Europe is giving US-led calls for a boycott of Huawei 5G telecoms equipment a mixed reception, with some governments untroubled by spy suspicions against the Chinese giant, but others backing a ban. In the latest setback for the company, Huawei said Saturday it had fired an employee in Poland who was arrested there a day earlier on suspicion of spying for China. “His alleged actions have no relation to the company”, Huawei said in a statement to AFP. To add to the confusion, large operators could reject Huawei equipment in some of their markets, but not in others. Historic French operator Orange has said that it won’t use Huawei networks in France, but could very well do so in Spain and Poland.

Source: Egypt Independent January 13, 2019 03:33 UTC