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US restrictions won't affect 5G plans: Huawei
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IANS | 21 May, 2019
Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of
Chinese tech giant Huawei, on Tuesday denied that restrictions imposed
by the US on its products and supplies will affect the roll-out of 5G
technology.
In an interview with Chinese state media, Ren said
that the decision by some American tech companies to stop selling
components and software to Huawei "doesn't mean much" and added that the
company was already prepared to deal with the ban, reports Efe news.
"We can make chips as good as those made by US companies, but it does not mean that we will not buy chips from them," Ren said.
Huawei's
founder acknowledged that the clash with the US was inevitable owing to
the company's interest in becoming one of the global leaders of the 5G
technology and said that "others will definitely not be able to catch up
with Huawei in 5G technologies for two or three years".
"But in
our business (5G), Huawei is at the forefront, though when it comes to
comparison between countries, we are still far behind the United
States," he added.
The Huawei executive also said that his
company will not exclude US chips and that Huawei was "very grateful" to
the US companies including tech multinational IBM.
"Instead, we
should grow together. But if there is a supply shortage, we have a
backup. In the "peace period", half of our chips are from the US
companies and half from Huawei. We cannot be isolated from the world,"
he said.
When asked how long the crisis surrounding the company
would last, Ren said the question should be directed at US President
Donald Trump.
"Blame should be directed at US politicians, not companies," he said.
Ren's
remarks comes a day after the US Department of Commerce issued a
temporary general license lifting the ban on Huawei and its subsidiaries
to prepare for a transition.
The Department said in a statement
that the decision was taken to grant "operators time to make other
arrangements and the Department space to determine the appropriate long
term measures for Americans and foreign telecommunications providers
that currently rely on Huawei equipment for critical services".
Last week, the US included Huawei in a list of companies and individuals that would be denied access to US technologies.
As
an outcome of this ban, Alphabet, Google's parent company, has revoked
Huawei's Android license, which means the Chinese telecom giant will
lose access to updates to the Android operating system except those
available through an open source license and also no longer have access
to Google's proprietary services such as Google Maps.
Huawei on
Monday said it "will continue to provide security updates and
after-sales services to all existing Huawei and Honor smartphone and
tablet products, covering those that have been sold and that are still
in stock globally".
"We will continue to build a safe and
sustainable software ecosystem, in order to provide the best experience
for all users globally," the company said in a statement.
US
semi-conductor companies such as Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx Inc and
Broadcom and Germany's Infineon Technologies as well as American chip
manufacturing firms including Micron Technology and Western Digital will
also stop supplying components to Huawei in compliance with Trump's
order, which could delay the global roll-out of 5G networks.
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