UK’s Huawei ban, says carriers like Jio have prohibited its equipment
24Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

US welcomes UK’s Huawei ban, says carriers like Jio have prohibited its equipment

The United States has welcomed United Kingdom’s decision to ban Huawei from future 5G networks with US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo saying that now, London joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of “untrusted, high-risk vendors”.“We welcome news that the United Kingdom plans to ban Huawei from future 5G networks and phase out untrusted Huawei equipment from existing networks. With this decision, the UK joins a growing list of countries from around the world that are standing up for their national security by prohibiting the use of untrusted, high-risk vendors,” Pompeo said.Pompeo, in a statement said that clean carriers like Jio in India and others have also prohibited the use of the Chinese company...
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US will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees: Mike Pompeo
24Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

US will impose sanctions on some Huawei employees: Mike Pompeo

The United States has said that it will impose travel bans on employees of Huawei and other Chinese companies which the U.S. determines are assisting “regimes” in cracking down on human rights, including in China's western Xinjiang province.“The State Department will impose visa restrictions on certain employees of the Chinese technology companies like Huawei that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a news conference.He also said that he will visit Britain and Denmark next week, shortly after the UK announced its ban on Huawei’s participation in developing the country’s 5G network over concerns that sensitive data could be compromised by the Chinese Communist Party.Pompeo said Huawei employees found ...
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UK poised to phase out Huawei from 5G network
23Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

UK poised to phase out Huawei from 5G network

Facing a rebellion from MPs and US, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has assured that the nation will phase Chinese company Huawei out of country's 5G mobile phone network.According to several media reports, the UK Prime Minister is facing heat from the Conservative Party over Huawei with many Ministers claiming that the company provides China, a chance to spy.The decision comes in the backdrop of US designating Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE Corp as national security threats, saying they have close ties with the Chinese Communist Party and China's military apparatus.The decision to phase Huawei out of 5G networks could escalate tensions between the US and China, especially when it comes in the wake of China's decision to impose national security law in Hong Kong. Beijing's decisi...
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Huawei to be removed from UK 5G networks by 2027
21Jul By Mike TrudellNo Comments
World

Huawei to be removed from UK 5G networks by 2027

Huawei will be completely removed from the UK’s 5G networks by the end of 2027, the government said on July 14 following new advice produced by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on the impact of US sanctions against the telecommunications vendor.As per the decision, the UK's mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December, and they must also remove all the Chinese firm's 5G kit from their networks by 2027, Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons.It follows sanctions imposed by Washington, which claims the firm poses a national security threat.“By the time of the next election, we will have implemented in law an irreversible path for the complete removal of Huawei equipment from our 5G networks,” Dowden said adding that the s...
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18May By Team FPNo Comments
Market

Huawei partners with Vodafone to enter European market

With challenges arising from the upcoming devices lack the full set of Google apps and service, Chinese company Huawei has announced announced a partnership with Vodafone to bring its smartphones to the mobile carrier’s European markets. It includes Oppo, the sister brand of Vivo under Dongguan-based electronics holding company BBK. Under the deal, Oppo’s portfolio of advanced 5G handsets as well as value-for-money models will be sold into the U.K, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Romania and Turkey.Last year, Vodafone has taken back Huawei phones from its U.K. 5G network following the U.S. export ban that stripped Huawei models of certain Android services. However, it can now tap Oppo’s wide range of mobile products in a heated race to sign up 5G customers.  The collaborators wi...
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