Of 65 commercial deals that Huawei has signed, half are with European customers building ultra-fast fifth-generation networks, the global networks market leader said on Tuesday at a client conference in Zurich. “This shows European customers’ long-term and consistent trust in Huawei – we are really grateful for their trust in this difficult time,” Yang Chaobin, head of Huawei’s 5G business, told Reuters in an interview. But, said Yang, Huawei had diversified its supplier base enough to fully meet demand from customers for its network equipment even without US-sourced components. “The entity listing has had no impact on Huawei’s 5G equipment whatsoever,” Yang told Reuters. He also expressed confidence in industry standards-setting, such as the 3GPP initiative governing mobile equipment security, describing it as a collaborative effort involving all players in the mobile ecosystem.

Source: The Express Tribune October 16, 2019 08:26 UTC