Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during the Future of Asia forum in Tokyo on Thursday. (Bloomberg photo)Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday praised Huawei Technologies, snubbing the Trump administration’s global campaign against the Chinese network gear maker. The United States has blacklisted Huawei, saying its equipment poses a security threat and could facilitate spying by the Chinese government. A day later, Japan-based SoftBank selected Nokia Oyj and Ericsson AB as vendors for its next-generation wireless network, excluding long-time supplier Huawei. “We found that Huawei is very advanced” in the use of artificial intelligence, he said at the time.

Source: Bangkok Post May 30, 2019 09:45 UTC